PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Jenen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seb Freeth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Jenen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Seb Freeth's chin.

Jenen
vs
Freeth

182 cm
29
185 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

188 cm
24
197 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Jenen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Seb Freeth!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeth plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Freeth throws a sloppy head kick and Jenen moves out of range easily.
Freeth lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jenen avoids the head kick by Freeth.
Seb Freeth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freeth is looking to clinch.
Freeth lands a head kick!
Jenen misses with a takedown attempt

and Freeth counters by clinching up.
Jenen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Freeth pulls his leg out and moves away.
Freeth throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jenen's head.
Freeth throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Freeth.
Jenen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Jenen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Freeth drives through and clinches with Jenen against the cage.
Freeth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jenen takes an elbow to the temple.
Freeth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jenen has Freeth pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Freeth manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jenen is breathing heavily.
Freeth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jenen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Freeth is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Freeth wants the takedown. Jenen is fighting it off but Freeth persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Jenen's guard against the cage.
Freeth has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Scrapyard. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Freeth is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Freeth drops back looking for a leg! Jenen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jenen manages to kick Freeth off! Freeth jumps back into Jenen's guard.
Freeth slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Freeth drops back looking for a leg! Jenen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jenen manages to kick Freeth off! Freeth jumps back into Jenen's guard.
Jenen is trying to control the position but Freeth postures up.
Jenen lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jenen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jenen trying to control the position from guard on top but Freeth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jenen won't allow Freeth to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenen trying to control the position from guard on top but Freeth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Freeth looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Freeth is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jenen defends well.

Freeth is looking for a triangle but Jenen pushes his legs off easily.
Jenen trying to control the position from guard on top but Freeth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Freeth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Freeth keeping moving, preventing Jenen from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeth is trying to hold Jenen in close to prevent damage but Jenen has managed to pass into half guard.

Freeth looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Freeth is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jenen pulls his head out easily.
Jenen is trying to control. Freeth wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ground and pound from Jenen.
Freeth is looking to control Jenen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Freeth avoid being mounted?

Jenen seems to be looking for submissions.

Jenen is working for a kimura but Freeth is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seb Freeth dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Freeth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Freeth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Brian Jenen has been cut.
A knee to the head by Freeth.
Jenen takes an elbow to the temple.

Freeth drops Jenen with a big knee straight up the middle! Jenen is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Jenen is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freeth scoring well with a low kick there.
Oh Jenen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jenen seems to have got his legs back now.
Freeth is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jenen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jenen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Freeth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jenen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Freeth gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenen takes a knee right on the jaw!
I was talking to Jenen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freeth scores a nice knee to the body.
Freeth lands an elbow that stopped Jenen in his tracks for a moment.
Freeth lands an elbow inside that Jenen shrugs off.
Freeth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Freeth has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Jenen - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Freeth, and another! Jenen is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Seb Freeth!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Seb Freeth made sure he mentioned Zipp Zapp, along with how happy he was to win his fight.