PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedrick Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Santaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dexter Santaros is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Frederick
vs
Santaros

190 cm
28
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

194 cm
31
240 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedrick Frederick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dexter Santaros!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frederick looks to score with a jab to the body but Santaros is just out of range.
Frederick looks to score with a jab to the body but Santaros is just out of range.
Santaros drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Frederick defends it well.
Santaros moves out of range as Frederick strikes.
Frederick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Santaros misses with a wild body shot.
Frederick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santaros looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Frederick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frederick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santaros sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santaros looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Frederick throws a body punch but Santaros moves out of range.
Santaros scores with a hook to the body. Frederick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Frederick scores with a nice body kick.
Frederick looks to land a body kick but Santaros moved away.
Santaros misses with a straight left.
A lazy left from Frederick finds it's target.
Santaros lands a nice hook to Frederick's body. Frederick takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frederick connects with a jab.
Santaros throws a jab but it's blocked by Frederick.
A jab from Frederick misses.
Frederick tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santaros is able to avoid easily.
Frederick slips under a jab from Santaros.
Frederick slips a jab from Santaros.
Santaros punishes Frederick's body with a nice straight punch.
Santaros shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Frederick but Frederick pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santaros throws a lazy uppercut
and Frederick counters with a body kick that stops Santaros in his tracks momentarily.
Santaros looks winded!
Frederick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Frederick is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Santaros just misses with a punch to the body.
Frederick lands with a kick to the temple. Santaros shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Frederick lands a leg kick that knocks Santaros off balance momentarily.
Cedrick Frederick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Frederick, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frederick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Santaros throws a lazy uppercut
and Frederick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Frederick misses with a low kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Frederick.
Santaros takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Frederick cracks Santaros with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Santaros.
Santaros walks into a straight right hand from Frederick.
Santaros avoids the body shot from Frederick.
Frederick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Frederick on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Santaros drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Frederick keeping full guard, as Santaros tries to pass.
Santaros won't allow Frederick to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santaros wants to control from the top but Frederick keeps moving.
Frederick is adopting a defensive guard.
Frederick wants to improve his position but instead Santaros has moved into half guard.
Santaros is trying to control the action in half guard but Frederick is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

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.

Santaros is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Frederick doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Santaros.
Santaros is looking to stall here but Frederick recovers full guard.
Frederick looking to control.
Frederick keeping moving, preventing Santaros from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cedrick Frederick dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Santaros decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Santaros is trying to control the action in half guard but Frederick is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santaros with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Frederick is looking for a sweep. Santaros is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Frederick wants to control but Santaros is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santaros fails with a takedown attempt.
Santaros throws a hook to the side of Frederick's head but Frederick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santaros uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frederick.
Santaros throws a jab when Frederick was well out of range.
Frederick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santaros throws out the jab.
Santaros throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Frederick sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Frederick misses with a hook. Santaros ducked under it nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Santaros. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santaros.
Santaros goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Santaros ducks right into an uppercut from Frederick.
Santaros moves out of range of the strikes.
Santaros tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros shoots in but Frederick avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Frederick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santaros.
Frederick slips a straight right by Santaros.
Frederick moves away from the strike by Santaros.
An attempted straight right counter from Frederick misses the target.
A jab from Santaros does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frederick uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santaros has time to react.
Frederick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frederick throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Santaros is breathing heavily.

Frederick cracks Santaros with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Santaros looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Frederick finish him?

It looks like Dexter Santaros has been cut.
Frederick lands a front kick.

Frederick lands a big right hand that sends Santaros crashing to the mat! Frederick stays standing though and waves Santaros back to his feet!

Santaros is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frederick throws a pinpoint strike between Santaros's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Santaros crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Frederick scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cedrick Frederick!
Cedrick Frederick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.