PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jun Liu (ranked 1471 p4p, 1177 weight class) and Franky Page (ranked 197 p4p, 165 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Liu
vs
Page

192 cm
26
199
8 - 8 - 0

192 cm
37
210
27 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jun Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Franky Page!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Page misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Page ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Page feints the counter takedown.
Liu lands with a right hand.
Liu walks into a straight right hand from Page.
Page smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Page.
Page throws a body shot but no joy.
Page throws an overhand right that lands on Liu's shoulder, as Liu tries to avoid the shot.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Page misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Page lands with a shot to the body.
Page changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice sprawl there from Liu as Page shoots in.
Page jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Page throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu appears to be looking for a big counter.
Page scores with a decent looking hook.

Page fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Liu, pushing him back against the cage.

Liu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Page throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Liu tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Page is in Liu's guard.

Liu pushes Page off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jun Liu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liu scores with a body shot.
Page shoots in looking for a takedown. Liu tries to sprawl out of it but Page keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Page throws a body shot but no joy.
Liu delivers a nice body kick.
Page uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Page with the counter takedown but Liu avoids it easily.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liu misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Liu tests Page's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Liu throws a series of punches but Page avoids them all with ease.
Liu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Page throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Page misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Liu feints a jab promting Page to slip. Liu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Page slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Franky Page has been cut.
Liu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Page tries to clinch up
and Page takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Liu blocks a jab.
It looked like Liu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Page.
Liu scores with a nice right hand.
Page on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Liu misses with a looping left.
Page with the counter takedown but Liu avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page walks into a left hand.
Page tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Liu swivels and escapes.
Jun Liu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franky Page.
A swing and a miss from Page.

Liu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Page to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Liu pulls Page in to control the position.
Liu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Page working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Page throwing strikes from guard but Liu blocks nicely.
Liu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Page on the ground.
Page loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Page being controlled here momentarily.
Page has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Page lands a couple of digs.
We've been hearing good reports from Liu's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Page trying to control the position from guard on top but Liu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Liu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Page.
Page postures up.
Page scoring with some ground and pound.
Page in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Page throws a big right hand that misses.
Page lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Liu is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Page is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Page working some strikes from top position.
Liu looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Page won't allow Liu to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Liu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franky Page's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Liu takes a swing at Page's ribcage but misses.

Page instigates a clinch.
Page working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Page.
Liu avoiding damage.
Page is working Liu over against the cage.
Page is leaning against Liu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Page lands a body punch.
Liu prevents a body shot from Page.
Page doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Page.
Liu tries a body shot but Page blocks it.
Liu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Page's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Page lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Page.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Page on the inside.
Page tries for a takedown. No joy.
Page lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Page.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu prevents a body shot from Page.
Page wants a takedown but no success here.
Page blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Page misses with a body punch.
A short left from Liu.
Page has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Liu seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Page can turn it around.
Page tries to throw a body punch but Liu avoids it by throwing Page back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Page.
Page lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Liu backwards.

Page gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Page working the head and body with strikes.
Page working the head and body with strikes.

Page is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Page is trying to control the action in half guard but Liu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Liu has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Page is working away from the top position though.
Franky Page has got the better of the ground game so far.
Page wants to take a breather but Liu is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Liu trying to control from the bottom.
Page thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Page is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Liu as he works his way to full guard.
Liu is trying to keep Page in close.
Page scoring with some ground and pound.
Page is working Liu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Page scoring with punches to the head and body.
Page connects with a couple of short punches.

Liu is rocked!
Page wants to control from the top but Liu keeps moving.
Page cracks Liu with a solid left hand.
Oh Liu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Page with a nice head shot there.
Liu seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Page working some strikes from top position.
Page postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Liu covers up, he's hurt! Page keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Page and the ref steps in to end the fight! Page can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franky Page!
Jun Liu spoke after the fight, saying 'I don't care if i'm not a durable woman, as long as im an adorable woman ;)'.