PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Venable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frankie fraser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Venable
vs
fraser

187 cm
20
194 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
187 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Urban Vandal fight gear

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Venable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, frankie fraser!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venable is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
fraser tries to clinch but Venable moves away
and Venable counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Venable as fraser shoots in.
Venable throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as fraser stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Venable follows into mount!

fraser is rocked!
fraser taking shots to the head.
fraser is still in real trouble! Can Venable finish him?
Venable knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for fraser on the ground.
Venable tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Venable looking to finish fraser with some ground and pound. This is bad for fraser!
fraser seems to have recovered his senses.
fraser bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Venable is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
fraser wants to stand but Venable is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fraser is fighting to break Venable's control of his arms but Venable is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
fraser wants to stand but Venable is controlling his posture from full guard.
Venable wants to sweep here but fraser controlling him for the moment.

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.
Venable working a defensive guard but fraser passes into half guard.
Venable is pressing down on fraser's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Venable is pulling down on fraser's head. It's preventing any offense from fraser, at least for the moment.
Venable tries to strike from the bottom.
fraser trying to control but Venable is working from the bottom.
fraser sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venable looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Venable bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in fraser's guard.
Venable controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Venable stopping the sweep attempt from fraser.
Venable slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Venable trying to control but fraser is working from the bottom.

fraser working for submissions but it's allowed Venable to get to half guard.
Venable controlling the action here.
fraser trying to control but Venable postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Venable dominated that round.
That's time! Venable's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Venable misses with a head kick.
fraser moves out of range of the body kick.
Venable fails in his attempt to clinch.

Venable clinches.
fraser wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Venable breaks from the clinch.
Ricky Venable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venable throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice defenses there by fraser.
Venable throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as fraser stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Venable follows into mount!
fraser working to try and regain half guard.
Venable controlling his opponent.
Venable punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fraser regains half guard.
fraser is trying to maintain the position but Venable is very close to passing his half guard.
Venable is looking to pass fraser's guard but actually fraser recovers to full guard.
Venable trying to control but fraser is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
fraser is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Venable has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

fraser throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Venable trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Venable is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Venable accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venable trying to control but fraser is working from the bottom.
fraser looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Venable puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
fraser is trying to stand back up but Venable is controlling him
Venable keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
fraser is not content to let Venable control the position.
fraser makes his way to full guard. A much better position for fraser.

That's four 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.
Venable sitting in guard, not really doing much.
fraser is trying to keep Venable in close.
fraser wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Venable prevents fraser from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Venable dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Venable connects with a vicious head kick that knocks fraser to the floor! Venable dives in looking for the finish!
fraser is looking to improve his position.
fraser wants to get back to his feet.
Venable misses with a head shot. fraser uses the momentum to regain guard.
Venable trying to control the position from guard on top but fraser is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Venable controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
fraser controls Venable momentarily but Venable frees himself.

fraser looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
fraser takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Venable is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
fraser wants to sweep but no luck.
fraser keeping moving, preventing Venable from controlling successfully.
Venable stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. fraser swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Venable lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ricky Venable is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Venable tries to clinch up.
Venable goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venable.

Venable has fraser up against the cage in a clinch.

Venable breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Venable tries to clinch up but fraser circles away and keeps his distance.
Ricky Venable is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Venable scores with a decent looking hook.
fraser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Venable feints and then cracks fraser's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow fraser down.

Venable moves into the clinch.

Venable breaks from the clinch.
Venable throws a combination but it was largely blocked by fraser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venable throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
fraser fails with the takedown
and Venable counters with a good low kick that fraser was not able to check.
Venable lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Venable rushes fraser and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Venable is pressed up against the cage. fraser has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Venable down to the mat. Venable avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Venable instigates a clinch.
fraser tries to break the clinch but Venable is controlling the position.
Venable with an attempt at a knee that misses.
fraser wants to get back to striking at distance but Venable won't allow it.

Venable manages to break the clinch.
fraser misses with a takedown attempt

and Venable holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ricky Venable has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of frankie fraser.

Venable breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Venable misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Venable tries to clinch but fraser moves out of range.
fraser misses with a series of wild punches.
fraser throws a leg kick
and Venable counters with a solid body kick.

Venable closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Venable breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venable.
fraser misses with a hook.
fraser lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by fraser.

It looks like Ricky Venable has been cut.
fraser swats away the attempt to clinch by Venable.
Ricky Venable is winning the standup battle so far.
fraser blocks a head kick by Venable.
fraser shoots in but Venable avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Venable feints and then cracks fraser's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow fraser down.
fraser has his takedown stuffed

and Venable counters by moving into the clinch.
frankie fraser has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Venable breaks from the clinch.
Venable is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Venable scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Venable showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Venable 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Venable!