PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Moreau (ranked 24436 p4p, 23428 weight class) and Roman Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roman Francis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Moreau
vs
Francis

179 cm
21
173
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
26
188
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antoine Moreau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Francis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moreau.
Moreau moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFrancis.

Francis takes the fight into the clinch.
Moreau taking a breather.
Moreau swings wildly with an uppercut but Francis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moreau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Francis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moreau's elbow.
Moreau is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Francis pushes Moreau back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Francis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moreau misses with the head strike.
Moreau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Moreau fails to land.
Francis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moreau's efforts to push away.
Moreau misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreau lands a shoulder strike.
Francis blocking some punches.
Francis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moreau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Francis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Francis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Moreau tries to break the clinch but Francis is controlling the position.
Moreau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Francis lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Francis.
Francis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Francis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moreau backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moreau.
Moreau swings wildly with an uppercut but Francis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Francis on the inside.

Moreau is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for Francis.
Oh Moreau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Francis.
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!
Francis lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Francis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moreau looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreau wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Francis lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Moreau to his knees! Francis keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Francis!
An out of breath and clearly excited Roman Francis thanked Brooklyn Threads for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).