PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoni Freilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Hayfore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antoni Freilla has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Freilla
vs
Hayfore

184 cm
18
187 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoni Freilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Hayfore!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayfore looks to land a body kick but Freilla moved away.
Freilla throws a nice outside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hayfore pushes off an throws an elbow but Freilla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hayfore misses with a wild combination.
Hayfore looks gassed!
Freilla takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Freilla.

Freilla forces Hayfore back against the cage and clinches.
Hayfore pushes off an throws an elbow but Freilla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Freilla lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Freilla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Freilla drives through and clinches with Hayfore against the cage.
Freilla lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Freilla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Freilla works on Hayfore's body with a couple of short punches.
Freilla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Freilla slows down the pace here.
Freilla lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hayfore backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayfore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Freilla is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Freilla throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Freilla effectively controlling the action here.

Freilla pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Freilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Freilla buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hayfore thows a leg kick but Freilla checks it

and Freilla moves into the clinch.
Freilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Freilla trying to land knees to the body.

Freilla breaks the clinch.
Freilla wants to clinch.
Hayfore takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Freilla closes the distance and clinches.
Freilla throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayfore blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayfore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freilla's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Freilla's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.
Freilla effectively controlling the action here.
Freilla putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hayfore in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Freilla.
Hayfore avoids the elbow strike from Freilla, against the cage.
Hayfore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Freilla is trying to break the clinch but Hayfore has him pressed against the cage.

Freilla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Freilla comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Freilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayfore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Freilla closes the distance and clinches.
Freilla tries to break free but Hayfore pushes him back against the cage.
Freilla working hard to break the clinch.

Freilla pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Freilla clinches up with Hayfore and pushes him back against the cage.
Freilla is trying to break the clinch but Hayfore has him pressed against the cage.
Hayfore keeps control of Freilla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Freilla unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hayfore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freilla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Freilla wants to clinch up but Hayfore keeps it at a distance.
Freilla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hayfore throws a head kick that misses

and Freilla moves into the clinch.
Freilla tries to stall but Hayfore uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hayfore landing knees to the head.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but Freilla blocks it.
Hayfore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Freilla's defenses.
Freilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Freilla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Freilla gets a clinch.
Hayfore misses with a knee strike.
Hayfore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Freilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Freilla lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hayfore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Freilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Freilla is pushing Hayfore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Freilla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hayfore throws an elbow that misses.
Freilla lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hayfore avoids a wild elbow strike from Freilla.
Freilla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Freilla has had enough of the clinch but Hayfore keeps him there for the moment.
Freilla is trying to break the clinch but Hayfore is controlling him.
Freilla is looking to break free of the clinch but Hayfore has double underhooks.
Freilla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hayfore.
Hayfore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayfore lands an elbow just above Freilla 's eye.
Freilla has Hayfore pushed against the cage.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayfore lands an elbow just above Freilla 's eye.
Hayfore throws an elbow but it misses.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antoni Freilla dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Freilla dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hayfore. That did some damage!
Freilla throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Freilla.
Freilla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Freilla tries to clinch but Hayfore is having none of it.
Hayfore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Freilla dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hayfore. That did some damage!

Freilla instigates a clinch.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Freilla rushes Hayfore and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hayfore pushes off an throws an elbow but Freilla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Freilla is trying to break free.
Freilla lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hayfore backwards.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.
Hayfore keeps control of Freilla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Freilla breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayfore misses with a combination
and Freilla counters with a two punch combo.
Hayfore throws a combination that misses
and Freilla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hayfore throws a lazy head kick
and Freilla counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayfore dodges the punch combination from Freilla.
Hayfore swinging wildly here.
Freilla tries to clinch up but Hayfore circles away and keeps his distance.
Freilla tries to clinch up.
Freilla avoids the head kick by Hayfore.
Freilla scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Freilla comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Freilla throws a push kick but Hayfore slaps the foot to one side.
Antoni Freilla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Freilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hayfore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Freilla dodges the punch combination from Hayfore.
Hayfore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Freilla makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hayfore really felt that one!
Hayfore misses with a double jab
and Freilla counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Freilla wants to clinch.
Hayfore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Freilla counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hayfore's knee momentarily.
Hayfore misses with a head kick.
Hayfore wants to land a leg kick but Freilla is out of range.
Freilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hayfore lands with a kick to the temple. Freilla shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hayfore throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Freilla takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hayfore misses with a two punch combination.
Hayfore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Freilla counters with a two punch combo.
Freilla misses with a body kick.
Hayfore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Freilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayfore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hayfore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hayfore throws a right and a left that Freilla avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayfore misses with the combination.
Freilla showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hayfore.

