PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Tatum (ranked 1395 p4p, 2972 weight class) and Gregor Frieberg (ranked 181 p4p, 334 weight class). Jayson Tatum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tatum
vs
Frieberg

202 cm
23
210
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
212
5 - 5 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jayson Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gregor Frieberg!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frieberg misses with a takedown attempt
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Frieberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Tatum tries to sprawl out of it but Frieberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tatum manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Frieberg shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tatum keeping moving, preventing Frieberg from controlling successfully.
Tatum wants to sweep but no luck.
Tatum is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frieberg passes into half guard.
Tatum knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Frieberg on the ground.
Frieberg is trying to control the action in half guard but Tatum is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Frieberg is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tatum wants to control but Frieberg is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frieberg thows a huge punch but Tatum dodges it nicely.
Tatum is trying to maintain the position but Frieberg is very close to passing his half guard.

Frieberg is working for a kimura but Tatum is defending it quite comfortably.
Frieberg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tatum is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Frieberg scores with a couple of nice shots.
Frieberg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frieberg lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Frieberg passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Frieberg has hold of Tatum's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tatum manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frieberg putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tatum avoids a series of strikes thrown by Frieberg.
Frieberg landing punches.

Frieberg is working for a guillotine from mount but Tatum frees his head quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frieberg lands a couple of good shots and Tatum has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Frieberg scores with strikes from the back.
Frieberg lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Frieberg scores with punches and elbows.
Frieberg misses with a punch to the head.
Frieberg missing with punches from the back.

Frieberg working for a choke but Tatum is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frieberg misses with a punch to the head.
Frieberg gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Frieberg throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Frieberg doesn't have the hooks in and Tatum manages to turn into his guard.

Frieberg looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Tatum is defending well. Frieberg quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Tatum has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Frieberg celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gregor Frieberg!
After winning the bout, Gregor Frieberg thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.