PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Freedmen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Magomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freedmen comes to the cage accompanied by Hero by Skillet. Magomedov has chosen Ave Maria as his entrance music. Konstantin Magomedov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Freedmen
vs
Magomedov

215 cm
23
280 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
245 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Freedmen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Konstantin Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Magomedov.
Freedmen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magomedov.
Magomedov fails with a takedown attempt.
Magomedov walks into a left hand.
Magomedov misses with a looping left.

Magomedov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Freedmen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magomedov throwing strikes but Freedmen manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Magomedov gets back to half guard.
Magomedov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Magomedov is staying active underneath Freedmen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov moves into full guard.
Magomedov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magomedov is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Freedmen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Magomedov is keeping the position for now.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Magomedov holds on and takes a little breather.
Magomedov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Freedmen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Magomedov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Freedmen tries to free his leg and advance position but Magomedov is retaining full guard.
Freedmen stopping the sweep attempt from Magomedov.
Magomedov trying to control the position here.
Freedmen won't allow Magomedov to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov is adopting a defensive guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Konstantin Magomedov wasn't active enough on the ground.
Magomedov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Freedmen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Freedmen throws a front kick that sends Magomedov stumbling back into the cage.
Magomedov takes a swing at Freedmen's ribcage but misses.
Magomedov with a hook.
Freedmen pushes Magomedov away with a front kick.
Magomedov throws a body kick that misses.
Nice body punch from Freedmen.
Roger Freedmen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magomedov looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magomedov looks to land a body kick but Freedmen moved away.
Freedmen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Konstantin Magomedov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freedmen with a nice cross.
Freedmen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magomedov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov moves forwards but Freedmen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Freedmen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Freedmen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Freedmen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Freedmen.
Some wild striking there from Freedmen.
A punch lands to the side of Magomedov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Freedmen takes a swing at Magomedov's ribcage but misses.
Freedmen scores with a body shot.
Freedmen looks for the body kick but Magomedov saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freedmen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Freedmen staying out of range there.
Freedmen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Freedmen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Magomedov's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Freedmen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Freedmen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Magomedov. Freedmen shrugs it off though.
Freedmen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

A jab-cross combination lands for Freedmen and sends Magomedov crashing to the mat! Freedmen follows him down to the mat - Magomedov regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Konstantin Magomedov has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov is looking for a sweep. Freedmen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Freedmen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Magomedov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Magomedov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Freedmen is working away from the top position though.
Magomedov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freedmen is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Magomedov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Freedmen's guard.
Magomedov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Freedmen keeping moving, preventing Magomedov from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Magomedov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Freedmen keeping moving, preventing Magomedov from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freedmen has momentary wrist control but Magomedov slips an elbow through the middle.
Freedmen is trying to control the position but Magomedov postures up.
Magomedov wants to control from the top but Freedmen keeps moving.
Magomedov looking to pass the guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freedmen working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Magomedov has passed into half guard!
Freedmen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Magomedov trying to control but Freedmen is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Magomedov postures up in Freedmen's guard and throws a big left but Freedmen blocks it.
Magomedov seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Magomedov throwing strikes from guard but Freedmen blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Freedmen keeping moving, preventing Magomedov from controlling successfully.
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 Roger Freedmen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Konstantin Magomedov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Freedmen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Magomedov's hands.
Freedmen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Freedmen lands with a hook. Magomedov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Magomedov throws a jab when Freedmen was well out of range.
Magomedov throws a looping overhand right but Freedmen ducks down to avoid it.
Freedmen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magomedov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Freedmen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magomedov moves forwards but Freedmen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Magomedov.
Freedmen slips under a jab from Magomedov.
Freedmen thumps Magomedov with a low kick.
Magomedov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Freedmen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Freedmen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Magomedov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magomedov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Freedmen.
Magomedov misses with a kick to the body
and Freedmen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Freedmen swats away the attempt to clinch by Magomedov.
Freedmen lands a brutal head kick. Magomedov looks out on his feet and Freedmen throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Roger Freedmen!
Roger Freedmen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.