Freilla has managed to clinch.
Freilla dodges an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Freilla cracks Hayfore with a nice body shot.
Hayfore blocks the elbow strike.
Freilla working hard to break the clinch.
Hayfore managing to block the knees to the body from Freilla.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hayfore prevents a body shot from Freilla.
Freilla wants to break free but Hayfore has control.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Hayfore lands a damaging elbow.
Hayfore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Freilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Hayfore connects with a knee to the head.
Hayfore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hayfore with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Freilla misses with a knee strike.
Freilla dodges an elbow strike from Hayfore.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hayfore.
Freilla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hayfore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hayfore comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Freilla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hayfore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Freilla fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hayfore lands an elbow that stopped Freilla in his tracks for a moment.
Hayfore scores with a knee to the head.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Freilla.
Hayfore throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.
Freilla leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow.
Hayfore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antoni Freilla dominated that second round.
That's time! Freilla's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hayfore throws a series of strikes that have Freilla backpedaling.
Freilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayfore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Freilla scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hayfore doesn't seem bothered though.
Some wild striking there from Hayfore.

Freilla moves into range and clinches up with Hayfore.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Freilla breaks from the clinch.
Freilla plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hayfore takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Freilla scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hayfore throws a sloppy head kick and Freilla moves out of range easily.
Hayfore throws a series of strikes that have Freilla backpedaling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hayfore misses with a combination
and Hayfore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hayfore throws a sloppy head kick and Freilla moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Freilla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hayfore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayfore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hayfore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hayfore throws a combination that misses

and Freilla holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Freilla wants to get back to striking at distance but Hayfore won't allow it.
Hayfore tries to land a knee to the head but Freilla blocks with his arms.
Freilla pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayfore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Freilla dodges an elbow strike from Hayfore.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hayfore.
Freilla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Freilla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hayfore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayfore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Freilla's brow.
Hayfore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Freilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayfore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hayfore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hayfore tries to land a knee to the head but Freilla blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hayfore misses with a knee strike.
Hayfore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hayfore looking to throw knees to the head but Freilla is blocking nicely.
Freilla tries to break free but Hayfore pushes him back against the cage.
Hayfore lands an elbow that stopped Freilla in his tracks for a moment.
Hayfore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hayfore scores with a knee to the head.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but Freilla blocks it.
Hayfore throws an elbow that misses.
Hayfore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Freilla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hayfore is defending well for now.
Hayfore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hayfore lands an elbow just above Freilla 's eye.
Freilla has had enough of the clinch but Hayfore keeps him there for the moment.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Freilla has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hayfore throws an elbow but misses.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayfore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Freilla's brow.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hayfore throws a lazy body kick

and Freilla moves into the clinch.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Hayfore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hayfore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Freilla blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but Freilla blocks it.
Hayfore misses with a knee strike.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Freilla can't break the clinch.
Hayfore lands a knee to the head.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hayfore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike.

Freilla breaks the clinch.
Hayfore lands with a nice body kick.
Hayfore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Freilla tries to clinch there but Hayfore circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hayfore misses with a few strikes there.

Freilla pushes Hayfore up against the cage in a clinch.
Freilla wants to break free but Hayfore has control.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayfore lands an elbow that stopped Freilla in his tracks for a moment.
Hayfore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hayfore connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hayfore.
Hayfore connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayfore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Freilla's brow.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Freilla lands a nice uppercut.
Hayfore lands a knee to the head.
Freilla blocks an elbow strike from Hayfore.

Freilla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick by Hayfore misses

and Freilla counters by moving into the clinch.
Hayfore throws an elbow but it misses.
Freilla misses with some punches.
Hayfore comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brad Hayfore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Antoni Freilla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antoni Freilla showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Freilla has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antoni Freilla!