PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hausser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman has chosen Men At Work - Land Down Under as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Hausser
vs
Freeman

187 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Combat Pro Design
Supreme Supplements (Q146 Recovery $20)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Hausser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonas Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman fails to land with a series of punches.
Freeman misses with a hook. Hausser ducked under it nicely.
Freeman throws a shot from downtown. Hausser moves away and avoids it.
Freeman swinging wilding here.
Freeman looks to score with a jab to the body but Hausser is just out of range.

Hausser has closed the distance and engaged Freeman in a clinch.
Freeman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hausser prevents Freeman from breaking the clinch.
Freeman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Freeman can't break the clinch.
Hausser is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Freeman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freeman stops a takedown attempt from Hausser.
Freeman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Freeman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hausser has him pressed against the cage.
Freeman wants to break free but Hausser has control.
Freeman prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Hausser. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hausser is trying to trip Freeman. He has hold of a leg but Freeman is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hausser persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Freeman keeping full guard, as Hausser tries to pass.
Freeman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Freeman is trying to keep Hausser in close.
Freeman 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.

Freeman is looking for a triangle here but Hausser uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Hausser is looking to take a break and control but Freeman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hausser working the head with strikes.
Hausser cracks Freeman with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hausser lands a nice forearm strike.

Hausser looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hausser staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman is looking to reverse the position.
Freeman can't do much from the bottom here.
Hausser working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Freeman struggling a bit here.
Hausser lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The strikes coming from Hausser are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Freeman is looking to regain half guard here but Hausser keeps moving and retains side control.
Hausser scoring with punches from side control.
Hausser connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Freeman some visible discomfort.
Freeman sneaks back into half guard.
Freeman wants to control but Hausser passes into side.
Freeman can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Hausser dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice shot by Freeman.
Freeman scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Paul Hausser has been cut.
Freeman fails to land with a series of punches.

Hausser shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hausser was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hausser with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hausser with good strikes from the mount here!
Hausser lands a big shot there that rocks Freeman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Freeman is trying to escape the mount.
Hausser lands a big shot there that rocks Freeman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hausser scoring with strikes but Freeman is staying in there.
Freeman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Freeman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hausser. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Freeman is squirming around, avoiding Hausser's attempts to control the action.
Freeman tries to reverse the position but Hausser maintains control.
Freeman regains half guard.
Freeman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Freeman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hausser content to control rather than advance.
Hausser drops an elbow to the side of Freeman's head.
Hausser landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hausser working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hausser takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hausser has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Freeman defend it? Hausser steps over the head and cranks it - Freeman is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hausser!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paul Hausser!