PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaun-Paul Fredrickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's entrance music is Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World. A fine choice. 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?

Khan
vs
Fredrickson

175 cm
36
187 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

177 cm
34
180 lbs
16 - 9 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaun-Paul Fredrickson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khan lands with a kick to the temple. Fredrickson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fredrickson avoids the head kick by Khan.
A punch combination from Fredrickson misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Fredrickson misses the target.
Khan wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Khan throws the left hand but Fredrickson avoids the punch easily.
Fredrickson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Khan defends it well.
Fredrickson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fredrickson slips a straight right by Khan.
Genghis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fredrickson swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Fredrickson lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Fredrickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fredrickson swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrickson lands a body shot.
Fredrickson throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan looks to land a body kick but Fredrickson moved away.
Fredrickson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khan looks to land a combination but Fredrickson avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Fredrickson.
Khan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khan cracks the inside of Fredrickson's front leg.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses

and Fredrickson counters with a shoot takedown. Khan fights it but they end up in guard.
Fredrickson is looking to work some ground and pound but Khan has wrist control.
Fredrickson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fredrickson looking to sit in guard and control but Khan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fredrickson trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fredrickson lands some strikes from the bottom.
Khan trying to control but Fredrickson is working from the bottom.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fredrickson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fredrickson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fredrickson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Fredrickson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fredrickson wants to sweep here but Khan controlling him for the moment.
Khan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fredrickson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fredrickson looking for a sweep. Not yet Fredrickson, not yet.
Khan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

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.
Fredrickson swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Fredrickson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Khan misses.
Khan connects with a solid leg kick.
Khan defending well as Fredrickson loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Khan misses.
Fredrickson with the counter takedown but Khan avoids it easily.
Fredrickson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan shoots in and drives through. Fredrickson sprawls well.
A countering left hand to the body from Fredrickson misses.
Fredrickson cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Khan lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Genghis Khan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Genghis Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan misses with a body kick.
Fredrickson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fredrickson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
It looked like Khan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fredrickson.
Khan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fredrickson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fredrickson moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Fredrickson's shoulder, as Fredrickson tries to avoid the shot.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Fredrickson is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Fredrickson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fredrickson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fredrickson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Khan quickly recovers to half guard.

Khan manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Fredrickson keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fredrickson.
Fredrickson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan stops a takedown attempt from Fredrickson.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan misses with some punches.
Fredrickson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Fredrickson.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Fredrickson controls the action.

Fredrickson is trying to trip Khan. He has hold of a leg but Khan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Fredrickson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Khan trying to keep a closed guard but Fredrickson is proving a slippery customer.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Fredrickson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredrickson won't allow Khan to get back to his feet.
Fredrickson working some strikes from top position.
Fredrickson trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fredrickson throwing strikes but missing.
Fredrickson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fredrickson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fredrickson throwing strikes from guard but Khan blocks nicely.
Khan is trying to control the position but Fredrickson postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves out of range as Fredrickson strikes.
Fredrickson throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
A jab from Fredrickson finds it's way through Khan's defenses.
A telegraphed right hand from Fredrickson misses the target.
Khan walks into a stiff left hand from Fredrickson.
Fredrickson throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fredrickson lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Fredrickson is just out of range.
Fredrickson scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredrickson scores with a nice head shot.
Fredrickson throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Fredrickson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fredrickson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fredrickson. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fredrickson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan takes a swing at Fredrickson's ribcage but misses.
Khan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Fredrickson counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Fredrickson as he connects with a hook.
Fredrickson misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaun-Paul Fredrickson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Khan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Khan showed some decent athleticism there.

Fredrickson looking for submissions off his back.
Khan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan wants to take a breather but Fredrickson is having none of it.
Fredrickson wants to improve his position but Khan is controlling well.
Fredrickson is not content to let Khan control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrickson is pressing down on Khan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fredrickson trying to control the position.
Khan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Fredrickson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khan is one step ahead there.

Fredrickson is looking for a triangle but Khan pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Khan is fighting to break Fredrickson's control of his arms but Fredrickson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Khan misses with a shot to the body

and Fredrickson moves into the clinch.
Fredrickson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Fredrickson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fredrickson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fredrickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fredrickson's elbow.
Fredrickson lands a shoulder strike.
Fredrickson tries to score a body lock takedown but Khan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khan digs a right hand underneath Fredrickson's ribcage. Fredrickson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Khan.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fredrickson.
Fredrickson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fredrickson is stalling here.
Fredrickson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Khan - that landed with a thud.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Fredrickson avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.

Fredrickson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fredrickson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fredrickson is fending him off so far but Khan persists. Nope, Fredrickson circles away and we're back to standing.
Khan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab from Khan.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fredrickson counters with a two punch combo.
Khan looks for the body kick but Fredrickson saw that one coming.
Fredrickson shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fredrickson missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fredrickson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fredrickson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fredrickson's calf.
Nice uppercut lands for Fredrickson. That snapped Khan's head back.
Fredrickson misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan tries to counter by clinching up but Fredrickson breaks away and moves out of range.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Genghis Khan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fredrickson lands with a right hand.
Khan tries to clinch there but Fredrickson circles away.
Khan takes one on the button.
Fredrickson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fredrickson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khan throws a hook but Fredrickson avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Khan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fredrickson doesn't seem phased though.
Khan scores with a nice head shot.
Fredrickson fails with the takedown.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fredrickson manages to avoid it.
Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
Fredrickson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fredrickson.
Khan throws a body punch but Fredrickson moves out of range.
Khan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Fredrickson counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Fredrickson misses.
Khan tries to counter by clinching up but Fredrickson breaks away and moves out of range.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses
and Khan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Fredrickson.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fredrickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fredrickson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fredrickson looks to land a combination. Khan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Fredrickson's head but Fredrickson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Fredrickson counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrickson trying to control the position but Khan is working away.
Fredrickson working the ground and pound but Khan is defending the strikes.
Fredrickson taking a break here but Khan is having none of it and regains half guard.
Fredrickson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four 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.
Khan wants to get back to full guard.
Fredrickson is trying to control the action in half guard but Khan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khan wants to control but Fredrickson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fredrickson is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Khan reverses the position - he's now on top in Fredrickson's guard.
Fredrickson wants to hit a switch here but Khan passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Fredrickson there!
Khan controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Jaun-Paul Fredrickson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Khan misses with a hook.
Khan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fredrickson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Fredrickson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Khan defends it well.
Fredrickson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Khan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fredrickson can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Fredrickson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fredrickson lands a left hand.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Fredrickson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Fredrickson lands a right hand.
Fredrickson lands a shoulder strike.
Fredrickson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Fredrickson.
Fredrickson is working for takedown but Khan is calmly controlling the position for now.

Fredrickson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredrickson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Fredrickson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khan jabs at Fredrickson's body.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Fredrickson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Fredrickson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fredrickson trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fredrickson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fredrickson landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredrickson trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
Fredrickson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Fredrickson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Fredrickson. Beautiful body shot.
Fredrickson misses with a takedown attempt - Khan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredrickson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Khan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khan.
Fredrickson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fredrickson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fredrickson misses with an uppercut.
Fredrickson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fredrickson.
Fredrickson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan walks into a straight right hand from Fredrickson.
Fredrickson scores with a nice right hand.
Khan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fredrickson takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circling - Fredrickson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fredrickson lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick by Khan misses

and Fredrickson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fredrickson working some strikes from top position.
Fredrickson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaun-Paul Fredrickson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fredrickson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaun-Paul Fredrickson!
Jaun-Paul Fredrickson is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Jaun-Paul Fredrickson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.