PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manne Tossen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Frettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tossen
vs
Frettish

165 cm
25
142 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
25
142 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Manne Tossen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ed Frettish!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tossen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frettish was well out of range. Poor timing from Tossen.
Tossen avoids a kick to the body.
Frettish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tossen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frettish plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tossen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tossen.
A bone on bone clash there as Tossen blocks the leg kick.
Frettish looks to land a body kick but Tossen moved away.
Tossen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Frettish avoids the body shot from Tossen.
Frettish tries to clinch there but Tossen circles away.
Frettish fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
Frettish needs to keep his hands up - Tossen had a free shot at his head there.
Frettish pushes Tossen away with a front kick.
Ed Frettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frettish wants to clinch.
Tossen moves out of range of the leg kick from Frettish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frettish throws a chopping leg kick but Tossen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Frettish closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tossen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Frettish fakes the leg kick and cracks Tossen in the body.
Tossen lands a really nice looking cross but Frettish seems unphased.
Tossen is looking to wear down Frettish with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tossen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frettish motions for Tossen to come forward. Frettish throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tossen throws a jab but it's blocked by Frettish.
Frettish throws a leg kick
and Tossen counters with a nice body kick.
Frettish is looking to clinch.
Tossen tests Frettish's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tossen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crunch! Frettish slams his shin into Tossen's torso.
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tossen scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tossen takes a swing at Frettish's ribcage but misses.
Tossen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Frettish fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tossen is out of range.
Frettish is looking to land body kicks.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
Tossen throws a body punch but Frettish moves out of range.
Frettish takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frettish tries to score with a low kick but Tossen moves his leg out of the way.
Frettish has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Frettish there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tossen. Frettish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tossen lands a nice hook to Frettish's body. Frettish takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tossen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frettish moves away.
Tossen takes a swing at Frettish's ribcage but misses.
Frettish swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tossen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frettish.
Tossen swings for the body but Frettish moves out of range.
Frettish fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tossen is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frettish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Frettish looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tossen lands with a good body shot.
Frettish scores with a nice body kick.
Tossen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frettish manages to avoid it.
Tossen stuns Frettish with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Frettish cracks the inside of Tossen's front leg.
Tossen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tossen misses with a head kick.
Frettish attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tossen lands a jab to Frettish's midsection.
Frettish throws a lazy head kick
letting Tossen counter with a right hand.
Tossen checks a leg kick nicely.
Frettish swings for the body but Tossen moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tossen connects with a body shot that sends Frettish's belly button to the back.
Frettish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tossen lands with an uppercut that bounces Frettish off the cage and back into range.
Tossen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tossen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tossen just misses with a punch to the body.
Frettish tries to close the distance and clinch but Tossen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frettish throws a sloppy head kick and Tossen moves out of range easily.
Frettish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tossen throws a head kick but Frettish moves out of range.
Frettish throws a low kick but Tossen avoids it.
Tossen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frettish steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tossen.
Frettish takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Frettish misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frettish throws a body punch but Tossen moves out of range.
Frettish misses with a kick to the body.
Tossen moves out of range as Frettish throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Frettish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manne Tossen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tossen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frettish moves away.
Frettish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frettish lands with a slapping head kick.
Tossen digs a good hook to Frettish's body.
Tossen looks to land a body kick but Frettish moved away.
Frettish avoids the body shot from Tossen.
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick.
Tossen throws a head kick but Frettish moves out of range.
Tossen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frettish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tossen stuns Frettish with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frettish throws a head kick that misses.
Frettish is looking to clinch.
Frettish looks to throw the jab but Tossen is out of range.
Frettish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tossen.
Tossen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frettish can do to turn this around?
Frettish fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tossen keeps the fight on the outside.
Tossen throws a body punch but Frettish moves out of range.
Frettish avoids a kick to the body.
Tossen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frettish looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tossen throws the kick towards the body but Frettish avoids it.
Frettish is looking to land body kicks.
Frettish misses the shot to the body.
Tossen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tossen throws a head kick that misses.
Frettish wants to clinch up but Tossen keeps it at a distance.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
Manne Tossen is winning the standup battle so far.
Tossen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Frettish.
Frettish finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tossen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Frettish might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tossen has got the better of the exchanges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tossen scores with a body shot.
A cross from Tossen lands.
Nice body kick from Frettish.
A solid body kick from Tossen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tossen looks to land a right hand but Frettish moved out of range.
Tossen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Frettish pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Frettish tries to close the distance and clinch but Tossen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tossen throws a low kick but Frettish moves out of range easily.
Frettish looks for the body kick but Tossen saw that one coming.
Tossen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Frettish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tossen.
Tossen blocks the body kick.
Tossen lands a jab to Frettish's midsection.
Tossen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tossen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Frettish pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frettish tries to move into range but Tossen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Frettish avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frettish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tossen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Frettish takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tossen lands with a right hand.
Frettish takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tossen throws a body punch but Frettish moves out of range.
Tossen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frettish tries to clinch up
enabling Tossen to counter with a crisp jab.

