PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erin Brostovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Emmure - When keeping it real goes wrong. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Brostovski
vs
Franklin

195 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erin Brostovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Franklin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brostovski lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Franklin sprawling to the canvas. Brostovski follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Franklin hang on?

Franklin is rocked!
Brostovski stops Franklin from getting back to his feet.
Franklin is still in real trouble! Can Brostovski finish him?
Franklin is trying to get back to full guard.

Brostovski is looking for a kimura but Franklin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Brostovski to get the leverage.
Franklin is trying to get back to full guard.
Franklin seems to have recovered his senses.

Brostovski seems to be looking for submissions.

Brostovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Brostovski tries to pass to full mount but Franklin defends it.

Franklin pushes Brostovski off and gets back to his feet.
Brostovski throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.
A combination from Brostovski does no damage.
Brostovski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brostovski throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.
Brostovski is breathing heavily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Franklin.

Franklin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Franklin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brostovski tries to improve position but can't.

Franklin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Brostovski has escaped the position, nice work there.

Franklin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brostovski, who protects the arm well.
Brostovski manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Franklin is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Brostovski pulls his head out easily.
Franklin controlling the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franklin is trying to stand up here but Brostovski is controlling him well.

Brostovski seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Franklin wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Brostovski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Brostovski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Brostovski is looking for a kimura here.
Brostovski passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Franklin!
Brostovski working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Jason Franklin has been cut.

Brostovski is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Franklin has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Brostovski working for a submission but Franklin is keeping him at bay.
Brostovski landing shots from mount.

Brostovski goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Franklin is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brostovski manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Brostovski swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Franklin is now in Brostovski's guard. A big mistake from Brostovski there, giving up the dominant position!
Franklin won't allow Brostovski to sweep him here.
Franklin advances position into side control!
Brostovski is looking to reverse the position.
Franklin landing a few strikes.
Brostovski tries to bench press Franklin off him but Franklin keeps the position.
Franklin trying to control the position but Brostovski is working away.
Brostovski tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Franklin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Brostovski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Franklin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brostovski manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brostovski works his way to full guard. Good work.

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

Brostovski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Franklin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brostovski is looking to stand up but Franklin isn't so interested in that idea.

Franklin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Brostovski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erin Brostovski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Franklin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brostovski misses with a two punch combination.

Franklin tries to keep at a distance but Brostovski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brostovski drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brostovski tries to pull guard but Franklin holds him up against the cage and eventually Brostovski drops back down to his feet.
Brostovski is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erin Brostovski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Franklin jumps guard.
Franklin can't keep his opponent in guard - Brostovski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Brostovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Brostovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Franklin is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin moves into full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Franklin holds on and takes a little breather.
Franklin trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brostovski tries to free his leg and advance position but Franklin is retaining full guard.

Franklin working for a triangle but Brostovski defends it easily.
Brostovski forces his way into half guard.
Erin Brostovski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brostovski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brostovski looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Brostovski is looking for a kimura here.

Franklin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brostovski will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brostovski working Franklin over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brostovski seems to be working for a kimura but Franklin defends the submission attempt.
Brostovski lands with a punch from half guard.

Brostovski is looking for a kimura here.
Franklin won't allow Brostovski to pass to mount.
Brostovski lands strikes from half guard.
Franklin landing rabbit punches to the side of Brostovski's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Franklin won't allow Brostovski to pass to mount.
Franklin lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Brostovski moves into full mount! Franklin won't be happy about that!
Franklin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Franklin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brostovski scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brostovski with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Brostovski is looking to stand but Brostovski has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Brostovski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Franklin is looking to escape.

Brostovski is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Franklin is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Franklin flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Brostovski anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Franklin and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Brostovski slips an arm under Franklin chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Brostovski has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Brostovski is squeezing on Franklin like an anaconda would it's prey. Franklin fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Erin Brostovski!