PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Frederman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bret Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vertigo - U2 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bret Hart was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Frederman
vs
Hart

195 cm
21
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
198 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald Frederman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bret Hart!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frederman throws a series of punches but Hart avoids them all with ease.

Hart shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Frederman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hart not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Frederman controls Hart momentarily but Hart frees himself.
Hart is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hart postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hart throwing strikes from guard but Frederman blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart thows a big elbow that misses.
Hart throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Frederman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hart throws and elbow that misses. Frederman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hart's guard. Nice move by Frederman!
Frederman throwing strikes from guard but Hart blocks nicely.
Frederman trying to control the position from guard on top but Hart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hart can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hart pulls Frederman in close to his closed guard and prevents Frederman from doing any damage or advancing position.
Frederman trying to control but Hart is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hart misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Frederman connects with a crisp jab.
Frederman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frederman swings for the body but Hart moves out of range.
Hart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Frederman.
Hart throws a nice looking combination but Frederman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hart falls off balance throwing a combination
and Frederman counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Bret Hart has been cut.
Frederman jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hart scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Frederman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hart throws an elbow but Frederman slips to the side and avoids it well.
Frederman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Frederman struggling a bit here.
Hart in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hart lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart in side control, throwing shots but Frederman defends.
Hart wants to lay and pray for a moment but Frederman keeps working.
Frederman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Frederman regains half guard, as Hart was trying to land strikes.
Hart throws a strike but Frederman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hart stands and throws Frederman's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hart tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bret Hart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bret Hart's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hart dodges the punch combination from Frederman.
Ronald Frederman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frederman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frederman stuffs the takedown.
Frederman slips a straight right by Hart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart missing with a left hand there. Frederman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hart looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hart dives in and grabs Frederman's left leg, looking for a takedown. Frederman pushes down on Hart's head and hops out.
Ronald Frederman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bret Hart.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frederman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hart.
Frederman lands a jab to the head.
Frederman looks to throw the jab but Hart is out of range.
Frederman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hart looks to land a left hand but Frederman moved out of range nicely.
Hart misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Hart.
Hart throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Frederman's waist but Frederman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hart off to one side.
Hart throws a jab when Frederman was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Hart there.
Frederman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hart slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart looks to land a right hand but Frederman moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hart.
Frederman throws a right hand that Hart ducks under and follows up with a left that Hart also avoids with ease.
Hart misses with a jab to the body
and Frederman counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice defenses there by Frederman.
Hart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frederman.
Frederman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hart counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hart wants to control from the top but Frederman keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Frederman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Frederman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hart is fighting to break Frederman's control of his arms but Frederman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hart wants to control from the top but Frederman keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Frederman wants to clinch

and Hart counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bret Hart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bret Hart's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frederman.
Frederman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hart throws a combination that misses
and Frederman counters with a series of strikes. Hart will be more careful next time no doubt.
A combination from Frederman does no damage.
Hart throws a big shot that misses.
Bret Hart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Hart.
Hart feints and then cracks Frederman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Frederman down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Hart.
Hart throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hart slips a jab from Frederman.
Hart throws an overhand right that lands on Frederman's shoulder, as Frederman tries to avoid the shot.
Hart's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hart duly obliges.

Hart looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Frederman!
Hart cracks Frederman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hart landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hart throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Frederman because Hart loaded up on that one.
Hart can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Frederman is looking to escape.
Hart landing strikes from the mount.
Frederman is bucking up trying to escape but Hart cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hart thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Frederman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Frederman blocking the ground and pound.
Hart throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart landing punches.
Hart working Frederman over with strikes here.
Hart with shots to the head and body - Frederman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hart cracks Frederman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Frederman is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hart cracks Frederman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Frederman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hart connects with a bit shot that sees Frederman covering up! More strikes from Hart and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hart is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bret Hart!
Bret Hart is the new middleweight champion!