PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Legstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Legstrong
vs
Frederick

188 cm
20
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lance Legstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Frederick!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legstrong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Legstrong misses with a body shot.

Legstrong dives in and scores a takedown into Frederick's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frederick is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Frederick is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Frederick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legstrong passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Frederick is trying to get back to half guard.

Legstrong is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Frederick has escaped the position, nice work there.

Legstrong is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Frederick is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frederick is trying to improve his position.
Legstrong working away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legstrong controlling the position from side mount.
Frederick tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Legstrong tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Legstrong has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Legstrong is trying to get an arm triangle but Frederick is defending well.
Legstrong trying to control the action but Frederick is working from the bottom.
Frederick is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Frederick's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Legstrong connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Frederick some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frederick managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Legstrong.
Frederick wants to control but Legstrong postures up.

Legstrong in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Frederick is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lance Legstrong!
Lance Legstrong was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.