PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eskobar Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willians Trautman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Trautman's choice of entrance music: Bolt Thrower - No guts, no glory. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Andersson
vs
Trautman

182 cm
28
167 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

172 cm
29
171 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eskobar Andersson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willians Trautman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Trautman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andersson, pushing him back against the cage.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Trautman jumps guard.
Andersson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andersson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trautman is keeping the position for now.
Andersson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Trautman is trying to control the position but Andersson postures up.
Andersson tries to stand but Trautman is controlling from the bottom.

Trautman looking for a guillotine here but Andersson defends easily.

Trautman working for a triangle but Andersson defends it easily.
Andersson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trautman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Andersson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Andersson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Trautman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Andersson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Trautman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Trautman has a closed guard, preventing Andersson from standing up.

Andersson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Andersson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Andersson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trautman gets tackled into the cage by Andersson. Andersson maintains the clinch.
Trautman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Andersson walks away with a smile on his face. Trautman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Andersson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Trautman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Trautman drives through and clinches with Andersson against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trautman is trying to pull guard but Andersson has him pressed against the cage.
Eskobar Andersson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willians Trautman.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Andersson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Andersson tries a knee to the head but Trautman blocks it.

Trautman pulls Andersson into guard.
Andersson trying to control the position from guard on top but Trautman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Trautman working for a triangle but Andersson defends it easily.

Andersson stands up from Trautman's guard - Andersson perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson is looking to clinch but Trautman is avoiding it.
Trautman shoots in but no luck this time.

Trautman darts in and clinches Andersson up against the cage.
Andersson tries to land a knee to the head but Trautman blocks with his arms.
Trautman is trying to pull guard but Andersson has him pressed against the cage.
Andersson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Andersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trautman blocks it with crossed arms.
Andersson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trautman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Andersson walks away with a smile on his face. Trautman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Trautman shoots for a takedown but Andersson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Andersson slips a jab from Trautman.
Trautman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Andersson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Trautman takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trautman shoots and misses
and Andersson counters with a nice uppercut.

Andersson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trautman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Andersson walks away with a smile on his face. Trautman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Trautman closes the distance and clinches.
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 Eskobar Andersson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Andersson on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Trautman clinches.
Andersson stops a takedown attempt from Trautman.
Trautman effectively controlling the action here.

Trautman pulls guard effortlessly.
Andersson trying to control but Trautman is working from the bottom.

Andersson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Trautman, up you get!

Andersson clinches with his opponent.
Trautman tries for a takedown but Andersson manages to get underhooks.
Trautman fails to pull guard.
Eskobar Andersson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willians Trautman.
Trautman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Andersson just stands there and leans against the cage.

Trautman has hold of one of Andersson's legs. Andersson is fighting the takedown attempt but Trautman gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Andersson seems keen to control Trautman's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trautman is looking to advance position but Andersson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Trautman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Andersson stands up from mount. Strange move.
Willians Trautman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trautman throws a lazy uppercut
and Andersson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trautman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Andersson counters with a head kick that drops Trautman to the mat! Trautman scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Trautman is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trautman clinches up with Andersson and pushes him back against the cage.
Andersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trautman jumps guard but Andersson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Trautman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Andersson tries to work over Trautman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andersson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Andersson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trautman blocks a body shot from Andersson.
Andersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trautman blocks it with crossed arms.
Trautman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Trautman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Trautman fails to pull guard.
Andersson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Andersson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eskobar Andersson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Andersson throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Andersson.

Trautman decides to pull guard.
Trautman keeping moving, preventing Andersson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andersson drops back looking for a leg! Trautman is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Trautman manages to kick Andersson off! Andersson jumps back into Trautman's guard.
Andersson wants to stand but Trautman is controlling his posture from full guard.

Trautman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Andersson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Trautman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Trautman clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson won't allow it.
Andersson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson holds him up against the cage and eventually Trautman drops back down to his feet.
Andersson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trautman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trautman avoiding damage as Andersson throws knees to the body.
Trautman tries to pull guard but Andersson won't allow it.
Trautman is trying to pull guard but Andersson has him pressed against the cage.
Andersson tries to land a knee to the head but Trautman blocks with his arms.
Trautman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andersson smiles and moves away.
A head kick misses from Andersson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Trautman gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eskobar Andersson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Trautman drives through and clinches with Andersson against the cage.
Andersson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Andersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Andersson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Willians Trautman has been cut.
Trautman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andersson smiles and moves away.
Trautman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Andersson sprawls well. Andersson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Trautman gets slowly back to his feet.
Trautman avoids the head kick by Andersson.
Trautman fails with the takedown
and Andersson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Trautman is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Eskobar Andersson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willians Trautman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trautman shoots in looking for a takedown but Andersson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Trautman's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Trautman fails to land the takedown.
Trautman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trautman with a poor takedown
and Andersson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Andersson wants to clinch up but Trautman keeps it at a distance.
Andersson tries to close the distance and clinch but Trautman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trautman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Andersson counters with a crisp one two that drops Trautman! Andersson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Trautman to his feet! Trautman is in big trouble!

Trautman is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trautman wants to stay close but Andersson steps back to make room for something. Trautman seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Andersson and Trautman drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eskobar Andersson!
Eskobar Andersson is the new lightweight champion!
A less than humble Eskobar Andersson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.