PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between IP Freely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Nahtic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freely comes into the arena with The Trooper blaring out of the sound system. Nahtic has chosen Sleeping My Day Away as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Freely
vs
Nahtic

160 cm
32
140 lbs
22 - 18 - 1

180 cm
28
140 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, IP Freely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Nahtic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nahtic gets caught flat footed, as Freely shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Freely pushing down on Nahtic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Freely stops Nahtic from getting back to his feet.
Nahtic tries to roll over but Freely keeps him under control.
Nahtic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Nahtic is defending against the submission attempts here by Freely.
Freely prevents Nahtic from improving his position.
Nahtic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Freely. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Freely is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Freely looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nahtic tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Freely has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Nahtic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Freely is working for a guillotine from mount but Nahtic frees his head quite easily.
Nahtic is wriggling around trying to escape.

Freely working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nahtic slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Freely prevents Nahtic from standing back up.

Freely is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Freely is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nahtic sees it coming and defends easily.
Nahtic is trying to stand.
Freely slows the pace down in half guard.

Freely is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic tries to kick Freely off but Freely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Freely scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nahtic is refusing to be controlled, as Freely sits in half guard.
Nahtic blocking the ground and pound attempt from Freely.
Freely winds up and cracks Nahtic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nahtic is trying to maintain the position but Freely is very close to passing his half guard.
Nice strikes from Freely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freely tries to pass to full mount but Nahtic defends it.
Nahtic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Freely is working away from the top position though.
Nahtic is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Freely is staying active.

Nahtic is defending against the submission attempts here by Freely.
Freely stops Nahtic from getting back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Freely is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nahtic is just riding it out for now. Freely eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

IP Freely dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nahtic lands a nice looking body kick.

Freely closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nahtic to the mat! Nahtic manages to get full guard.
Nahtic is looking to stand back up but Freely counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Nahtic.

Nahtic is trying to control but Freely passes into side control!
Freely cracks Nahtic with a big right hand but Nahtic just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freely passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Nahtic!
Nahtic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Freely looking to control but Nahtic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freely working Nahtic over with strikes here.
Freely with shots to the head and body - Nahtic looks very uncomfortable down there.

Nahtic is rocked!
Freely looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Nahtic covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). IP Freely!
A relieved looking IP Freely thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.