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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Fredric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredric comes to the ring accompanied by Rocky Theme Song. Penn is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hawai'i 78. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
164 lbs
12 - 14 - 0 |
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179 cm
21
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Fredric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BJJ Penn!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn lands a nice hook to Fredric's body. Fredric takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fredric tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Fredric connects with an inside leg kick.
Penn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fredric can pounce on him.
Fredric wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Penn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fredric.
Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by Fredric.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fredric looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fredric wants to clinch up but Penn keeps it at a distance.
Fredric looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fredric tries to clinch but Penn is having none of it.
Penn looks for a takedown but Fredric sprawls well.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Penn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn fails to land the takedown.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fredric pushes Penn up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fredric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Penn jumps guard but Fredric stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Randy Fredric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJJ Penn.
Fredric lands an elbow inside that Penn shrugs off.
Fredric tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fredric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fredric lands a knee to the head.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
Fredric tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Randy Fredric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredric clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fredric.
Fredric lands a nice knee to the body.
Penn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fredric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fredric landing knees to the head.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Fredric lands an elbow just above Penn 's eye.
Fredric with a knee to the head.
Fredric is breathing heavily.
Penn pulls guard effortlessly.
Fredric stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Penn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Penn is on top in guard.
Fredric is looking to stand up but Penn isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to free his leg and advance position but Fredric is retaining full guard.
Fredric on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fredric tries to get out of the position.
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.
Fredric can't keep his opponent in guard - Penn advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Penn prevents Fredric from standing back up.
Penn is pressing down on Fredric's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fredric is holding on for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Penn is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fredric defends it well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fredric pushes Penn off and gets back to his feet.
Fredric fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Penn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Penn jumps guard but Fredric stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Penn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fredric just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fredric lands a damaging elbow.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Penn fails to pull guard.
Penn blocks the elbow strike.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Penn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fredric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Penn tries to pull guard but Fredric holds him up against the ropes and eventually Penn drops back down to his feet.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fredric looking to throw knees to the head but Penn is blocking nicely.
Fredric pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Fredric lands a nice elbow.
Fredric lands an elbow just above Penn 's eye.
Fredric connects with a knee to the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to pull guard but Fredric won't allow it.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
Fredric leaves Penn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Penn keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredric wants to clinch.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Randy Fredric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn shoots for a double leg takedown but Fredric sprawls well. He's pushed Penn's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fredric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredric tries to clinch up.
Fredric tries to clinch but Penn moves out of range.
Fredric fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fredric defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Penn.
Fredric is looking to clinch but Penn is avoiding it.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch but Penn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fredric is looking to clinch but Penn is avoiding it.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fredric as he avoids it easily.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
Fredric wants to clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by Fredric.
Fredric tries to clinch up but Penn circles away and keeps his distance.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fredric pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fredric avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredric slaps away a takedown attempt from Penn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Fredric dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fredric tries to clinch
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randy Fredric is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fredric defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Penn.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fredric looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fredric.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fredric.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
Fredric tries to clinch up
and Fredric takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Penn circles away.
Fredric looks to clinch
and Penn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Penn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fredric but Fredric pushes him off and we're back to square one.
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.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fredric.
Fredric tries to clinch there but Penn circles away.
Fredric moves into the clinch.
Fredric connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penn's face.
Fredric misses with a knee to the head.
Fredric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fredric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fredric misses with a knee strike.
Penn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Randy Fredric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJJ Penn.
Penn jumps guard but Fredric stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Penn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fredric just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Penn tries to pull guard but Fredric holds him up against the ropes and eventually Penn drops back down to his feet.
Fredric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Fredric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penn's brow.
Fredric lands an elbow inside.
Penn fails to pull guard.
Fredric tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fredric walks away with a smile on his face. Penn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Penn shoots in for a takedown but Fredric shows good takedown defense.
Fredric avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penn tries to clinch but Fredric moves out of range.
Fredric instigates a clinch.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fredric looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Penn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Fredric is trying to defend but Penn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Penn wants to free his trapped foot but Fredric is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn works his way into full mount!
Penn is looking to work his way around to Fredric's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fredric is squirming around, avoiding Penn's attempts to control the action.
Fredric is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Penn wants to take his opponent's back but Fredric doesn't allow it.
That's six 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.
Penn working for a guillotine from mount but Fredric is in no mood to give up.
Penn has control of Fredric's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Fredric regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Penn goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Fredric turns into him and now he's in Penn's guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fredric looking to pass the guard.
Fredric avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fredric tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.
Fredric is looking to work some ground and pound but Penn has wrist control.
Penn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fredric.
Fredric passes Penn's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Penn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fredric scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fredric trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Penn has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Fredric doesn't defend quickly enough and Penn has managed to lock this one up! Can Fredric escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Penn on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). BJJ Penn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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