PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vince Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Franchesco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Franchesco

180 cm
20
130 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
24
134 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paolo Franchesco!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown is looking to clinch but Franchesco is avoiding it.
Franchesco misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchesco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franchesco cracks Brown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fighters circling - Franchesco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A left lands for Franchesco.

It looks like Vince Brown has been cut.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vince Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown tries to clinch but Franchesco moves out of range.
Franchesco tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Franchesco misses with a body shot.
Franchesco throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Brown.
Franchesco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franchesco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franchesco's knee momentarily.
Franchesco swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brown counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Brown is rocked!
Franchesco tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to clinch up but Franchesco circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Franchesco.
Franchesco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franchesco misses with a double jab
and Brown counters with a leg kick.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown wants to clinch up but Franchesco keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Franchesco misses the target.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Franchesco throws a big shot that misses.
Franchesco misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchesco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Franchesco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

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.
Nice straight punches there by Franchesco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Franchesco.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brown.
Brown cracks the inside of Franchesco's front leg.
Brown tries to clinch but Franchesco is having none of it.
Brown tries to clinch but Franchesco moves out of range.
A punch combination from Franchesco misses.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Franchesco pushes him off.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franchesco circles away quickly and effectively.
Franchesco lands with a good body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Franchesco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Franchesco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown tries to clinch but Franchesco moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchesco paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Franchesco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown tries to clinch there but Franchesco circles away.
Nice cross by Franchesco.
Franchesco misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a nice leg kick.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franchesco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Franchesco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown jabs at Franchesco's body.
Brown staying out of range there.
Franchesco smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Franchesco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchesco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Franchesco circles away.
Franchesco keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Franchesco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Franchesco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franchesco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Franchesco misses with the combination.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franchesco.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franchesco circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown moves out of range as Franchesco strikes.
Franchesco takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Franchesco misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Franchesco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vince Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brown instigates a clinch.
Franchesco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Franchesco.
Franchesco wants to break free but Brown has control.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Franchesco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franchesco lands a left hand.
Franchesco takes an elbow to the forehead.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left and a right from Franchesco both land. Nice combination.
Brown throws a nice looking combination but Franchesco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franchesco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Franchesco connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franchesco swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Brown wants to clinch up but Franchesco keeps it at a distance.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Brown tries to clinch there but Franchesco circles away.
Paolo Franchesco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franchesco throws the left hand but Brown avoids the punch easily.
Franchesco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Vince Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown tries to clinch but Franchesco moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franchesco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Franchesco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Franchesco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Franchesco throws out the jab.
A combination from Franchesco does no damage.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchesco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Franchesco looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown tries to clinch there but Franchesco circles away.
Brown is looking to slow Franchesco down with leg kicks.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Franchesco circles away.
Franchesco keeps the fight on the outside.
Franchesco misses with a body punch
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Brown moves out of range as Franchesco strikes.
Franchesco's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Franchesco swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Franchesco circles away.

Franchesco tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Franchesco won't allow it.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown prevents Franchesco from breaking the clinch.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Franchesco is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Franchesco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franchesco avoids it.
Franchesco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Franchesco is blocking nicely.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Franchesco is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Franchesco blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Franchesco presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Franchesco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Franchesco has Brown pushed against the cage.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franchesco avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown prevents Franchesco from breaking the clinch.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franchesco.
Franchesco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Franchesco wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franchesco's efforts to push away.
Franchesco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
A short right from Franchesco on the inside.
Franchesco is working Brown over against the cage.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franchesco's efforts to push away.
Brown keeps control of Franchesco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franchesco lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.

Vince Brown's cut is getting worse.
Brown keeps control of Franchesco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Franchesco - that landed with a thud.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franchesco.
Franchesco is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Franchesco tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Franchesco - that landed with a thud.
Franchesco gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Franchesco breaks the clinch.
Franchesco misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Franchesco works the jab nicely.
Franchesco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paolo Franchesco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vince Brown's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franchesco.
Franchesco throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Franchesco circles away.
Brown is looking to slow Franchesco down with leg kicks.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franchesco.
Brown tries to clinch up but Franchesco circles away and keeps his distance.
Franchesco misses with a two punch combination.
Franchesco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Franchesco avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Franchesco has double underhooks.
Franchesco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Franchesco stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Franchesco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Franchesco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brown.
A frustrated look appears on Franchesco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franchesco's face.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Franchesco in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Franchesco avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franchesco tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Franchesco cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Franchesco wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franchesco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franchesco working hard to break the clinch.
Franchesco lands with a short shot to the head.
Franchesco has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Franchesco has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Franchesco.
A frustrated look appears on Franchesco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Franchesco manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Franchesco wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown tries to break free but Franchesco pushes him back against the cage.
Franchesco avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Franchesco avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Franchesco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Franchesco lands a shoulder strike.
Franchesco holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Franchesco.
Franchesco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franchesco gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown prevents Franchesco from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Franchesco's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franchesco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franchesco lands with a left to the head.
Franchesco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Franchesco avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Franchesco lands with a light punch inside.
Franchesco is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Franchesco is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franchesco.
Franchesco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brown has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franchesco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franchesco pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franchesco blocks it with crossed arms.
Franchesco is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Franchesco keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Franchesco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franchesco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Vince Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown prevents Franchesco from breaking the clinch.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Franchesco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A body shot lands from Franchesco.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Franchesco to work.
Franchesco working hard to break the clinch.
Franchesco blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Franchesco leaning against his opponent.
Franchesco lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franchesco prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Franchesco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown has Franchesco pressed against the cage, preventing Franchesco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Franchesco blocks an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Franchesco.
Paolo Franchesco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franchesco is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Franchesco is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Franchesco is struggling to control the position.
Franchesco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Franchesco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franchesco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Franchesco lands with a left to the head.
Franchesco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Franchesco can't break the clinch.
Franchesco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A knee to the head by Brown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paolo Franchesco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Franchesco has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

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