PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Action Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Franklin's choice of entrance music: Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Franklin

188 cm
26
222 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

180 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Action Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Franklin.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Franklin.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franklin looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Franklin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franklin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Franklin misses with a series of wild punches.
Franklin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franklin thows a body shot but no joy.

Franklin gets tackled into the cage by Jackson. Jackson maintains the clinch.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Franklin is trying to break free.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franklin being controlled against the cage.
Franklin is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Franklin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franklin is trying to break free.
Franklin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Franklin manages to break the clinch.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franklin.
Franklin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jackson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ben Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson tries to move into range but Franklin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big right from Franklin misses.
Jackson throws a lazy right hand but Franklin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab by Franklin.

Jackson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franklin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oh Jackson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson seems to have got his legs back now.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Franklin.
Franklin misses with a looping right.
Franklin throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson slips a straight right by Franklin.
A telegraphed right hand from Franklin misses the target.
Franklin connects with a nice looking jab.
Franklin looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Franklin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Franklin throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Franklin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Jackson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jackson showed some decent athleticism there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jackson in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is not content to let Jackson control the position.
Jackson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jackson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Action Jackson.
Franklin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four 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.
The fighters circling - Franklin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson blocks a jab.
Franklin misses with a looping left.
Jackson tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin misses with a hook.
Franklin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Franklin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Franklin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Franklin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Franklin lands a big uppercut and Jackson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Jackson looks OK. Franklin waves Jackson back to his feet!
Franklin throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Franklin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Franklin misses with an uppercut.
Jackson tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
Franklin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Franklin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Franklin throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Franklin throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Franklin.
Franklin throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ben Franklin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franklin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franklin.

Jackson instigates a clinch.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franklin's efforts to push away.

Franklin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franklin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jackson takes one to the side of the head.
Franklin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Franklin misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Franklin misses with a two punch combination.
Franklin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Franklin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jackson slips a jab from Franklin.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franklin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Franklin misses with a body shot.
Franklin misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Franklin misses the target.
Franklin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franklin throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range.

Jackson clinches up with Franklin and pushes him back against the cage.
Franklin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Franklin is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson has Franklin pressed against the cage, preventing Franklin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Franklin is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson has Franklin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Franklin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franklin wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Franklin tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Franklin wants to get back to striking at distance but Jackson won't allow it.
Franklin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson cracks Franklin with a nice body shot.
Franklin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Franklin tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.

Franklin manages to break the clinch.
Franklin scores with a sloppy right hand. Jackson should have avoided that one.
Jackson defending well as Franklin loads up on a big left hand.
Ben Franklin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin scores with a punch to the head.
Franklin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Franklin loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Franklin loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Franklin.
Some wild striking there from Franklin.
Franklin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson slips under a jab.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Franklin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin cracks Jackson with a good jab.
Franklin looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Franklin misses with a straight right.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Franklin.
Franklin misses with a hook.
Ben Franklin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franklin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Franklin looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Franklin. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Franklin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A big right from Franklin misses.
Franklin loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Franklin.
Franklin misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Franklin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franklin misses with a straight right.
Franklin swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
Franklin throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franklin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jackson.
Franklin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franklin tries to bum rush Jackson with a series of wild strikes but Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.

Jackson drives through and clinches with Franklin against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Franklin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franklin is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Franklin is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Franklin wants to break the clinch but can't.

Franklin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franklin throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklin throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franklin.

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.
Franklin misses with an uppercut.
Jackson tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franklin misses with a looping left.
Franklin throws a nice looking combination but Jackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franklin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franklin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Franklin throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Franklin throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Franklin.
Franklin is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Franklin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sloppy strikes from Franklin. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Franklin lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Franklin misses with a body shot.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Franklin.
Jackson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Franklin on the side of the head.
Jackson tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.
Franklin thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Action Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franklin throws out a loose jab but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson slips a straight right by Franklin.
A big left from Franklin misses.
Jackson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Franklin.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franklin.
Ben Franklin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franklin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Franklin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Franklin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Franklin!