PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Shifty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Freire
vs
Shifty

165 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patricio Freire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Shifty!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freire swings for the body but Shifty moves out of range.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Freire darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Freire throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Freire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shifty.
Freire swings for the body but Shifty moves out of range.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Freire thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shifty ducks under a wild hook from Freire.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Freire misses with a wild body shot.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire misses with a looping right.
Freire misses with a wild body shot.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Freire throws a body punch but Shifty moves out of range.
Freire lands with an overhand left.
Freire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shifty.
Freire throws a body shot but no joy.
Freire misses with a few strikes there.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire misses with a hook.
Freire misses with an uppercut. Shifty saw that one coming.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freire throws a body punch but Shifty moves out of range.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freire swings for the body but Shifty moves out of range.
Freire misses with an uppercut.
Shifty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Freire.
Freire scores with a shot to the body.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shifty takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Shifty avoids the body shot from Freire.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Patricio Freire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Freire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shifty takes one on the button.
Patricio Freire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shifty moves away from the strike by Freire.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Shifty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Freire.
Some wild striking there from Freire.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire throws a looping overhand right but Shifty ducks down to avoid it.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire misses with a hook. Shifty ducked under it nicely.
Freire misses with a looping left.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shifty with the counter takedown but Freire avoids it easily.
Freire misses with an uppercut. Shifty saw that one coming.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire misses with a straight left.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Freire throws a right and a left that Shifty avoids nicely.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Freire's corner calls for a 1-2. Freire obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Freire lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freire. Shifty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Freire throws a hook but Shifty avoids it easily.
Shifty takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shifty ducks under a wild hook from Freire.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Freire dominated that round.
That's time! Freire's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Freire throws a jab but it's blocked by Shifty.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire scores with a jab to the body.
Shifty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Freire.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A big left from Freire misses.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shifty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freire.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire throws the left hand but Shifty avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shifty avoids a punch combination nicely.
Freire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shifty was well out of range. Poor timing from Freire.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Freire coming out on top.
Shifty slips under a jab.
Freire lands a right hook to the body.
Freire digs a good hook to Shifty's body.
Shifty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shifty moves out of range as Freire strikes.
The fighters circling - Freire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shifty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freire.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shifty moves away from the strike by Freire.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Freire throws a big shot that misses.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freire scores with a body shot.
Freire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shifty moves away.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Ray Shifty is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Freire is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shifty can do to turn this around?
Freire looks to score with a jab to the body but Shifty is just out of range.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shifty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freire swings for the body but Shifty moves out of range.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freire just misses with a punch to the body.
Freire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shifty manages to avoid it.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freire. Shifty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire takes a swing at Shifty's ribcage but misses.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shifty.
Freire throws a body shot but no joy.
Freire is looking to wear down Shifty with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Freire does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shifty moves away from the strike by Freire.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Patricio Freire is winning the standup battle so far.
Freire looks to score with a jab to the body but Shifty is just out of range.
A combination from Freire does no damage.
A big right from Freire misses.
Freire misses with a straight left.
Freire throws a hook but Shifty avoids it easily.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shifty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shifty with the counter takedown but Freire avoids it easily.
Shifty staying out of range there.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Freire dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Shifty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shifty there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shifty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Freire.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Freire jabs at Shifty's body.
Shifty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freire.
Freire misses the shot to the body.
Freire missing with a left hand there. Shifty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shifty ducks under a wild hook from Freire.
Shifty with the counter takedown but Freire avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freire misses with a wild body shot.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shifty defending well as Freire loads up on a big left hand.
Freire misses with a body shot.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire looks to score with a jab to the body but Shifty is just out of range.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shifty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freire jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Freire misses with a wild body shot.
Freire misses the shot to the body.
Freire looks to land a left hand but Shifty moved out of range nicely.
Shifty slips a jab from Freire.
Good exchange - Freire coming out on top.
A big right from Freire misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifty blocks a jab.
Freire throws a right and a left that Shifty avoids nicely.
Shifty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A punch combination from Freire misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Shifty might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Freire has got the better of the exchanges.
Freire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freire throws the left hand but Shifty avoids the punch easily.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Shifty takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Shifty moves away from the strike by Freire.
Freire throws a body punch but Shifty moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shifty ducks under a wild hook from Freire.
Freire throws the left hand but Shifty avoids the punch easily.
Freire throws a shot from downtown. Shifty moves away and avoids it.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Shifty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freire.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Shifty avoids the body shot from Freire.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Shifty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freire.
Shifty changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shifty walks into a left hand.
Freire scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Freire throws a hook but Shifty blocks it.
Shifty tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Freire lands a glancing blow to the side of Shifty's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freire misses with a wild body shot.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Freire misses with a straight right.
And Shifty tries to counter it with a takedown but Freire pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A swing and a miss from Freire.
Freire has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Freire throws a hook but Shifty blocks it.
Freire throws a shot from downtown. Shifty moves away and avoids it.
Shifty with the counter takedown but Freire avoids it easily.
Freire lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Freire throws a body punch but Shifty moves out of range.
Shifty with the counter takedown but Freire avoids it easily.
Freire throws a right hand that Shifty ducks under and follows up with a left that Shifty also avoids with ease.
Shifty drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freire defends it well.
Ray Shifty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freire lands a jab to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patricio Freire showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Freire has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patricio Freire!