PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Take Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron France (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ron France has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Take Down's chin.

Down
vs
France

185 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

203 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Take Down!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron France!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
France wants to slow Down down by chopping away at his legs.
Down tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but France was well out of range. Poor timing from Down.

Down moves into the clinch.
Down blocks a body shot from France.
France throws a punch but it's blocked by Down.
Down blocks a punch to the side of the head.
France misses with a knee strike.
France putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Down in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
France throws a punch but it's blocked by Down.
Down blocks an elbow strike.
Down has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. France is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
France doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
France throws an elbow but it misses.
France is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Down is defending well for now.
France fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Down gets control of France's arms and successfully pulls guard. Down will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
France trying to control but Down is working from the bottom.
France really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Down. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Down has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Down keeping moving, preventing France from controlling successfully.
France looking to sit in guard and control but Down gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Down won't allow France to sweep him here.
Down lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Down is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Down lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Down in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Down with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Down's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if France can do anything to dispel that myth.
Down keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of France's head.
Down working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Down pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. France is keeping the position for now.

Down drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Down jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Down showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Down stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. France swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Down scoring with punches to the head and body.
Down working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
France is trying to keep Down in close.
Down 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.
Down pushing down on France's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Down looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks France with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Down moves nicely into side control.
Down working away.
France being controlled for a moment.
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.
Down landing strikes.
Down working the head with strikes.
France is letting Down control him for a moment.
Down lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear France down.
Down scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Down looks up at the clock and then as France takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Down smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
France looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Down looks up at the clock and then as France takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Down smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
France takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
France is working to avoid the ground and pound but Down connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Take Down dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Down closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. France did well to prevent Down getting side control.
Down thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed France's head.
Down prevents France from standing back up.
Down working the head and body with strikes.
Down lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
France taking some punishment here, with Down in his half guard.
Down not doing much here.
Down seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Down not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
France is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Down is looking to take a break and control but France is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Down landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
France taking some punishment here, with Down in his half guard.
Down thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Down sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. France defending well though.
France keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
France is trying to stand up here but Down is controlling him well.

Down is trying to work for a kimura but France is defending well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Down there.
Down working the head and body with strikes.
France on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Down not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Down is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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!
Down working France over with strikes.
Down is nestled in close to France, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Down with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Down working over France with some ground and pound. France looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Down working over France with some ground and pound. France looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

France is defending against the submission attempts here by Down.
France blocking the ground and pound attempt from Down.
Down looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks France with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Down is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Down is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that France can do to turn this around?
Down looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks France with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Down seems content to control.
France keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Down moves nicely into side control.
Down working the ground and pound from side control.
Down scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Down cracks France with a big right hand but France just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Down wants to control but France is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Down scores with a couple of short elbows.
Down staying calm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Take Down dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

France looks to throw the jab but Down is out of range.
France fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Down manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Down.
France throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Down avoids the body shot from France.
A jab from France misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
France lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
France tries to score with a low kick but Down moves his leg out of the way.
France takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Down lands with a cross.
France throws a hook but Down avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Down throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
France on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Down closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
France tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Down's elbow.
France tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
France with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Down blocks an uppercut.
France throws an elbow but it misses.

Down lands a takedown into guard.
Down looking to pass the guard.
Down wants to control from the top but France keeps moving.
Down sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Down thows a big elbow that misses.
Down trying to control but France is working from the bottom.

Take Down has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
France throws a hook to the side of Down's head but Down sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
France throws a low kick but Down avoids it.
France takes a swing at Down's ribcage but misses.
France throws the left hand but Down avoids the punch easily.
France moves away from the strike by Down.
Take Down is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
France is looking to chop away at Down's legs.
France moves to clinch but Down breaks away

and Down counters with a takedown into side control.
France is being controlled here.
Ron France has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Down prevents France from escaping the position.
A lull in the action here.
Check out the look on Down's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
France is trying to escape the position but Down is controlling the position.
France takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Down lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
France taking punishment in the form of punches.
Down in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Down lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Down takes a little break here. France wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Take Down showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Down, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Take Down!