PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Antonio Siffredi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siffredi's entrance music is Kill them all. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Antonio Siffredi
vs
Frazier

183 cm
29
184 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

178 cm
34
180 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocco Antonio Siffredi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Frazier!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frazier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siffredi throws an overhand right that lands on Frazier's shoulder, as Frazier tries to avoid the shot.
Rocco Antonio Siffredi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frazier just misses with a punch to the body.

Frazier darts in and clinches Siffredi up against the cage.
Frazier lands with a left to the head.
Frazier misses with a punch on the inside.
Frazier lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Frazier goes for a takedown attempt but Siffredi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Siffredi misses with a series of wild punches.
Frazier takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've been told by Siffredi's head coaches at London MMA Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier looks to clinch
and Frazier takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Siffredi swings for the body but Frazier moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Siffredi. Those never looked like landing.
Frazier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Siffredi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frazier fails in his attempt to clinch.

Frazier shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Frazier was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Frazier is looking to take a break and control but Siffredi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Siffredi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Frazier throws an elbow but Siffredi slips to the side and avoids it well.
Frazier lands a few punches from side control.
Siffredi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Frazier fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frazier working the ground and pound but Siffredi is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Frazier are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier advances to full mount.
Frazier controlling his opponent.
Frazier is landing with some decent strikes but Siffredi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Frazier in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Frazier with shots to the head and body - Siffredi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Siffredi is desperately trying to improve his position but Frazier has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frazier trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Frazier dominating with strikes here.
Frazier throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Frazier jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Siffredi manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Siffredi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Siffredi tries to get out of the position.
Frazier lands an elbow.
Frazier is chipping away with strikes.
Frazier creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Siffredi sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Frazier fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Siffredi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Frazier.
Frazier tries to advance to mount but can't.
Siffredi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Frazier on the ground.
Frazier works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Siffredi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Frazier connects with a decent elbow.
Siffredi is not content to let Frazier control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Siffredi is rocked!
Frazier misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Frazier lands a decent elbow from side control.
Frazier working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Siffredi is not content to let Frazier control the position.
Frazier controls the position from side control.
Frazier throws a strike aimed at the side of Siffredi's head but Siffredi avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Frazier dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Frazier tries to clinch but Siffredi moves out of range.
Siffredi misses with a looping left.
Frazier on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Siffredi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Frazier to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Frazier postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Frazier throws a big elbow that misses.
Frazier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Siffredi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frazier is pushing down on Siffredi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Siffredi is fighting to maintain full guard but Frazier has managed to sneak the leg through.
Frazier not doing much here.
Frazier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Frazier working Siffredi over with strikes.
Frazier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frazier tries to pass to full mount but Siffredi defends it.
Frazier wants to control but Siffredi is keeping him busy.

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

Frazier wants to work for an arm triangle but Siffredi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Frazier seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Frazier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frazier sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Siffredi defending well though.
Siffredi taking some punishment here, with Frazier in his half guard.
Siffredi wants to get back to full guard.
Frazier working Siffredi over with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frazier lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Frazier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frazier is trying to control. Siffredi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Frazier winds up and cracks Siffredi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Frazier looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Siffredi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Siffredi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier tries to pass the half guard into mount. Siffredi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Frazier throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Frazier 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.
Siffredi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Frazier lands a nice short elbow.
Frazier lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Siffredi! More strikes land and this one is all over! Frazier jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Frazier!
In defeat, Rocco Antonio Siffredi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Yeah...yeahhh oooh fuck yeah!!'.