PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blitzkrieg Friedhelm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Friedhelm's entrance music is "Du Hast" by Rammstein. A fine choice. Nelson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AFI - Totalimmortal kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Friedhelm
vs
Nelson

160 cm
26
155 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blitzkrieg Friedhelm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimmy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Friedhelm looks to land a combination but Nelson avoids it well.
Friedhelm misses with a wild combination.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Friedhelm.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Friedhelm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Friedhelm looks to throw the jab but Nelson is out of range.
Nelson defending well as Friedhelm loads up on a big left hand.
Friedhelm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson throws a looping overhand right but Friedhelm ducks down to avoid it.

Nelson closes the distance and clinches.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Nelson.
A right hook to the body lands for Friedhelm.
Nelson trying to stall but Friedhelm improves his position.
Nelson tries to work over Friedhelm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Friedhelm prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Friedhelm prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Friedhelm prevents a body shot from Nelson.

Friedhelm breaks from the clinch.
Nelson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nelson defending well as Friedhelm loads up on a big left hand.
Nelson blocks a jab.
Friedhelm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Friedhelm misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely.
Friedhelm stalks Nelson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nelson's face. Nelson staggers backwards, shaken.
Friedhelm lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jimmy Nelson has been cut.
Friedhelm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blitzkrieg Friedhelm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nelson.
Friedhelm misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Friedhelm misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Friedhelm slips under a jab from Nelson.
Friedhelm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson walks into a left hand.
Friedhelm thows a left - swing and a miss!
Friedhelm slips a straight right by Nelson.
Friedhelm misses with a hook.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Friedhelm swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Friedhelm misses with a few strikes there.
Friedhelm throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
No joy there for Friedhelm, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Friedhelm throws a series of punches but Nelson avoids them all with ease.
Nelson scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Friedhelm.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Friedhelm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson scores with a decent looking hook.
Friedhelm takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Friedhelm throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
Friedhelm is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nelson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Friedhelm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Friedhelm.
Nelson digs a good hook to Friedhelm's body.
Friedhelm throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Friedhelm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Friedhelm swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Friedhelm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Friedhelm misses with an uppercut. Nelson saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Friedhelm.

Friedhelm gets caught flat footed, as Nelson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Nelson stops Friedhelm from standing up.
Nelson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nelson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Friedhelm gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nelson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Friedhelm doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Blitzkrieg Friedhelm will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Nelson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nelson dodges the punch combination from Friedhelm.
Friedhelm misses with a series of wild punches.
Friedhelm loads up on a big right hand but Nelson slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Friedhelm scores with a decent looking hook.
Nelson lands a right hook to the body.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Friedhelm circles away.
Blitzkrieg Friedhelm is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Friedhelm is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nelson lands with an uppercut that bounces Friedhelm off the cage and back into rage.
Friedhelm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Friedhelm misses with an uppercut.
Friedhelm throws the left hand but Nelson avoids the punch easily.
Friedhelm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Friedhelm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Friedhelm throws a series of punches but Nelson moves out of range.
Friedhelm throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nelson connects with a looping right hand.
Friedhelm works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Friedhelm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Nelson.
Nelson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Friedhelm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nelson dips to his left and cracks Friedhelm with an uppercut!
Friedhelm looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Friedhelm.
Friedhelm misses with a two punch combination.
Friedhelm lands with a straight right. Nelson didn't see that one coming.
Friedhelm swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Friedhelm does no damage.
Friedhelm fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Friedhelm misses.
Friedhelm walks into a left hand.
Nelson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Friedhelm.
Nelson throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Friedhelm misses its intended target.
Blitzkrieg Friedhelm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Friedhelm misses with the combination.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Friedhelm.
Friedhelm scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nelson lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Friedhelm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blitzkrieg Friedhelm is winning the standup battle so far.
Friedhelm works over Nelson's head and body with a nice combination.
Friedhelm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Friedhelm throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Friedhelm throws a predictable looking body shot

and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nelson.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Friedhelm's elbow.
Friedhelm wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Nelson on the inside.
Nelson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Friedhelm blocks a body shot from Nelson.
Friedhelm wants to get back to striking at distance but Nelson won't allow it.
Nelson lands a left hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Friedhelm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Friedhelm controls his hands.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Friedhelm controls his hands.
Nelson taking a breather.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nelson works on Friedhelm's body with a couple of short punches.
Friedhelm wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Blitzkrieg Friedhelm will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Nelson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Good exchange - Nelson coming out on top.
Friedhelm takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Friedhelm defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Friedhelm leaves Nelson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Friedhelm throws out the jab.
Friedhelm throws a left and a right that both miss

so Nelson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nelson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Friedhelm is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nelson won't allow Friedhelm to get back to his feet.
Nelson pushing down on Friedhelm's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Nelson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nelson passes to full mount!

Nelson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Friedhelm is surviving well by controlling Nelson's body position as best he can.
Nelson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Friedhelm because Nelson loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nelson goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Friedhelm is on top in guard.
Friedhelm wants to stand but Nelson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Friedhelm has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Friedhelm wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
Friedhelm thows a big elbow that misses.
Friedhelm stopping the sweep attempt from Nelson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Friedhelm stands up from Nelson's guard - Friedhelm perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Friedhelm drops his hands momentarily and Nelson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Friedhelm throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Friedhelm throws a combination that misses
and Nelson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Nelson clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Friedhelm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Friedhelm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson trying to stall but Friedhelm improves his position.
Friedhelm wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson trying to stall but Friedhelm improves his position.
Friedhelm works on Nelson's body with a couple of short punches.

Friedhelm manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Friedhelm, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Friedhelm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Friedhelm throws a combination that misses
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Friedhelm.
Friedhelm misses with a double jab
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Friedhelm lands a nice looking body shot.
Jimmy Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blitzkrieg Friedhelm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Friedhelm throws a right and a left that Nelson avoids nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Nelson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Friedhelm has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!