PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Quatrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quatrone's entrance music is Stronger by Kayne West. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Quatrone
vs
Franks

163 cm
18
141 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Quatrone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fred Franks!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franks has his takedown stuffed

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Quatrone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Quatrone with a nice head shot there.
Quatrone won't allow Franks to get back to his feet.
Franks has momentary wrist control but Quatrone slips an elbow through the middle.
Franks is looking to stand up but Quatrone isn't so interested in that idea.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Franks can do anything to dispel that myth.
Quatrone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Quatrone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Franks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Quatrone.
Franks wants to stand up but Quatrone is controlling him.
Quatrone 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.
Quatrone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Quatrone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Quatrone prevents Franks from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks looks gassed!
Quatrone is looking to work some ground and pound but Franks has wrist control.
Quatrone stands up over Franks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Quatrone is looking to work some ground and pound but Franks has wrist control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quatrone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Franks pushes Quatrone off and scrambles back to his feet.
Franks fails with the takedown

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Franks being controlled here, momentarily.
Quatrone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Franks is looking to stand up but Quatrone isn't so interested in that idea.
Quatrone stands up over Franks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Franks wants to stand and escape but Quatrone is having none of it.
Quatrone postures up and lands a big shot to Franks's brow.
Franks keeping moving, preventing Quatrone from controlling successfully.
Quatrone passes Franks's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Quatrone lands a nice short elbow.
Franks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Quatrone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Quatrone lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quatrone is trying to control the action in half guard but Franks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Quatrone throwing shots but Franks is blocking nicely.
Franks taking some punishment here, with Quatrone in his half guard.
Franks is trying to stand up here but Quatrone is controlling him well.
Quatrone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Quatrone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Franks is trying to stand up here but Quatrone is controlling him well.
Quatrone works his foot free and advances to mount.
Quatrone landing strikes from the mount.
Quatrone working Franks over with strikes here.
Quatrone looking to control but Franks is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Franks is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Quatrone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Quatrone with a couple of short strikes.
Franks wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Quatrone landing shots from mount.
Franks tries to buck Quatrone off but he can't manage it.
Quatrone is landing with some decent strikes but Franks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Quatrone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Franks is rocked!
Franks really wants to buck Quatrone off and get back to his feet.
Franks is still in real trouble! Can Quatrone finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quatrone lands with some strikes.
Quatrone is landing with some decent strikes but Franks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Quatrone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Franks?
Quatrone fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Quatrone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Franks looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quatrone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Quatrone with shots to the head and body - Franks looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Quatrone.
Quatrone wants to control the pace but Franks is squirming around nicely.
Franks wants to get back to his feet.
Quatrone lands a nice shot to the head.
Quatrone raining down shots from the mount!
Franks's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The referee warns Franks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Franks that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quatrone with good strikes from the mount here!
Quatrone lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Quatrone dominating with strikes here.
Quatrone landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Quatrone dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Franks shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Quatrone as he jumps to the side.
Franks misses with a takedown attempt

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Quatrone scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Franks has momentary wrist control but Quatrone slips an elbow through the middle.
Franks wants to stand but Quatrone is controlling the position.
Quatrone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Franks has momentary wrist control but Quatrone slips an elbow through the middle.
Quatrone prevents Franks from getting back to his feet.
Quatrone looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Quatrone looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quatrone won't allow Franks to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quatrone connects with a couple of short punches.
Quatrone lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Quatrone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Quatrone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Franks wants to stand but Quatrone is controlling the position.

Franks manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Franks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Quatrone to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Quatrone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Franks wriggles free and stands up.
Quatrone with a poor takedown
and Franks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franks with a poor takedown

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Xavier Quatrone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fred Franks.
Quatrone is looking to work some ground and pound but Franks has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franks uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Franks scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quatrone stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Quatrone is trying to get back to half guard.
Quatrone taking punishment in the form of punches.
Quatrone manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Franks lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Franks connects with a nice short shot to Quatrone's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Franks lands a nice short elbow.
Quatrone controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Franks slips a nice elbow through Quatrone's hands, connecting with Quatrone's forehead.
Franks lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Franks lands a nice short elbow.
Quatrone is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Franks's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Franks's back!
Quatrone scores with punches to the body.
Quatrone throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Franks!
Quatrone trying to control.
Franks seems to have recovered his senses.
Franks covering up well under a series of strikes from Quatrone.
Quatrone throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Quatrone is punishing Franks with strikes - can he finish him?!
Franks controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Franks is trying to remain composed but Quatrone is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Franks holding both Quatrone 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Quatrone is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Franks. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Franks is trying to get back to his feet but Quatrone has full control of the position and if anything, Franks has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Quatrone lands punches and elbows.
Quatrone lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Franks hold on?!
Franks holding both Quatrone 's hands and preventing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Quatrone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Quatrone closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Franks did well to prevent Quatrone getting side control.
Franks wants to get back to his feet.
Quatrone winds up and cracks Franks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Quatrone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Franks is refusing to be controlled, as Quatrone sits in half guard.
Quatrone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Franks pushes Quatrone off looking to stand but Quatrone dives back in and keeps control.
Xavier Quatrone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quatrone winds up and cracks Franks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Franks is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quatrone working over Franks with some ground and pound. Franks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Franks pushes Quatrone off looking to stand but Quatrone dives back in and keeps control.
Quatrone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Quatrone keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Franks looks like he's trying to stand up.
Franks on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Franks has hold of Quatrone's hands but Quatrone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Franks is trying to stand.
Quatrone with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Franks makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Quatrone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Quatrone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Franks defending well though.
Franks tries to kick Quatrone off but Quatrone keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Quatrone drops an elbow to the side of Franks's head.
Quatrone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Franks's head.
Quatrone stops Franks from getting back to his feet.
Quatrone working Franks over with strikes.
Quatrone prevents Franks from standing back up.
Quatrone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Franks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Quatrone.

Franks kicks off Quatrone and gets to his feet.
Franks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Franks.
Franks throws a series of punches but Quatrone moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franks shoots and misses

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Franks is looking to stand up but Quatrone isn't so interested in that idea.
Quatrone cracks Franks with a solid left hand.
Quatrone won't allow Franks to get back to his feet.
Quatrone working some strikes from top position.
Quatrone slips nicely into half guard.
Franks wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Quatrone.
Quatrone prevents Franks from standing back up.
Quatrone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Franks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Quatrone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Quatrone tries to pass to full mount but Franks defends it.
Quatrone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Franks pushes Quatrone off and gets back to his feet.
Fred Franks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Quatrone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Quatrone stops Franks from getting back to his feet.
Quatrone working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Quatrone throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fred Franks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xavier Quatrone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Quatrone trying to pass the guard but Franks defending well.
Franks missing with punches from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Quatrone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Quatrone, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Quatrone!