PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between james franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diesel Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). james franco has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

franco
vs
Ward

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

178 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, james franco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diesel Ward!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
franco swinging wilding here.
Ward goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some bone on bone action there as Ward checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
franco shoots in looking for a takedown. Ward tries to sprawl out of it but franco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ward manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
franco scores with a three punch combo!
franco shoots in looking for a takedown. Ward tries to sprawl out of it but franco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ward manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
franco looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ward is fending him off so far but franco persists. Nope, Ward circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for james franco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ward keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
franco closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ward circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
franco tries to close the distance and clinch but Ward swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
franco shoots for a takedown but Ward saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
franco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ward.
Ward falls off balance throwing a combination
and franco counters with a straight right hand.
Ward misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from franco.
Ward throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ward swats away the attempt to clinch by franco.
Ward misses with a double jab
and franco counters with a two punch combo.
Ward throws a left and a right that both miss

and franco counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
franco is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward gets full guard.
Ward looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ward is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ward manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
franco is trying desperately to improve position.

Ward is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ward!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Diesel Ward!
Diesel Ward is the new bantamweight champion!