PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruens comes to the cage accompanied by River Below. Franklin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Heat it up. Reggie Franklin looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Bruens
vs
Franklin

168 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

178 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Bruens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reggie Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin is looking to clinch but Bruens is avoiding it.
Franklin leaves Bruens with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Franklin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruens swats away the attempt to clinch by Franklin.
Bruens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Franklin is fending him off so far but Bruens persists. Nope, Franklin circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bruens drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bruens forces his way into half guard.
Bruens trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Franklin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bruens pulls his head out easily.
Bruens content to control rather than advance.
Bruens passes the guard and advances to mount!
Franklin looks gassed!
Bruens controlling the position easily from mount.
Bruens dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruens controlling his opponent.
Franklin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bruens controlling his opponent.
Bruens connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bruens landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bruens controlling the position easily from mount.
Franklin tries to lock up and control but Bruens gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bruens working the ground and pound effectively.
Bruens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bruens fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franklin tries to hold on but Bruens postures up.
Bruens manages to capitalize on a mistake by Franklin to take his back!
Bruens has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Franklin's body.

Bruens has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Franklin is in real trouble here. Bruens gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Franklin is tapping out! Bruens wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Paul Bruens!