PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agilulfe Fragonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fada Maka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Fragonard
vs
Maka

193 cm
18
261 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Agilulfe Fragonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fada Maka!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maka darts in and clinches Fragonard up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fragonard wants to stall.
Maka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Maka working hard to break the clinch.
Fragonard looking to slow down the pace here.
Fragonard tries to throw a body punch but Maka avoids it by throwing Fragonard back against the cage.
Fragonard keeps control of Maka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fragonard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fragonard tries to break the clinch but Maka is controlling the position.
Fragonard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fragonard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maka managing to block the knees to the body from Fragonard.
Maka tries to work over Fragonard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fragonard keeps control of Maka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fragonard up against the cage.
Fragonard taking a breather.
Fragonard prevents Maka from breaking the clinch.
Maka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fragonard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Maka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maka lands a body punch.
Fragonard can't break the clinch.
Maka can't find room to land a body shot as Fragonard controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maka lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fragonard.
Fragonard is stalling here.
Fragonard tries to break the clinch but Maka is controlling the position.
Fragonard's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Maka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fragonard backwards.

Maka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maka tries to close the distance and clinch but Fragonard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maka is looking to clinch but Fragonard is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Fragonard misses.
Fragonard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
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!

Maka rushes Fragonard and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fragonard manages to break the clinch.
Fragonard swings widly with a right hand
and Maka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sloppy strikes from Fragonard. Those never looked like landing.
Fragonard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fragonard.

Maka forces Fragonard back against the cage and clinches.
Maka has Fragonard pressed against the cage, preventing Fragonard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maka blocking some punches.
Maka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maka stalls.
Fragonard tries to land knees in the clinch but Maka avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fragonard misses with a straight right.
Fragonard swats away the attempt to clinch by Maka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fragonard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Agilulfe Fragonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fragonard feints and as Maka raises his hands in defense, Fragonard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Fragonard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fragonard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fragonard throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maka has his hands on Fragonard's head, controlling the position.
Fragonard throwing strikes from guard but Maka blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fada Maka dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Maka misses with a hook.
Maka is looking to clinch but Fragonard is avoiding it.
Agilulfe Fragonard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Maka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fragonard has a couple of punches blocked by Maka.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fragonard tries to work over Maka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fragonard up against the cage.
Maka lands a left hand.
Maka's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Maka working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fragonard's elbow.

Maka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fragonard misses with a looping right.
Fragonard throws a big shot that misses.
Fragonard misses with a few strikes there.
Maka tries to clinch up.
Fragonard shoots in looking for a takedown. Maka tries to sprawl out of it but Fragonard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Maka manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Maka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fragonard moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fragonard throws a lazy right hand but Maka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Maka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fragonard.
Fragonard keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fragonard is defended easily by Maka.
Fragonard misses the body punch
and Maka counters with a nice body shot.
Fragonard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Maka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maka tries to clinch up but Fragonard circles away and keeps his distance.
Fragonard walks into a left hand.
Fragonard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fada Maka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fragonard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Agilulfe Fragonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fragonard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Maka sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fragonard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fragonard misses with a right hand
and Maka counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Maka clinches up with Fragonard and pushes him back against the cage.
Maka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fragonard up against the cage.
Maka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Maka.
Maka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fragonard or not.
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!
Fragonard being controlled against the cage.
Maka working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maka stalling.
Maka lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Maka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maka.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fragonard is trying to break the clinch but Maka is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fada Maka.
Fragonard throws a jab but it's blocked by Maka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fada Maka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Fragonard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Maka's waist but Maka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fragonard off to one side.
Maka is looking to clinch.
Maka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Maka tries to clinch but Fragonard moves out of range.
Maka darts in trying to clinch

and Fragonard counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maka won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes there by Fragonard.
Fragonard tries to score with some ground and pound. Maka controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Fragonard lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fragonard working the head with strikes.

It looks like Fada Maka has been cut.
Fragonard sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Maka is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maka can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maka takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Agilulfe Fragonard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fragonard misses with the ground and pound.
Fragonard tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Check out the look on Fragonard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That has opened up Fada Maka's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fragonard throwing strikes but Maka manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Fragonard manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Fragonard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maka.
Fragonard is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Maka's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Maka's back!
Fragonard connects with a big shot to the side of Maka's head.

Fada Maka's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fada Maka's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Agilulfe Fragonard!