PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akira Senbude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Fredric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredric comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rocky Theme Song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Senbude
vs
Fredric

176 cm
20
163 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

179 cm
24
164 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Senbude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Fredric!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fredric clinches up with Senbude and pushes him back against the ropes.
Fredric trying to land knees to the body.
Fredric unloads a knee to the mid-section. Senbude lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Senbude wants a takedown.
Fredric misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Senbude.
Fredric connects with a knee to the head.
Senbude looking for a takedown.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Fredric lands a damaging elbow.
Fredric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Akira Senbude has been cut.
Senbude takes an elbow to the temple.
Fredric throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees to the body from Fredric.

Senbude manages to pull guard.
Senbude looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fredric is one step ahead there.
Fredric won't allow Senbude to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Senbude looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Senbude is breathing heavily.
Fredric won't allow Senbude to sweep him here.
Senbude controls Fredric momentarily but Fredric frees himself.
Senbude trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Senbude tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Senbude looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fredric lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Fredric moves into the clinch.
Senbude takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fredric connects with a knee to the head.
Fredric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fredric using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Fredric landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fredric connects with a knee to the head.
Senbude takes an elbow to the forehead.
Senbude fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Senbude. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fredric lands a knee to the head.
Fredric unloads a knee to the mid-section. Senbude lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Senbude tries to break the clinch but Fredric is controlling the position.
Senbude takes an elbow to the temple.
Fredric lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fredric.
Fredric tries to land a knee to the head but Senbude blocks with his arms.
Fredric missing with knees to the body.
Fredric throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Senbude jumps into guard, dragging Fredric to the mat.
Senbude lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fredric!

Senbude goes for an armbar but Fredric turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fredric.
Senbude wants to stand up but Fredric is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Senbude is trying to hold Fredric in close to prevent damage but Fredric has managed to pass into half guard.
Senbude wants to control but Fredric is keeping busy.
Fredric really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Senbude. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Senbude is trying to stand up here but Fredric is controlling him well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Senbude wants to control but Fredric is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Fredric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akira Senbude's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Senbude moves forwards but Fredric connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Randy Fredric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Senbude fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fredric feints and then cracks Senbude's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Senbude down.
Akira Senbude is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Senbude avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredric scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Senbude fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fredric tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fredric swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Senbude circles away.
Fredric wants to clinch up but Senbude keeps it at a distance.

Fredric moves into the clinch.
Senbude avoiding damage as Fredric throws knees to the body.
Senbude can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fredric misses with a knee strike.
Senbude wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fredric misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Senbude is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fredric pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Senbude. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Senbude has had enough of the clinch but Fredric keeps him there for the moment.
Senbude tries to pull guard but Fredric won't allow it.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Senbude wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Senbude has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fredric avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Fredric.
Fredric lands a nice elbow.
Senbude tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fredric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Senbude's defenses.
Senbude is looking to break free of the clinch but Fredric has double underhooks.
Fredric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Senbude's defenses.
Fredric crunches a lovely knee into Senbude's ribcage.
Senbude wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredric won't allow it.
Fredric misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Senbude.
Fredric throws an elbow that misses.
Fredric looking to throw knees to the head but Senbude is blocking nicely.
Senbude jumps guard but Fredric stands there with Senbude around his waist. Senbude gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

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.
Fredric tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fredric tries to land knees in the clinch but Senbude avoids the damage to the body.
Fredric tries to land knees in the clinch but Senbude avoids the damage to the body.
Senbude blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Senbude jumps guard.
Senbude is trying to keep Fredric in close.
Senbude is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Senbude wants to hit a switch here but Fredric passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Senbude there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Senbude tries to reverse the position but Fredric maintains control.
Fredric avoids the attempt from Senbude to control.

That's four 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.
Senbude working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Fredric showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Akira Senbude's cut.
That's time! Senbude's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fredric wants to clinch.

Fredric closes the distance and pushes Senbude back into the ropes.
Fredric landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Fredric using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fredric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fredric tries to land knees in the clinch but Senbude avoids the damage to the body.
Senbude wants to get back to striking at distance but Fredric won't allow it.
Senbude tries to score a body lock takedown but Fredric shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Senbude has had enough of the clinch but Fredric keeps him there for the moment.
Senbude tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fredric just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Fredric scores with a knee to the head.

Senbude pulls guard effortlessly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Senbude looking to control.
Senbude looking for a sweep. Not yet Senbude, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Senbude working for submissions but it's allowed Fredric to get to half guard.
Senbude trying to control from the bottom.
Senbude missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fredric seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Senbude controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Senbude is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Fredric pulls his head out easily.
Senbude is looking to improve his position.
Randy Fredric is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Senbude trying to get back to full guard but Fredric takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Senbude really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

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.
Senbude sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Senbude misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Senbude has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fredric is working away from the top position though.
Senbude wants to improve his position but Fredric is controlling well.
Akira Senbude has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Senbude throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Randy Fredric.
I've got Fredric winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Fredric!