PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fred Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lando Yuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Franks
vs
Yuri

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Franks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lando Yuri!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franks with a poor takedown
and Yuri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Yuri moves into range and clinches up with Franks.

Yuri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franks tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franks misses with a takedown attempt
and Yuri counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franks's knee momentarily.
Franks shoots and misses

and Yuri counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Franks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Yuri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yuri connects with a high kick.

Yuri closes the distance and clinches.

Franks decides to pull guard.

Yuri stands and steps away. Franks gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Franks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Yuri moves into the clinch.

Yuri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Yuri forces Franks back against the cage and clinches.
Franks fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yuri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yuri closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Yuri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franks misses with a takedown
and Yuri counters with a two punch combo.
Franks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Yuri moves into the clinch.
Yuri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franks's efforts to push away.
Franks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Yuri breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Yuri lands but Franks takes it in his stride.
Yuri lands a high kick!
Lando Yuri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franks with a lazy takedown attempt
and Yuri counters with a low kick, right behind Franks 's knee.
Franks is breathing heavily.
Yuri lands a head kick. Franks smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Franks with a poor takedown
and Yuri counters with a body kick.
Yuri thumps Franks with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuri lands with a kick to the ribs.

Yuri rushes Franks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Yuri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franks misses with a takedown attempt

and Yuri counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Yuri.

Yuri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franks tries for a takedown but Yuri circles away easily
and Yuri counters with a leg kick.

Yuri closes the distance and clinches.
Yuri works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Yuri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Franks tries to keep at a distance but Yuri has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Yuri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yuri lands a nice looking body kick.
Franks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yuri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yuri gets a clinch.
Franks tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yuri smiles and moves away.
Franks tries for a takedown but Yuri circles away easily
and Yuri counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franks's knee momentarily.
Franks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Yuri counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Yuri clinches.
Franks tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Yuri smiles and moves away.

Yuri moves into the clinch.

Yuri breaks the clinch.
Franks doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Yuri counters with an inside leg kick.
Franks with a poor takedown
and Yuri counters with a big head kick but Franks shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuri lands a nice looking kick to the body. Franks takes a step back to recover.
Yuri lands with a kick to the ribs.

Yuri closes the distance and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Yuri.
Franks is trying to break the clinch but Yuri has him pressed against the cage.
Franks tries for a takedown but Yuri manages to get underhooks.
Franks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yuri just stands there and leans against the cage.

Yuri escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Yuri gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Franks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Yuri breaks the clinch.

Yuri moves into the clinch.

Yuri breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yuri scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franks fails with the takedown
and Yuri counters with a head kick. That will keep Franks thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lando Yuri dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Yuri has taken the fight to the clinch.
Franks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Franks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yuri fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick from Yuri lands but Franks takes it in his stride.
Franks gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Yuri counters with a low kick, right behind Franks 's knee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Franks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franks with a poor takedown
and Yuri counters with a body kick that stops Franks in his tracks momentarily.

Yuri fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franks, pushing him back against the cage.

Yuri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yuri throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Franks.

Franks is rocked!

Franks tries to keep at a distance but Yuri has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oh Franks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Yuri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yuri lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Franks up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Yuri from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Franks's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lando Yuri!