PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Cristiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Frettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronaldo Cristiano looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cristiano
vs
Frettish

162 cm
27
137 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

157 cm
27
142 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Cristiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ed Frettish!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frettish lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cristiano at a distance.

Frettish has Cristiano up against the cage in a clinch.
Frettish wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cristiano has a couple of punches blocked by Frettish.
Cristiano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Frettish creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Frettish tries to break the clinch but Cristiano is controlling the position.
Frettish stalls.
Cristiano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cristiano can't find room to land a body shot as Frettish controls the action.

Frettish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cristiano throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Frettish clinches.
Cristiano trying to land knees to the body.
Cristiano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Frettish avoiding damage as Cristiano throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Frettish - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cristiano.
Cristiano scores with a shot to the side of Frettish's head.
Frettish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cristiano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Frettish scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cristiano looking to throw knees to the head but Frettish is blocking nicely.
Cristiano being controlled against the cage.
Cristiano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Frettish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frettish blocks the elbow strike.
Frettish lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cristiano backwards.
Cristiano tries a body shot but Frettish blocks it.
Cristiano misses with an elbow strike.
Frettish lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Frettish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cristiano throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cristiano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Frettish.
Cristiano tries to throw a body punch but Frettish avoids it by throwing Cristiano back against the cage.

Frettish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Frettish.

Cristiano is rocked!
Cristiano has his takedown stuffed
and Frettish counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oh Cristiano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cristiano is breathing heavily.
Cristiano tries for a takedown but Frettish circles away easily
and Frettish counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Cristiano out cold! What a finish! Frettish is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ed Frettish!