PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Hellmuth Jr (ranked 211 p4p, 21 weight class) and Zeph Frazier (ranked 212 p4p, 22 weight class). Frazier has chosen "Apparently" by J. Cole as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hellmuth Jr
vs
Frazier

188 cm
37
260 lbs
31 - 6 - 0

184 cm
28
214 lbs
14 - 3 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Hellmuth Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zeph Frazier!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellmuth Jr cracks Frazier with a good jab.

It looks like Zeph Frazier has been cut.

Oooooh!!! Hellmuth Jr has knocked Frazier down with a huge combo! Hellmuth Jr steps away and waves a wobbly Frazier back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Hellmuth Jr misses with a left hand
and Frazier counters with a thumping low kick.
Hellmuth Jr throws a jab when Frazier was well out of range.
Hellmuth Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Private Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Frazier takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Hellmuth Jr misses with a hook.
Frazier scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hellmuth Jr in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Frazier.
Frazier walks into a straight right hand from Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frazier throws out a counter right but Hellmuth Jr avoids it with no problem.
Hellmuth Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Frazier counters with an inside leg kick.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a body punch
and Frazier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Frazier takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hellmuth Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Frazier's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hellmuth Jr misses the target.
Frazier misses with a body kick.
Hellmuth Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hellmuth Jr lands a nice hook to Frazier's body. Frazier takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frazier misses with a body shot
and Hellmuth Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That has opened up Zeph Frazier's cut even more.
A big left from Hellmuth Jr misses.
Hellmuth Jr takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hellmuth Jr throws a hook to the side of Frazier's head but Frazier sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hellmuth Jr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Frazier counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hellmuth Jr misses with the combination.
Frazier looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier lands a lovely overhand right.
Hellmuth Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hellmuth Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Frazier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hellmuth Jr lands a body shot.
Frazier slips a straight right by Hellmuth Jr.
A left lands for Frazier.
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Frazier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hellmuth Jr.
Frazier swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hellmuth Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frazier bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Hellmuth Jr misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier throws a shot to the body.
Hellmuth Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Frazier's head.
Hellmuth Jr lands with a good body shot.
Frazier avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frazier looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hellmuth Jr swings for the body but Frazier moves out of range.
Frazier displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hellmuth Jr throws out the jab.
Frazier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hellmuth Jr.
A leg kick checked by Hellmuth Jr.
Hellmuth Jr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Frazier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Phil Hellmuth Jr has been cut.
Hellmuth Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frazier moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Hellmuth Jr misses.
Frazier moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Frazier lands a slapping body shot.
Hellmuth Jr is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frazier takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hellmuth Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Hellmuth Jr throws a jab when Frazier was well out of range.
Phil Hellmuth Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Hellmuth Jr. That snapped Frazier's head back.
Hellmuth Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Frazier counters with a nice uppercut.
Frazier misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hellmuth Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Frazier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hellmuth Jr.
Frazier throws a shot from downtown. Hellmuth Jr moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Hellmuth Jr dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hellmuth Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Frazier's head.
Hellmuth Jr throws a right and a left that Frazier avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Hellmuth Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Frazier tries to land a front kick but Hellmuth Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hellmuth Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Frazier counters with a nice body shot.
Hellmuth Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frazier.
Hellmuth Jr is looking for a counter combo.
Hellmuth Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Frazier counters with a solid body kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Frazier might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hellmuth Jr has got the better of the exchanges.
Hellmuth Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Frazier is just out of range.
Frazier is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier takes one on the button.
Frazier throws a shot from downtown. Hellmuth Jr moves away and avoids it.
Frazier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hellmuth Jr.
A jab from Hellmuth Jr misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellmuth Jr looks to throw the jab but Frazier is out of range.
Frazier slips under a jab.
Frazier slips under a jab.
Frazier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frazier.
Hellmuth Jr lands with a straight right. Frazier didn't see that one coming.
Frazier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A lazy left from Hellmuth Jr finds it's target.
Frazier misses with a head kick.
Phil Hellmuth Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Hellmuth Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frazier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hellmuth Jr avoids the head kick by Frazier.
Hellmuth Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frazier can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Frazier to counter with a crisp jab.
Hellmuth Jr takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Frazier takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hellmuth Jr throws the left hand but Frazier avoids the punch easily.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Frazier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hellmuth Jr jabs at Frazier's body.
Sloppy strikes from Hellmuth Jr. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Frazier misses its intended target.
Frazier lands a nice shot that snaps Hellmuth Jr's head back.
Hellmuth Jr misses the jab.
Frazier swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a hook. Frazier ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hellmuth Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Hellmuth Jr finds it's target.
Hellmuth Jr throws a body punch but Frazier moves out of range.
Frazier fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hellmuth Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Frazier lands a nice shot that snaps Hellmuth Jr's head back.
Hellmuth Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Frazier counters with a huge left! Hellmuth Jr is in big trouble! He's backing up but Frazier isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hellmuth Jr from any more damage. A dominating finish by Frazier!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeph Frazier!
Zeph Frazier decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.