PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hell Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Fraley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hell Filipovic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shane Fraley's chin.

Filipovic
vs
Fraley

155 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hell Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shane Fraley!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Filipovic gets a takedown into half guard.
Filipovic throwing shots but Fraley is blocking nicely.
Filipovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Filipovic is thwarting Fraley's attempts to control the position.
Fraley is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Filipovic is trying to work for a kimura but Fraley is defending well.
Fraley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Filipovic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Filipovic throwing shots but Fraley is blocking nicely.
Filipovic really is a fat lump.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fraley is looking to improve his position.
Fraley is trying to stand up here but Filipovic is controlling him well.
Filipovic thows a huge punch but Fraley dodges it nicely.
Filipovic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Filipovic looks to land a strike but Fraley avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Fraley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Filipovic.
Filipovic throws an elbow that misses. Fraley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Filipovic's guard. Nice move by Fraley!

Filipovic keeping moving, preventing Fraley from controlling successfully.
Fraley wanted to stand there but Filipovic had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Filipovic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Filipovic working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Fraley has passed into half guard!

Filipovic actively working from the bottom here.
Filipovic is refusing to be controlled, as Fraley sits in half guard.

Fraley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic is staying active underneath Fraley, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fraley is looking to stall here but Filipovic recovers full guard.
Filipovic keeping moving, preventing Fraley from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Fraley looking to improve position, pressing down on Filipovic's thigh with his hand. Filipovic seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Fraley paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Fraley's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Filipovic picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hell Filipovic!