PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Everette Frye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fero JOzKO (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JOzKO has chosen sman as his entrance music. JOzKO has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Fero JOzKO has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Frye
vs
JOzKO

209 cm
18
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Everette Frye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fero JOzKO!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

JOzKO looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Frye has one foot on JOzKO's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
JOzKO looks winded!
Frye looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Frye throws a sloppy head kick and JOzKO moves out of range easily.

JOzKO looking to score a takedown here. Frye is defending well but JOzKO drives through and ends up in Frye's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Frye has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. JOzKO is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Frye stalls.
Frye stalling.

JOzKO pulls guard.

Frye stands up from JOzKO's guard - Frye perhaps looking for a knockout.
Frye tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frye throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Frye.
Frye tries a head kick but it misses.

JOzKO fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Frye sprawls well initially but JOzKO persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Frye kicks off JOzKO and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frye looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frye postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Frye slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

JOzKO is working an open guard so Frye takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Frye throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. JOzKO was covering up waiting for the punch and Frye finishes the takedown easily into guard.
JOzKO is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Frye dives into side control.

A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Frye decides to stand back up. Frye steps back and let's JOzKO get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Frye closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming JOzKO to the mat! JOzKO manages to get full guard.

Frye stands up and waves to JOzKO to follow him.

JOzKO closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Frye to the mat! Frye manages to get full guard.

Frye pushes JOzKO off and scrambles back to his feet.
Frye misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frye tries a head kick but it misses.
JOzKO throws a lazy body kick

and Frye counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Frye lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
JOzKO is trying to stand.
Ground and pound from Frye.
Frye perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
JOzKO on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Frye decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Frye misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
JOzKO moves out of range of the body kick.
Frye misses with a head kick.

Frye feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Frye gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

JOzKO closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Frye quickly recovers to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frye manages to get to full guard.
JOzKO is fighting to break Frye's control of his arms but Frye is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
JOzKO throwing strikes from guard but Frye blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frye bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in JOzKO's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Everette Frye dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Frye fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. JOzKO sprawls well initially but Frye persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Frye looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Frye is nestled in close to JOzKO, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Frye working over JOzKO with some ground and pound. JOzKO looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
JOzKO has hold of Frye's hands but Frye slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Frye has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Frye landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Frye content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frye lands with a punch from half guard.
JOzKO is breathing heavily.
Frye lands with a punch from half guard.
Frye working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frye slips a nice elbow through JOzKO's hands, connecting with JOzKO's forehead.
Frye working JOzKO over with strikes.
Frye with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
JOzKO is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Frye scores with a couple of nice shots.
Frye with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Frye seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down JOzKO for as long as he can get away with.
Frye lands strikes from half guard.
Frye working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frye lands with a punch from half guard.

Frye decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Frye tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Frye changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. JOzKO looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Frye is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that JOzKO can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frye just content to control the position.

Frye decides to stand up, so the ref orders JOzKO to his feet.
JOzKO moves out of range of the body kick from Frye.
Frye tests JOzKO's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Frye scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frye seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
JOzKO misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Frye keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
JOzKO has hold of Frye's hands but Frye slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frye performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Frye lands with a punch from half guard.

Frye decides to stand and escape the position.
Frye throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Frye scores with a takedown into JOzKO's guard.
Frye not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Frye scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Frye stands and steps away. JOzKO gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frye tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
JOzKO is looking to land body kicks.

Frye shoots in and gets a takedown into JOzKO's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Frye's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Frye decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on JOzKO, up you get!
JOzKO avoids the head kick by Frye.
Frye avoids the head kick by JOzKO.
Frye appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fero JOzKO seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

JOzKO clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

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

Frye closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
JOzKO is trying to stand up here but Frye is controlling him well.

Frye stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Everette Frye dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Frye closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into JOzKO's guard.
Frye scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

JOzKO is working an open guard so Frye takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Frye gets caught flat footed, as JOzKO shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Frye pushes JOzKO off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Frye pushes JOzKO away with a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frye misses with a head kick.
Frye misses with a series of wild punches.
JOzKO moves out of range of the leg kick from Frye.
A head kick misses from Frye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
JOzKO blocks a head kick by Frye.
JOzKO throws a head kick that misses
and Frye counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. JOzKO is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Frye avoids the head kick by JOzKO.

JOzKO flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

JOzKO makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Everette Frye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Frye fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging JOzKO to the ground. Frye is now in JOzKO's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Frye gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Frye bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Frye will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
JOzKO is trying to improve his position.
Everette Frye overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frye working the head with strikes.

Frye stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Frye gets a double leg takedown into JOzKO's guard.
Frye seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Frye preventing the sweep.
Frye keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of JOzKO's head.

JOzKO looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Frye gets to his feet - JOzKO follows without any prompting.
JOzKO throws a combination that misses

and Frye counters with a shoot takedown. JOzKO fights it but they end up in guard.
Frye is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Frye working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of JOzKO's head.
Frye scoring with some ground and pound.
Frye is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Frye distracts JOzKO with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Frye's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Frye gets to his feet - JOzKO follows without any prompting.

A momentary lapse in concentration from JOzKO enables Frye to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. JOzKO manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

JOzKO is looking for a triangle but Frye pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frye makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Frye decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
JOzKO throws a head kick but Frye moves out of range.

JOzKO clinches.
Frye leaning his opponent against the cage.

JOzKO pulls guard effortlessly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frye working some strikes from top position.

Frye decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on JOzKO, up you get!

Frye closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fero JOzKO has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Everette Frye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frye lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

And that's the end of the fight!
Everette Frye showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Frye, 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Everette Frye!