PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Fredric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otis Driftwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Driftwood's choice of entrance music: Rob Zombie - House Of 1000 Corpses. Randy Fredric has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fredric
vs
Driftwood

179 cm
22
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Fredric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Otis Driftwood!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Driftwood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredric swats away the attempt to clinch by Driftwood.
Driftwood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Driftwood looks to land a body kick but Fredric moved away.

Fredric has managed to clinch.
Driftwood lands an elbow inside that Fredric shrugs off.

It looks like Randy Fredric has been cut.
Driftwood misses with a knee to the head.
Driftwood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fredric avoiding damage as Driftwood throws knees to the body.
Fredric misses with an elbow over the top.
Fredric lands an elbow that stopped Driftwood in his tracks for a moment.
Fredric goes for a takedown attempt but Driftwood pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Driftwood tries to keep at a distance but Fredric has taken the fight into the clinch.
Driftwood wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredric won't allow it.
Fredric manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Driftwood wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredric won't allow it.
Fredric on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Driftwood tries to break the clinch but Fredric is controlling the position.
Driftwood stalling in the clinch but Fredric improves position.

Fredric lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fredric works his way into side control.
Fredric landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredric works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fredric is putting a hurting on Driftwood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fredric lands an elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Driftwood is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Driftwood taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fredric controlling from side mount.
Fredric works to advance to full mount. Driftwood defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood wants to hold on but Fredric pushes him away.
Driftwood is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Driftwood throwing hammer fists to the chest of Fredric. What's that going to do exactly?
Driftwood is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.

Fredric working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Driftwood looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Fredric! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Randy Fredric!