PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Edblad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentin The French Pride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Edblad
vs
The French Pride

160 cm
20
136 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastian Edblad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valentin The French Pride!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edblad misses with a low kick.
Valentin The French Pride seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The French Pride blocks a jab.
Edblad slips a straight right by The French Pride.
The French Pride throws a series of punches but Edblad avoids them all with ease.
The French Pride throws a big shot that misses.
The French Pride is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The French Pride throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Edblad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Edblad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The French Pride.
Edblad slips a jab and a cross from The French Pride.
Edblad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The French Pride.
The French Pride misses with the combination.
The French Pride throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by The French Pride there.

Edblad shoots in and bounces The French Pride off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Edblad landing some decent shots from guard.
Edblad stops The French Pride from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edblad working some strikes from top position.
Edblad lands a couple of elbows.
Edblad won't allow The French Pride to get back to his feet.
Edblad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The French Pride's head.
The French Pride wants to stand and escape but Edblad is having none of it.
Edblad lands a couple of elbows.
Edblad working some strikes from top position.
The French Pride wants to stand up but Edblad is controlling him.
Edblad might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The French Pride looks gassed!
The French Pride working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Edblad.
Edblad is looking to work some ground and pound but The French Pride has wrist control.
Edblad working some strikes from top position.
Edblad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Edblad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The French Pride has momentary wrist control but Edblad slips an elbow through the middle.
Edblad lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Edblad scoring with some ground and pound.
Edblad postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Edblad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edblad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Edblad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Edblad stops The French Pride from standing up.
Edblad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Edblad postures up and lands a big shot to The French Pride's brow.
The French Pride wants to stand and escape but Edblad is having none of it.
Edblad postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The French Pride is looking to stand up but Edblad isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Edblad throwing strikes but missing.
Edblad is in close to The French Pride's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Edblad is working The French Pride over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The French Pride wants to get back to his feet but Edblad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Edblad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Edblad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Edblad distracts The French Pride with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edblad works over The French Pride with some ground and pound from guard.
The French Pride is looking to stand up but Edblad isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edblad distracts The French Pride with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Edblad working some strikes from top position.
Edblad postures up in The French Pride's guard and throws a big left but The French Pride blocks it.
Edblad is looking to work some ground and pound but The French Pride has wrist control.
The French Pride avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Edblad stands up over The French Pride, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Edblad stops The French Pride from standing up.
Edblad distracts The French Pride with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Edblad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The French Pride's head.
The French Pride wants to get back to his feet but Edblad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The French Pride has momentary wrist control but Edblad slips an elbow through the middle.
Edblad landing with the ground and pound.
Edblad 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.
Edblad working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Edblad makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Edblad thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edblad stands up over The French Pride, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The French Pride avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The French Pride wants to stand but Edblad is controlling the position.
Edblad landing with the ground and pound.
Edblad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Edblad is working The French Pride over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The French Pride wants to stand and escape but Edblad is having none of it.
The French Pride utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Edblad thows a big elbow that misses.
Edblad makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Edblad stands up over The French Pride, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Edblad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edblad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The French Pride works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Edblad throws a big right hand that misses.
Edblad working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The French Pride pushes Edblad off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The French Pride throws a jab but it's blocked by Edblad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Edblad dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The French Pride throws a series of punches but Edblad moves out of range.
The French Pride works the jab nicely.
Edblad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The French Pride.

Edblad feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Edblad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The French Pride wants to stand but Edblad is controlling the position.
Sebastian Edblad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The French Pride manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Edblad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The French Pride misses with a hook.
Edblad misses the shot to the body.
The French Pride is breathing heavily.
Edblad avoids a punch combination nicely.
The French Pride throws the left hand but Edblad avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edblad throws a series of punches but The French Pride avoids them all with ease.
Edblad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The French Pride looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Edblad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Edblad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The French Pride was well out of range. Poor timing from Edblad.
The French Pride throws a hook to the side of Edblad's head but Edblad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The French Pride throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Edblad moves out of range as The French Pride strikes.
Edblad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The French Pride moves away.
Edblad swings for the body but The French Pride moves out of range.
The French Pride throws a body punch but Edblad moves out of range.
Edblad throws a body punch but The French Pride moves out of range.
The French Pride throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The French Pride might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Edblad shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The French Pride napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Edblad scores with a couple of short elbows.
Edblad working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Edblad working the body and head with strikes.
Edblad wants to lay and pray for a moment but The French Pride keeps working.
Edblad cracks The French Pride with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Edblad working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Edblad cracks The French Pride with a big right hand but The French Pride just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Edblad working the ground and pound.
The French Pride is trying to get back to his feet.
The French Pride is working to avoid the ground and pound but Edblad connects with a decent elbow.
Edblad is chipping away with strikes.
The French Pride wants to get back to his feet but Edblad drags him back down.
Edblad lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear The French Pride down.
The French Pride takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The French Pride takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

The French Pride is rocked!
Edblad in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The French Pride is still in real trouble! Can Edblad finish him?
Edblad lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The French Pride is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Edblad landing strikes.
Edblad scoring with punches and elbows.
The French Pride seems to have recovered his senses.
Edblad lands a decent elbow from side control.
Edblad is putting a hurting on The French Pride here, landing some big shots from side control.
Edblad cracks The French Pride with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Edblad immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! The French Pride is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Edblad!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Edblad!