PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patricio Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares has chosen Kanye West - Amazing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Franklin
vs
Tavares

180 cm
24
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Kevin Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patricio Tavares!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin throws a leg kick but Tavares sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tavares closes the distance looking to clinch

and Franklin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by Franklin.

It looks like Patricio Tavares has been cut.
Franklin tries to land knees in the clinch but Tavares avoids the damage to the body.

Franklin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tavares avoids the head kick by Franklin.
Tavares tries to clinch but Franklin moves away
and Franklin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Franklin scores with a shot to the body.
Tavares tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Franklin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Franklin.
Tavares is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tavares looking to throw knees to the head but Franklin is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Franklin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tavares in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Franklin.
Franklin lands a good knee to the midsection. Tavares won't want to take too many of those.
Tavares tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Franklin scores with a hook to the body.
Tavares looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares is trying to break the clinch but Franklin has him pressed against the cage.

Franklin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tavares tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Franklin counters with a series of strikes that sends Tavares to the canvas! Franklin follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Tavares is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Franklin is in close to Tavares's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tavares is still in real trouble! Can Franklin finish him?

Franklin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Franklin closes the distance and clinches.
Tavares seems to have recovered his senses.
Franklin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tavares avoids it.
Tavares misses with a knee strike.
Franklin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavares blocks it with crossed arms.
Tavares tries to land a knee to the head but Franklin blocks with his arms.
Franklin looking to throw knees to the head but Tavares is blocking nicely.
Tavares blocks the elbow strike.
Franklin crunches a lovely knee into Tavares's ribcage.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tavares avoids a kick to the body.
Franklin jabs Tavares to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Franklin moves into the clinch successfully.
Franklin crunches a lovely knee into Tavares's ribcage.
Franklin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tavares's face.
Franklin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tavares leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Franklin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Franklin controlling the action here for a moment.
Tavares avoids a wild elbow strike from Franklin.
Franklin lands a right hand.
Tavares wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franklin trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin slows down the pace here.
Tavares throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares avoiding damage as Franklin throws knees to the body.
Franklin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tavares is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franklin is keeping busy.
Tavares is trying to break the clinch but Franklin has him pressed against the cage.
Franklin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Franklin.
A hook to the body from Franklin.
Tavares with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Franklin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tavares backwards.
Franklin is pushing Tavares up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Franklin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands a right hand.
Franklin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tavares is trying to maintain a safe position but Franklin gets an underhook and turns Tavares into the cage.
Tavares misses with a knee to the head.
Tavares using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franklin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tavares blocks it with crossed arms.
Franklin lands a right hand.
Franklin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tavares tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Franklin scores with a knee to the head.
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!
Franklin lands an elbow just above Tavares 's eye.
Franklin lands an elbow that stopped Tavares in his tracks for a moment.
Franklin throws an elbow but it misses.
Franklin lands an elbow that stopped Tavares in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franklin lands a knee to the body.
Franklin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Franklin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patricio Tavares's cut.
That's time! Franklin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tavares gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Franklin gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Franklin!
Kevin Franklin took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their support in the buildup to the fight.