PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ishuryn Ciskovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ciskovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rage Against The Machine - Calm Like A Bomb. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ciskovic
vs
Freeman

185 cm
22
211 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
218 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ishuryn Ciskovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huey Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciskovic shoots in for a double leg but Freeman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Freeman stuffs the takedown attempt from Ciskovic. Ciskovic gets slowly back to his feet.

Freeman gets the takedown into side control.
Freeman tries to stand but Ciskovic controls the position and pulls Freeman into his guard.

Freeman gets to his feet. Ciskovic looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ciskovic misses with a hook to the body

and Freeman counters with a crisp one two that drops Ciskovic! Freeman thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ciskovic to his feet! Ciskovic is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Freeman shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ciskovic napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ciskovic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ciskovic tries to get out of the position.
Freeman wants to stand but Ciskovic has his arm trapped.

Freeman decides to stand back up.

Ciskovic moves into the clinch.
Ciskovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Freeman throws a head punch that misses.
Freeman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ciskovic backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciskovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Freeman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ciskovic can't break the clinch.
Freeman scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Freeman.
Ciskovic has a couple of punches blocked by Freeman.
Ciskovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Freeman.
Freeman lands a right hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Freeman.
Freeman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ciskovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Freeman backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Freeman.
Freeman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Ishuryn Ciskovic has been cut.
Freeman lands a body punch.
Ciskovic is breathing heavily.
Ciskovic misses with a punch to the body.
Freeman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Freeman.
Freeman scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ciskovic tries to pull guard but Freeman holds him up against the cage and eventually Ciskovic drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ishuryn Ciskovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Freeman on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Freeman.
Freeman lands a body shot.
A hook to the body from Freeman.
A right hand to the body from Freeman.
A short left from Freeman.
A short body shot lands from Freeman as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Freeman scores with a nice short uppercut.

Ciskovic is rocked!
Freeman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Ciskovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Freeman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ciskovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Freeman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Freeman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Freeman lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ciskovic to his knees! Freeman keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Huey Freeman!