PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lilia Ebonastki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Frye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ebonastki
vs
Frye

185 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lilia Ebonastki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Will Frye!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frye is looking to clinch.

Frye pushes Ebonastki up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ebonastki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ebonastki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ebonastki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ebonastki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Frye stalls.
Frye blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ebonastki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ebonastki has a couple of punches blocked by Frye.
Ebonastki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Frye blocks an uppercut.

Frye tightens his grip and picks Ebonastki up, before dumping him to the ground. Ebonastki manages to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ebonastki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebonastki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frye.
Frye throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ebonastki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Frye won't allow Ebonastki to sweep him here.
Frye controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Frye pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ebonastki is keeping the position for now.
Ebonastki working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frye lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ebonastki keeping full guard, as Frye tries to pass.
Ebonastki being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Frye swings for the body but Ebonastki moves out of range.
Frye tries to clinch there but Ebonastki circles away.
Lilia Ebonastki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frye tries to clinch but Ebonastki moves out of range.
Will Frye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Frye moves into the clinch.
Frye blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Frye.
Ebonastki misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ebonastki avoiding damage as Frye throws knees to the body.
Ebonastki misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frye tries to land a knee to the head but Ebonastki blocks with his arms.
Frye tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ebonastki working aggressively here.
Ebonastki struggles to land a body shot inside as Frye controls his hands.
Ebonastki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ebonastki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Frye throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ebonastki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ebonastki swings wildly with an uppercut but Frye uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ebonastki tries to stall but Frye uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Frye misses with a knee strike.
Ebonastki is trying to break free.
Ebonastki pushes Frye back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Frye has hold of one of Ebonastki's legs. Ebonastki is fighting the takedown attempt but Frye gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ebonastki controls Frye momentarily but Frye frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frye sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frye scoring with some ground and pound.
Frye throws a strike but Ebonastki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Frye is controlling Ebonastki's posture.
Ebonastki wants to control from the top but Frye keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frye wants to improve his position but instead Ebonastki has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Frye 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.

Frye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ebonastki, pushing him back against the cage.
Ebonastki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Frye pushes off an throws an elbow but Ebonastki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frye blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Frye leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ebonastki tries to work over Frye's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Frye.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ebonastki.
Ebonastki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frye blocks an uppercut.
Frye with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ebonastki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Frye has Ebonastki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ebonastki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frye blocking some punches.
Ebonastki tries to work over Frye's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ebonastki misses with the head strike.
Frye prevents Ebonastki from breaking the clinch.
Ebonastki misses with some punches.
Ebonastki is pressed up against the cage. Frye has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ebonastki down to the mat. Ebonastki avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Frye tries to clinch up.
Frye moves in looking to clinch but Ebonastki pushes him off.

Frye instigates a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Frye tries to land a knee to the head but Ebonastki blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebonastki swings wildly with an uppercut but Frye uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Ebonastki fails to land.
Ebonastki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ebonastki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ebonastki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ebonastki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Frye takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ebonastki throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ebonastki.
Ebonastki is trying to break free.
Ebonastki misses with a punch to the body.
Ebonastki misses with a punch on the inside.
Ebonastki misses with some punches.
Frye has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ebonastki after a bit of a struggle.
Lilia Ebonastki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Frye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebonastki misses with the head strike.
Ebonastki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ebonastki trying to stall but Frye improves his position.
Ebonastki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ebonastki misses with a body punch.
Ebonastki misses with some punches.
Frye has Ebonastki pressed against the cage, preventing Ebonastki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ebonastki tries to work over Frye's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ebonastki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Frye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Frye will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ebonastki up against the cage.
Ebonastki misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Ebonastki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ebonastki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fryes head.
Frye blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Frye - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ebonastki.
A head punch on the inside from Ebonastki fails to land.
Ebonastki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ebonastki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Frye.
The crowd are getting on Frye's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Ebonastki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Frye avoiding damage.
Ebonastki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Frye trying to land knees to the body.
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!
Ebonastki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ebonastki misses with a punch to the body.
Ebonastki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lilia Ebonastki dominated that second 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. 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.

Ebonastki rushes Frye and presses him up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ebonastki.

Frye turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Ebonastki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Frye wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Frye scores with a couple of short elbows.
Frye controlling from side mount.
Frye landing a few strikes.
Frye connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ebonastki some visible discomfort.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frye controls the position.
Frye lands an elbow.
Ebonastki is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ebonastki is not content to let Frye control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frye creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Frye creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Frye lands a nice forearm strike.

Frye looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ebonastki wants to get back to his feet.
Frye working the head and body with strikes.
Frye looks up at the clock and then as Ebonastki takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Frye smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ebonastki is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Frye taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frye works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frye controlling the position.
Ebonastki struggling a bit here.
Ebonastki is being controlled here.
Frye looks up at the clock and then as Ebonastki takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Frye smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebonastki seems a little lost for a moment, as Frye dominates the positioning.
Frye trying to control the position but Ebonastki is working away.
Ebonastki is looking for a sweep.
Ebonastki tries to escape but Frye is in control.
Frye cracks Ebonastki with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Frye landing strikes.

Frye is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ebonastki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Will Frye has got the better of the ground game so far.
Frye is working Ebonastki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ebonastki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Frye landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frye is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frye staying calm.
Frye working the head with strikes.
Frye content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Frye cracks Ebonastki with a big right hand but Ebonastki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Frye working the head with strikes.
Frye lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ebonastki down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Frye comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Frye has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Frye!