PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin comes into the arena with Landslide by Fleetwood Mac blaring out of the sound system. Taylor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Back To School by Deftones kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Franklin
vs
Taylor

180 cm
24
218 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

183 cm
29
210 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a one-two to the body.
Franklin throws a lazy uppercut
and Taylor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Franklin throws an off balance right hand
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franklin throws a poor cross that misses
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franklin scores with a jab.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Franklin misses with a left hand
and Taylor counters with a three punch combo that has Franklin backing up. Franklin nods at Taylor to acknowledge the strikes.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a nice body shot.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taylor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Franklin throws an off balance right hand
and Taylor counters with an outside leg kick.
Franklin takes one to the side of the head.
Franklin misses with a combination
and Taylor counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Franklin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Franklin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franklin misses with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a good low kick that Franklin was not able to check.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Franklin throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taylor counters with a big head kick but Franklin shrugs it off.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor counters with a three punch combo that has Franklin backing up. Franklin nods at Taylor to acknowledge the strikes.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Franklin misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franklin throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Franklin misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ben Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Franklin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taylor counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a thumping low kick.
Franklin throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a two punch combo.
Franklin throws a right hand that misses
and Franklin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Franklin connects with the punch.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.
Taylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with an outside leg kick.
Franklin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Franklin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taylor counters with a big head kick but Franklin shrugs it off.
Taylor works over Franklin's head and body with a nice combination.
Taylor connects with an inside leg kick.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franklin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Taylor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Franklin at a distance.
Franklin misses with a combination
and Taylor counters with a three punch combo that has Franklin backing up. Franklin nods at Taylor to acknowledge the strikes.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taylor lands a glancing blow to the side of Franklin's head.
Franklin throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor lands a nice hook to Franklin's body. Franklin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Franklin throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws a combination that misses
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.
Franklin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Franklin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Taylor counters with a thumping low kick.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Franklin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor lands with a kick to the temple. Franklin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Danga de danga de dang - Taylor scores with a four punch combination!
A chopping leg kick lands by Taylor.
Taylor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taylor scores with a one two! Franklin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Franklin is rocked!
Taylor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklin's sensitive parts.
Taylor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Franklin eats them both and turns towards Taylor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oh Franklin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor lands a right hook to the body.
Franklin seems to have got his legs back now.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Franklin thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Franklin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taylor.
Decent striking displayed by Franklin there.
Franklin misses with a left hand
and Taylor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Franklin misses with a hook to the body
and Taylor counters with a left and a right that stings Franklin.
Franklin throws a sloppy body shot
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Franklin misses with a double jab
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Franklin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Taylor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Franklin avoids them all with ease.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Franklin swings widly with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a series of strikes. Franklin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Taylor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.
Nathan Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor stalks Franklin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Franklin's face. Franklin staggers backwards, shaken.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Franklin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Taylor cracks the inside of Franklin's front leg.
Taylor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Franklin finds it's way round the side to connect with Taylor's head.
Franklin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Taylor counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Franklin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taylor. Taylor obviously looking to wear him down.
Franklin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Franklin misses with a combination
and Taylor counters with a two punch combo.
Taylor lands a jab-cross combination.
Franklin misses with a combination
and Taylor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick from Taylor lands but Franklin takes it in his stride.
Franklin misses with a lunging right hand
and Taylor counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Franklin is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Taylor counters with a straight that turns Franklin's legs to rubber! Taylor pushes forward with more strikes and Franklin goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Taylor!