PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dwayne Frederick has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Frederick
vs
Martell

167 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

206 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dwayne Frederick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joao Martell!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martell lands with a nice body punch.
Martell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frederick could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Martell scores with a nice head shot.
Martell throws a combination that misses

and Frederick counters by clinching up.
Frederick tries for a takedown but Martell manages to get underhooks.
Frederick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Martell letting Frederick take a breather here.

Frederick jumps guard and drags Martell to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frederick looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Frederick might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Frederick had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martell defends it easily.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frederick controlling Martell's posture.
Frederick's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Frederick is on top in guard.

Frederick with a flurry of punches that miss.

Frederick decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Joao Martell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martell throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Frederick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Frederick.
Frederick lands a nice uppercut.
Frederick cracks Martell with a nice body shot.
Martell looks winded!
Frederick leaning against his opponent.
Martell is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Frederick manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Frederick jumps into guard, dragging Martell to the mat.
Martell is fighting to break Frederick's control of his arms but Frederick is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frederick lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Frederick gets to his feet - Martell follows without any prompting.
Martell throws a left and a right that both miss

and Frederick counters by moving into the clinch.
Frederick unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Frederick has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Martell uses from the top position.
Frederick lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Frederick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martell's head.
Frederick trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Frederick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Martell, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Frederick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frederick happy to just control the position for now.

Frederick tries for a kimura but Martell is defending well.
Frederick controls the position from side control.
Frederick seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Martell for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Martell stuffs the takedown attempt from Frederick. Frederick gets slowly back to his feet.
Martell scores with a jab. Frederick acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Martell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Frederick counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Frederick.
Martell wants to break free but Frederick has control.
Frederick can't get the takedown.
Frederick missing with knees to the body.
Frederick stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Frederick has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Martell uses from the top position.

Frederick escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Martell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Frederick looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frederick looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Frederick has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Frederick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Martell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Frederick controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Frederick looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Frederick wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Frederick is on top in guard.

Frederick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martell can do to turn this around?

Martell is working an open guard so Frederick takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A left and a right from Martell both land. Nice combination.
Martell is breathing heavily.
Martell lands a jab-cross combination.
Martell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frederick shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwayne Frederick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martell misses with a combination

and Frederick counters by moving into the clinch.
Frederick lands a good knee to the midsection. Martell won't want to take too many of those.
Martell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frederick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martell up against the cage.

Frederick pulls guard effortlessly.
Frederick is pulling down on Martell's head to control his posture.
Frederick bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martell's guard.

Frederick is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Frederick stands up and waves to Martell to follow him.

Frederick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Martell to the mat! Martell manages to get full guard.
Frederick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frederick is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Frederick stands up from Martell's guard - Frederick perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Frederick dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Martell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Frederick counters by clinching up.
A right handed body shot lands from Frederick.
Frederick changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Martell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Martell looks to land a combination. Frederick sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Frederick shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Martell as he avoids it easily.
Frederick slips a jab and a cross from Martell.
Martell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frederick tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martell swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwayne Frederick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martell throws a right and a left that Frederick avoids nicely.
Martell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Frederick misses with a takedown attempt - Martell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Joao Martell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frederick gets a takedown into half guard.

Frederick stands up and beckons Martell to join him on the feet.
A combination from Frederick does no damage.
Martell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Frederick takes a jab right on the kisser.

Frederick decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Frederick decides to stand up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Frederick counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Frederick stands up and beckons Martell to his feet.
Frederick slips under a jab from Martell.

Frederick looking to score a takedown here. Martell is defending well but Frederick drives through and ends up in Martell's guard.

Frederick gets to his feet. Martell looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A nice combination there by Martell.
Martell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Frederick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Frederick.
Frederick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Martell stops a takedown attempt from Frederick.
Frederick fails to pull guard.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Frederick fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frederick is working for takedown but Martell is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martell looking to stall.

Frederick has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Martell uses from the top position.

Frederick has his foot on Martell's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Martell works his way back into a safe position though.
Frederick is trying to keep Martell in close.

Frederick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Frederick manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martell manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Frederick gets to his feet - Martell follows without any prompting.
Martell misses with a few strikes there.

Frederick closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Martell quickly recovers to half guard.
Frederick is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Frederick decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Martell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Frederick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Frederick pulls guard.
Joao Martell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martell stopping the sweep attempt from Frederick.
Frederick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dwayne Frederick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Frederick pulls Martell in close to prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dwayne Frederick.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Frederick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwayne Frederick!