PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freida Felcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hyde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Freida Felcher has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Felcher
vs
Hyde

181 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
18
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Team S.W.A.T.
Fight 4 America

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freida Felcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Hyde!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyde tries to clinch there but Felcher circles away.
Felcher is looking to clinch but Hyde is avoiding it.
Felcher is looking to clinch but Hyde is avoiding it.
Felcher wants to clinch.
Hyde fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Felcher lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hyde's sensitive parts.
Felcher shoots for a takedown but Hyde saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Felcher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Felcher dominating with strikes here.
Hyde manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Felcher is thwarting Hyde's attempts to control the position.
Hyde punching from the bottom.
Felcher wants to stand but Hyde has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hyde avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Felcher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde is looking for a sweep. Felcher is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hyde is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hyde is refusing to be controlled, as Felcher sits in half guard.
Hyde manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felcher wants to stand but Hyde is controlling his posture from full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Felcher gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Hyde decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Felcher's guard.

Hyde drops back, looking for a kneebar! Felcher looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Felcher looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Felcher!

Felcher decides to stand back up. Felcher steps back and let's Hyde get back to his feet.
Felcher is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hyde changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Felcher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felcher wants to control but Hyde postures up.
Hyde wants to lay and pray for a moment but Felcher keeps working.
Felcher wants to control but Hyde postures up.
Felcher is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hyde with the ground and pound but Felcher regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

Hyde stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Felcher to get to his feet.
Hyde misses with a takedown attempt

so Felcher counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Felcher preventing the sweep.
Felcher is pushing down on Hyde's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hyde is fighting to maintain full guard but Felcher has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Felcher.
Hyde trying to hold on to Felcher's head to control him but Felcher postures up.
Felcher trying to control the action but Hyde is working from the bottom.
Felcher tries to pass to full mount but Hyde defends it.
Hyde throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hyde regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hyde wants to hit a switch here but Felcher passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hyde there!
Felcher blocks Hyde's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four 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.
Felcher landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hyde in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hyde tries to lock up and control but Felcher gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hyde is squirming around, avoiding Felcher's attempts to control the action.

Felcher is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hyde can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hyde tries to hold on but Felcher pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felcher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Felcher looking to control but Hyde is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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 Freida Felcher will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Felcher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Felcher drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Felcher looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hyde manages to work his way to half guard, despite Felcher's best efforts.
Hyde regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hyde striking from his own guard.
Felcher wants to control from the top but Hyde keeps moving.
Hyde manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hyde putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felcher wants to control but Hyde is having none of it.
Hyde lands a nice shot to the head.
Hyde lands a heavy elbow.
Hyde is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Felcher can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Felcher is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hyde cracks Felcher with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Felcher tries to hold on but Hyde postures up.
Felcher in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hyde has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Felcher wants to hold on but Hyde pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hyde unloading with bombs!

Hyde with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hyde prevents Felcher from getting the reversal.
Hyde working Felcher over with strikes here.
Hyde avoids the attempt from Felcher to control.
Hyde lands a nice shot to the head.
Felcher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hyde looking to control but Felcher is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Felcher kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hyde prevents Felcher from getting the reversal.
Hyde with shots to the head and body - Felcher looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hyde is landing with some decent strikes but Felcher is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hyde landing punches.
Felcher manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hyde wants to lay and pray for a moment but Felcher keeps working.
Nice strikes from Hyde there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hyde thows a huge punch but Felcher dodges it nicely.
Felcher trying to control from the bottom.
Hyde tries to pass the half guard into mount. Felcher knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Felcher avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hyde.
The fighters are battling for position here. Felcher manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hyde loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Felcher shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hyde is looking to control Felcher's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hyde avoid being mounted?
Hyde flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
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 Freida Felcher will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Felcher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hyde, pushing him back against the cage.
Felcher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Felcher misses with a knee to the head.
Hyde tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Felcher smiles and moves away.
Hyde swats away the attempt to clinch by Felcher.
Hyde misses with a leg kick
and Felcher counters with a leg kick.
Hyde shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Felcher closes the distance and clinches.

Felcher jumps into guard, dragging Hyde to the mat.
Hyde trying to control the position from guard on top but Felcher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hyde is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Felcher is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Felcher has escaped and now he's on top!
Felcher lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Felcher stands up and waves to Hyde to follow him.
Felcher scores with a push kick.
Felcher shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hyde as he jumps to the side.
Felcher feints and then cracks Hyde's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hyde down.
Hyde misses with a takedown

and Felcher counters with a single leg into guard. Hyde didn't expect that.
Freida Felcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Hyde.
Hyde throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Felcher slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Felcher passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hyde!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde working to try and regain half guard.
Felcher takes Hyde's back.
Hyde tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Felcher controlling his opponent.
Hyde is squirming around, avoiding Felcher's attempts to control the action.
Hyde tries to reverse the position but Felcher maintains control.
Freida Felcher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Felcher controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde tries to reverse the position but Felcher maintains control.
Felcher lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hyde slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Felcher has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Hyde defend it? Felcher steps over the head and cranks it - Hyde is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Felcher!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Freida Felcher!