PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Berge (ranked 1590 p4p, 905 weight class) and Dennis Frost (ranked 204 p4p, 125 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Berge
vs
Frost

175 cm
27
162
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
27
160
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tobias Berge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dennis Frost!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frost manages to avoid it.

Berge shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Berge showed some decent athleticism there.
Frost looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Frost looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Frost has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Berge is working away from the top position though.
Berge wants to free his trapped foot but Frost is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Frost looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Berge looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Berge is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berge is trying to work for a kimura but Frost is defending well.
Berge is trying to control the action in half guard but Frost is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Berge is trying to work for a kimura but Frost is defending well.

Berge seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Berge is looking to take a break and control but Frost is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Berge is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Berge seems to be working for a kimura but Frost defends the submission attempt.

Berge is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Berge is working for a submission of some sort.
Frost is trying to maintain the position but Berge is very close to passing his half guard.
Berge has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berge wants to pass to mount but Frost is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Berge is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Frost still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Frost has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Frost working away.
Berge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Frost working away.
Berge is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Berge is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Berge's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Berge tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Frost is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Berge has escaped the position, nice work there.
Berge is trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Berge dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Berge takes the fight into the clinch.
Frost is trying to push Berge away but Berge has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Berge misses with a punch on the inside.
Berge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frost can do to turn this around?

Berge pulls guard.
Frost wants to control from the top but Berge keeps moving.
Berge has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Frost has passed into side control.
Berge is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berge wants to control but Frost postures up.
Berge is looking for a sweep.
Berge can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berge sneaks back into half guard.
Berge is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Frost passes to side control.

Frost thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Berge trying to control but Frost flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
I really don't envy Berge right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berge trying to control the hands but Frost breaks the grip.
Berge's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Frost's hands.

Frost looking for the choke from the back.
Berge turns into Frost and is now in his guard.
Berge is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Berge passes Frost's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Berge is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Berge is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Frost has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Berge is trying to work for a kimura but Frost is defending well.
Berge wants to pass the guard but Frost is defending well.

Berge is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tobias Berge overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Frost has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Berge is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Frost wants to improve his position but Berge is controlling well.

Berge looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Frost actively working from the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Berge is looking to stall here but Frost recovers full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Berge dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Berge drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Berge tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Berge has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Frost is trying to control Berge's posture but Berge avoids it.

Berge is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Frost is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Berge is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Frost has escaped the position, nice work there.

Berge thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Berge tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Berge has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Frost is looking to reverse the position.
Berge trying to control the position but Frost is working away.

Berge is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Frost looks calm but he's in trouble here. Berge gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Frost is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Berge lets go of the hold and Frost can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tobias Berge!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tobias Berge made sure he mentioned Highland Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.