PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Vasquez (ranked 3960 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Freedman (ranked 3066 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan Freedman has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Javier Vasquez's chin.

Vasquez
vs
Freedman

176 cm
22
305 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
283 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morgan Freedman!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vasquez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Vasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vasquez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vasquez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Freedman's head.
Vasquez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vasquez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vasquez works over Freedman with some ground and pound from guard.
Vasquez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez chips away with some ground and pound.
Vasquez with a nice head shot there.
Vasquez chips away with some ground and pound.
Vasquez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freedman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Vasquez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Freedman wants to get back to his feet but Vasquez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vasquez connects with a couple of short punches.
Vasquez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

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.
Vasquez with a nice head shot there.
Vasquez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vasquez stands up over Freedman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vasquez landing some decent shots from guard.
Vasquez stands up over Freedman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Freedman looks winded!
Freedman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Vasquez controls the pace.
Vasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Vasquez cracks Freedman with a solid left hand.
Vasquez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vasquez is in close to Freedman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Freedman trying to control the position.
Vasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vasquez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vasquez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vasquez stays in close to Freedman's body and controls the position.
Vasquez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vasquez is in close to Freedman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vasquez chips away with some ground and pound.
Vasquez works over Freedman with some ground and pound from guard.
Vasquez is pushing down on Freedman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Freedman is fighting to maintain full guard but Vasquez has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Vasquez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vasquez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Freedman looking to control.
Vasquez is working Freedman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vasquez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Javier Vasquez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Freedman's head.
Freedman is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Vasquez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Freedman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vasquez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vasquez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Vasquez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vasquez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Freedman has momentary wrist control but Vasquez slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Vasquez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Freedman has momentary wrist control but Vasquez slips an elbow through the middle.
Vasquez landing some decent shots from guard.
Vasquez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vasquez with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez scoring with some ground and pound.
Vasquez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Vasquez lands a couple of elbows.
Vasquez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Vasquez stands and steps away. Freedman gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Vasquez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Freedman has momentary wrist control but Vasquez slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vasquez controlling from the top position.
Vasquez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Freedman's head.
Freedman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Vasquez controls the pace.
Vasquez landing with the ground and pound.
Vasquez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Freedman can do to turn this around?
Vasquez controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Vasquez chips away with some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vasquez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vasquez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Vasquez postures up and lands a big shot to Freedman's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Vasquez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Vasquez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vasquez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Freedman takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Vasquez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Freedman some visible discomfort.
Vasquez scores with a couple of short elbows.
The referee asks Vasquez politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Vasquez prefers to stall for the moment though.
Vasquez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Vasquez working the ground and pound.

Freedman is rocked!
Vasquez scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Freedman is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Vasquez can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Vasquez!
Javier Vasquez 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.