PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Franchesco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiny Timmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paolo Franchesco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Franchesco
vs
Timmy

170 cm
23
134 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

150 cm
19
140 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paolo Franchesco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiny Timmy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timmy dives in and grabs Franchesco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Franchesco pushes down on Timmy's head and hops out.
Franchesco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Timmy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Franchesco tries to avoid it but Timmy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Franchesco to the ground. Franchesco escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Franchesco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franchesco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Timmy shoots for a double leg takedown but Franchesco sprawls well. He's pushed Timmy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Paolo Franchesco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiny Timmy.
Timmy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franchesco.
Timmy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Franchesco pinned against the cage. Franchesco gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A combination from Franchesco does no damage.
Timmy looks for a takedown but Franchesco sprawls well.
Franchesco moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Timmy misses with a takedown attempt - Franchesco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Franchesco fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Timmy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No joy there for Franchesco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Timmy shoots in but no luck this time.
Franchesco looks to land a combination but Timmy avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franchesco misses with the combination.
Franchesco stuffs the takedown.
Tiny Timmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Timmy looks gassed!

Nice combo by Franchesco! Oh, that's hurt him - Timmy falls to the canvas and Franchesco follows him into side control.
Timmy is trying to get back to half guard.
Franchesco looks up at the clock and then as Timmy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Franchesco smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Franchesco is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Franchesco trying to control the action but Timmy is working from the bottom.
Franchesco misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ground and pound from Franchesco seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco wants to lay and pray for a moment but Timmy keeps working.
Timmy is trying to escape the position but Franchesco is controlling the position.
Timmy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Timmy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Franchesco trying to control the position from guard on top but Timmy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franchesco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Timmy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Franchesco trying to control the position from guard on top but Timmy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Franchesco sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Timmy's guard.
Timmy is trying to get back to full guard.
Timmy is staying active underneath Franchesco, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Timmy has a hand on Franchesco's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Franchesco takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Timmy working to try and regain half guard.
Timmy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Timmy moves into full guard.
Franchesco tries to stand but Timmy is controlling from the bottom.
Franchesco controls from within his opponent's guard.
Timmy wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Franchesco gets to his feet. Timmy looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Timmy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Franchesco is fending him off so far but Timmy persists. Nope, Franchesco circles away and we're back to standing.
Franchesco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franchesco misses with a wild combination.
Timmy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Franchesco as he avoids it easily.
Timmy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Franchesco swivels and escapes.
Franchesco lands with a good body shot.
Franchesco lands a nice looking body shot.
Franchesco with a nice cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franchesco looks to land a combination. Timmy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Timmy is trying desperately to land a takedown but Franchesco is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Timmy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timmy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Franchesco.
Franchesco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Timmy.
Franchesco misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Franchesco dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Timmy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franchesco to score with a decent uppercut.
Timmy shoots in for a takedown but Franchesco shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from Franchesco misses.
Timmy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Franchesco throws out a powerful jab.
Timmy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

A jab-cross combination lands for Franchesco and sends Timmy crashing to the mat! Franchesco follows him down to the mat - Timmy regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Timmy is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Franchesco decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Timmy is still on wobbly legs! Can Franchesco finish him?
Franchesco misses with the combination.
Timmy seems to have recovered his senses.
Timmy fails with a takedown attempt.
Franchesco's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Franchesco duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Timmy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Timmy is breathing heavily.
Timmy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Paolo Franchesco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiny Timmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Franchesco stuffs the takedown attempt from Timmy. Timmy gets slowly back to his feet.
Franchesco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Timmy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Franchesco.
Timmy shoots in for a takedown but Franchesco shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Franchesco throws a right and a left that Timmy avoids nicely.
Good exchange - Franchesco coming out on top.
Franchesco fails to land with a series of punches.
Timmy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Franchesco scores with a hook to the body. Timmy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franchesco lands the left hand.
Franchesco misses with the combination.
Timmy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Franchesco avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Franchesco lands with a shot to the body.
Franchesco stuns Timmy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Franchesco lands a really nice looking cross but Timmy seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franchesco tries to bum rush Timmy with a series of wild strikes but Timmy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Timmy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franchesco goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Paolo Franchesco is winning the standup battle so far.
Franchesco lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Franchesco lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Franchesco is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Franchesco looks to land a combination. Timmy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Timmy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franchesco throws a series of punches but Timmy moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Timmy fails with a takedown attempt.
Franchesco is working the combinations to good effect here.
Franchesco scores with a one two! Timmy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Franchesco fails to land with a series of punches.
Franchesco displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Timmy.
Franchesco scores with a hook to the body. Timmy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franchesco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Timmy backs up against the cage.
Franchesco connects with a nice looking jab.
Paolo Franchesco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Timmy fails with a takedown attempt.
Franchesco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Timmy.
Franchesco manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco manages to get to full guard.
Timmy prevents Franchesco from getting back to his feet.
Timmy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franchesco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Franchesco controls Timmy momentarily but Timmy frees himself.
Franchesco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Franchesco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Timmy can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Timmy postures up in Franchesco's guard and throws a big left but Franchesco blocks it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Franchesco is on top in guard.
Franchesco trying to control the position from guard on top but Timmy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Franchesco dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Timmy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Timmy shoots in for a takedown but Franchesco shows good takedown defense.
Timmy tries for a takedown but Franchesco sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Franchesco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Franchesco is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Franchesco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Franchesco connects with a single shot there.
Franchesco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Timmy doesn't seem bothered though.
Franchesco thuds his right hand into Timmy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Timmy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Franchesco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Timmy at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franchesco digs a good hook to Timmy's body.
Franchesco scores with a hook to the body. Timmy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franchesco throws a series of strikes that have Timmy backpedaling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Franchesco throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Timmy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Franchesco lands a nice hook to Timmy's body. Timmy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Franchesco displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Franchesco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Timmy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paolo Franchesco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiny Timmy.

Timmy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Franchesco!

Timmy jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Franchesco is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Franchesco and Timmy has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Timmy moves into full mount!
Timmy throws some wild stikes that Franchesco manages to avoid easily.
Franchesco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Timmy moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Franchesco has worked his arm free - good work by Franchesco!

Timmy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Franchesco is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Franchesco controls the position for a moment.
Franchesco is looking to regain half guard here but Timmy keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Timmy tries for a kimura but Franchesco is defending well.

Timmy is trying to get an arm triangle but Franchesco is defending well.
Franchesco sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tiny Timmy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are battling for position here. Franchesco manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Franchesco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Franchesco is on top in guard.
Timmy keeping moving, preventing Franchesco from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Franchesco wants to stand but Timmy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Paolo Franchesco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Timmy wants to sweep here but Franchesco controlling him for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franchesco pushing down on Timmy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paolo Franchesco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Franchesco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paolo Franchesco!