PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Frederiksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Frederiksen
vs
Lannister

191 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

194 cm
18
244 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fred Frederiksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyrion Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lannister connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lannister connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lannister throws a series of punches but Frederiksen moves out of range.
Lannister scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frederiksen wants to clinch.
Lannister scores with a nice head shot.
Frederiksen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frederiksen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lannister has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frederiksen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Frederiksen closes the distance and clinches up with Lannister, looking for a takedown. Frederiksen pushes Lannister against the cage but Lannister circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Frederiksen is breathing heavily.
Lannister cracks a nice hook into Frederiksen's ribs.
Lannister works Frederiksen's body with a nice hook.
Lannister lands a glancing blow to the side of Frederiksen's head.
Frederiksen moves in looking to clinch but Lannister pushes him off.
We've been hearing reports that Frederiksen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Frederiksen ducks right into an uppercut from Lannister.
Frederiksen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Lannister.

Oooooh!!! Lannister has knocked Frederiksen down with a huge combo! Lannister steps away and waves a wobbly Frederiksen back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Frederiksen is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lannister closes the distance and pushes Frederiksen back into the cage.
Oh Frederiksen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lannister scores with a shot to the side of Frederiksen's head.
Lannister wants to stall.
Frederiksen seems to have got his legs back now.
Lannister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Frederiksen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lannister softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lannister lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Frederiksen backwards.
Lannister tries to stall but Frederiksen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lannister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Lannister fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Lannister.
Lannister content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right from Lannister on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Frederiksen as Lannister tries to tie him up.
Lannister has a couple of punches blocked by Frederiksen.
Lannister misses with a punch to the body.
Lannister lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Frederiksen blocks an uppercut.
Lannister tries to work over Frederiksen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lannister has a couple of punches blocked by Frederiksen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Frederiksen.
Lannister lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lannister lands a hook that snaps the head of Frederiksen backwards.
Lannister lands a right hand that snaps the head of Frederiksen backwards.
Lannister lands with a short shot to the head.
Lannister keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Frederiksen's efforts to push away.
Frederiksen trying to land knees to the body.
Lannister lands an uppercut.
Lannister misses with the head strike.
Frederiksen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lannister swings wildly with an uppercut but Frederiksen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frederiksen has Lannister pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lannister manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Frederiksen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Lannister.
Lannister pushes Frederiksen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frederiksen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Frederiksen tries to land knees in the clinch but Lannister avoids the damage to the body.
Lannister is trying to stall.
Frederiksen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lannister lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lannister scores with a shot to the side of Frederiksen's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Lannister.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrion Lannister dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lannister scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lannister lands with a nice body punch.
Frederiksen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lannister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lannister digs a good body shot into Frederiksen's ribs.
Frederiksen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lannister is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Frederiksen rather than just go for the knockout.
Lannister jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lannister connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Frederiksen's hands.
Lannister cracks Frederiksen with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Frederiksen tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Lannister pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Frederiksen is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrion Lannister!