PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Freitag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Dyrdek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freitag comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Break stuff. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Freitag
vs
Dyrdek

184 cm
32
184 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

170 cm
25
177 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Freitag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Dyrdek!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freitag fails to land with a series of punches.
Dyrdek slaps away a takedown attempt from Freitag, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Freitag closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dyrdek to the mat! Dyrdek manages to get full guard.
Dyrdek throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dyrdek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Freitag accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Freitag scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dyrdek had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Freitag defends it easily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freitag throws a big right hand that misses.
Freitag has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dyrdek looking for a sweep. Not yet Dyrdek, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Freitag accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Freitag postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dyrdek has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Elite Strikers. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Dyrdek seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dyrdek is looking to sweep but instead, Freitag has passed into half guard.

Dyrdek looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dyrdek is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freitag not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Freitag decides to stand up.

Dyrdek gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Freitag to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dyrdek is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Freitag scoring with some ground and pound.
Freitag scoring with some ground and pound.
Freitag preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freitag trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dyrdek keeping full guard, as Freitag tries to pass.
Freitag working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Freitag missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Dyrdek working for a triangle but Freitag defends it easily.

Dyrdek has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Freitag should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Dyrdek has tightened it up now! Freitag should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rob Dyrdek!