PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rich Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Marchegiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Franklin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Need a Doctor. Rich Franklin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Franklin
vs
Marchegiano

196 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

179 cm
18
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rich Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocco Marchegiano!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marchegiano misses with a left hand

and Franklin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Franklin.
Franklin wants a takedown.

Franklin breaks the clinch.
Marchegiano throws a predictable looking body shot

and Franklin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Marchegiano!
Marchegiano squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Franklin landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Franklin landing punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Franklin has isolated one of Marchegiano's arms. Marchegiano looking to fight him off but Franklin twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rich Franklin!