PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Freitag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jenfrren St Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freitag comes into the arena with The Prodigy - Poison blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Freitag
vs
St Luca

184 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Freitag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jenfrren St Luca!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Luca dives in and grabs Freitag's left leg, looking for a takedown. Freitag pushes down on St Luca's head and hops out.
St Luca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Freitag swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Luca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A counter left hand to the body from Freitag misses its target.
Freitag displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from St Luca.
St Luca closes the distance and clinches up with Freitag, looking for a takedown. St Luca pushes Freitag against the cage but Freitag circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mike Freitag has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jenfrren St Luca.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Freitag gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows St Luca to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Freitag is controlling St Luca's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Luca wants to control from the top but Freitag keeps moving.
Freitag wants to sweep here but St Luca controlling him for the moment.
St Luca wants to stand but Freitag is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
St Luca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Luca lands a head kick. Freitag smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Mike Freitag has been cut.
St Luca tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Freitag.
You can see the frustration on St Luca's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Freitag passes to full mount! That's big trouble for St Luca!
Freitag with a couple of short strikes.
Freitag with good strikes from the mount here!
Freitag working the ground and pound effectively.
Freitag lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freitag lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
St Luca tries to hold on but Freitag postures up.
St Luca wants to try and get back to his feet.
St Luca looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freitag raining down shots from the mount!
Freitag scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Luca?
Freitag connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Freitag landing strikes from the mount.
Freitag working St Luca over with strikes here.
St Luca is trying desperately to improve position.
Freitag landing punches.
Freitag postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Luca looks a forlorn figure.
Freitag landing punches.
BOOM! Freitag connects with a massive shot to the dome!

St Luca is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Freitag dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Freitag's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Freitag throws a low kick but St Luca moves out of range easily.
St Luca throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Freitag's waist but Freitag gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St Luca off to one side.
Freitag looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
St Luca wants to clinch but Freitag slips to the side

and Freitag counters with a right hand that sends St Luca tumbling to the canvas! Can Freitag finish him? He dives into St Luca's guard looking to do just that!
St Luca is still in real trouble! Can Freitag finish him?

It looks like Jenfrren St Luca has been cut.
Freitag pushing down on St Luca's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Freitag 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.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Freitag connects with a nice short shot to St Luca's temple.
Freitag working the head and body with strikes.
Freitag is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Luca can do to turn this around?
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!
Freitag lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked St Luca! More strikes land and this one is all over! Freitag jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Freitag!
A relieved looking Mike Freitag thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.