PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fyodor Pending (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddie Holloza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pending
vs
Holloza

150 cm
34
130 lbs
34 - 50 - 0

168 cm
28
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 50 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fyodor Pending!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freddie Holloza!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Holloza has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holloza lands a nice elbow.

Holloza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Holloza moves into the clinch successfully.
Pending is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pending is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Holloza obliges.

Holloza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've been informed that Holloza has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Holloza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Holloza lands a high kick!

It looks like Fyodor Pending has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Holloza lands a big head kick that sends Pending tumbling to the mat! Holloza takes a step backwards and waves Pending back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Pending is rocked!
Holloza and Pending are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Holloza throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Pending into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Holloza knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Freddie Holloza!