PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between john green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frankie fraser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

green
vs
fraser

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
23
187 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, john green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, frankie fraser!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
fraser stuffs the takedown.

fraser gets a takedown into half guard.
fraser prevents green from standing back up.
fraser thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed green's head.
green tries to get to full guard but fraser has control of the leg.
green has hold of fraser's hands but fraser slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
fraser seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but green does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

green is defending against the submission attempts here by fraser.
green trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
fraser trying to control but green is having none of it.
fraser content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
green tries to reverse the position but fraser maintains control.
green is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
green wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - fraser's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
green is trapped and fraser is scoring with shots to the head and body.
green is breathing heavily.
fraser slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
fraser struggling to keep hold of the position.

green defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of fraser's arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

fraser is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. green defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

green defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of fraser's arms.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
green breaks fraser's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

frankie fraser 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.

fraser has a takedown stuffed.
fraser tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but green swivels and escapes.
green thows a body shot but no joy.

green has managed to clinch.

fraser is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. green can't fight it off and eventually fraser manages to take the fight to the floor. green looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

fraser drops back looking for a leg! green is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and green manages to kick fraser off! fraser jumps back into green's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
green is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
green is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst fraser is controlling him.
green looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but fraser puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
green pushes fraser off but fraser dives into side control.
fraser lands a decent elbow from side control.
green tries to get back to half guard but can't.

fraser has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
fraser throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fraser misses with a takedown attempt
and green counters with a flying knee. Nice.
john green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of frankie fraser.

fraser darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

green makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
green fails with the takedown
and fraser counters with a one-two to the body.
green shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and fraser counters with a three punch combo that has green backing up. green nods at fraser to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
green shoots and misses
and fraser counters with a series of strikes. green will be more careful next time no doubt.
green with a lazy takedown attempt

and fraser counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
green trying to control here.
fraser passes to side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
fraser trying to control the action but green is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

frankie fraser showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

fraser tries to clinch but green moves out of range.
fraser throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
fraser misses with a takedown

and green counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
fraser trying to control from the bottom.
green is just content to waste time from the top position. fraser takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
green has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
green is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

fraser is looking for a triangle but green pushes his legs off easily.
green wanted to stand there but fraser had control of the position.

fraser is looking for a triangle but green pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
green trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but fraser manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
fraser won't allow green to sweep him here.
green looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but fraser puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
green is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
green tries to kick fraser off in order to stand up. fraser Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The referee asks fraser politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. fraser prefers to stall for the moment though.

fraser has worked his way into a potential kimura here. green is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. fraser yanks on the arm and green is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by fraser.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). frankie fraser!