Frettish rushes Tossen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Frettish prevents Tossen from breaking the clinch.
Tossen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frettish pushes off an throws an elbow but Tossen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frettish looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Frettish lands an elbow inside.
Frettish throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frettish pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've been informed that Frettish has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tossen blocks the elbow strike.
Tossen lands with a right to the head.

Tossen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tossen misses the shot to the body.
Tossen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frettish tries to clinch up.
Frettish wants to clinch up but Tossen keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manne Tossen dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Frettish tries to clinch but Tossen moves out of range.
Tossen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tossen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheers as Tossen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Frettish doesn't seem phased though.
Tossen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tossen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frettish looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tossen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frettish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tossen swats away the attempt to clinch by Frettish.
Frettish looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tossen cracks Frettish with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Frettish.
Tossen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Frettish tries to work over Tossen's front leg with a kick but Tossen checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frettish throws a push kick but Tossen slaps the foot to one side.
Frettish tries to clinch up.
Frettish thows a leg kick but Tossen checks it
and Frettish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tossen looks for the body kick but Frettish saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Frettish.
Frettish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tossen.
Frettish motions for Tossen to come forward. Frettish throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tossen misses with a looping right.
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick from Frettish.
Frettish tries to clinch there but Tossen circles away.
Tossen throws a wild body kick that Frettish sees coming a mile off.
Frettish avoids a kick to the body.
Frettish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Frettish rushes Tossen and presses him up against the cage.
Tossen throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Frettish.
Tossen has a couple of punches blocked by Frettish.
Frettish prevents Tossen from breaking the clinch.
Tossen avoids the elbow strike from Frettish, against the cage.
Frettish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tossen misses with some punches.
Frettish creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Frettish misses with some punches.
Tossen avoids a wild elbow strike from Frettish.
Tossen avoids the elbow strike from Frettish, against the cage.
Frettish misses with a short punch on the inside.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick.
Tossen takes a swing at Frettish's ribcage but misses.
Tossen tries to bum rush Frettish with a series of wild strikes but Frettish uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice leg kick lands there from Frettish.

Frettish moves into range and clinches up with Tossen.
Frettish is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tossen is keeping busy.

Tossen breaks from the clinch.
Tossen moves out of range as Frettish throws a body kick.
Tossen misses with a body shot.
Tossen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tossen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tossen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frettish misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frettish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frettish is looking to land body kicks.
Tossen thuds his right hand into Frettish's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frettish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frettish throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tossen.
Frettish throws a push kick but Tossen slaps the foot to one side.
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick from Frettish.
Frettish misses with a body kick.
Tossen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tossen moves out of range of the body kick from Frettish.
Tossen throws a head kick that misses.
Ed Frettish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tossen throws a head kick but Frettish moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manne Tossen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tossen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manne Tossen!