PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Franko Begbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Klein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Begbie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lonely Island - Jizz in My Pants. The crowd seem to be enjoying Klein's choice of entrance music: Mortal Kombat. On his way into the ring it seems that Franko Begbie has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Franko Begbie seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Begbie
vs
Klein

165 cm
25
156 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

167 cm
23
150 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Crushed Designs (90% return on laundry service)

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Franko Begbie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Klein!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begbie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Klein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klein slips a jab and a cross from Begbie.
Klein takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Klein throws an overhand right that lands on Begbie's shoulder, as Begbie tries to avoid the shot.
Klein misses with a hook. Begbie ducked under it nicely.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
Begbie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Klein defends it nicely.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick and Begbie moves out of range easily.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.

Klein takes the fight into the clinch.
Begbie can't find room to land a body shot as Klein controls the action.
Begbie blocks an elbow strike.

Klein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Begbie connects with a body shot that sends Klein's belly button to the back.
Begbie throws a shot to the body.
Klein misses with a head kick.
Klein swings for the body but Begbie moves out of range.
Begbie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Begbie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Klein throws a sloppy head kick
and Begbie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Begbie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Begbie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Begbie!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Begbie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Begbie wants to work for an arm triangle but Klein is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Begbie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Begbie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Klein is trying to get back to full guard.
Klein is not content to let Begbie control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klein keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Klein avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Begbie.

Begbie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Begbie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Klein is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Begbie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Begbie's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Begbie is trying to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franko Begbie dominated that 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.

Klein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Klein is looking to clinch.
Begbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Begbie keeps Klein at a distance using the push kick.
Klein tries to clinch up but Begbie circles away and keeps his distance.
Begbie is looking to wear down Klein with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Begbie misses with a two punch combination.
Begbie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klein misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Klein takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Klein clinches up with Begbie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Begbie tries to throw a body punch but Klein avoids it by throwing Begbie back against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Klein.
Begbie dodges an elbow strike from Klein.
Klein prevents Begbie from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klein lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Begbie wants to get back to striking at distance but Klein won't allow it.
Klein is pressed up against the ropes. Begbie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Klein down to the mat. Klein avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Franko Begbie is winning the standup battle so far.
A left and a right from Begbie both land. Nice combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Begbie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Franko Begbie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Klein moves in looking to clinch but Begbie pushes him off.
Begbie throws a series of strikes that have Klein backpedaling.
Begbie feints a jab promting Klein to slip. Begbie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Klein slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Begbie swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Klein is looking to clinch but Begbie is avoiding it.
Mickey Klein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Begbie looks to land a combination but Klein avoids it well.
Begbie misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klein looks to throw the jab but Begbie is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Begbie lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Begbie connects with a body shot that sends Klein's belly button to the back.
Begbie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klein doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Begbie avoids the head kick by Klein.

Klein drives through and clinches with Begbie against the ropes.
Klein lands a nice knee to the body.
Begbie is looking to break free of the clinch but Klein has double underhooks.
Klein utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klein landing knees to the body.
Klein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klein's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Klein.

Klein is fighting off a takedown attempt but Begbie is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Klein to the mat. Klein regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Klein keeping full guard, as Begbie tries to pass.

Begbie has gone for a leg lock! Klein slips out almost immediately though and dives into Begbie's guard.
Begbie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Klein gets to his feet. Begbie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Klein is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Begbie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klein moves to clinch but Begbie breaks away
and Begbie counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klein throws a head kick that misses.
Begbie lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Klein backs up against the ropes.
Begbie is working the combinations to good effect here.

Klein has Begbie up against the ropes in a clinch.

Begbie lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franko Begbie dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice jab there from Begbie.
Begbie looks to land a combination but Klein avoids it well.
Begbie keeps the fight on the outside.
Klein tries to clinch but Begbie moves out of range.
Begbie misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Klein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Begbie lands a body shot.
Begbie shoots for a double leg takedown but Klein sprawls well. He's pushed Begbie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Begbie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Klein gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Begbie.
Klein throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Begbie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Begbie scores with a body shot.
Klein tries to clinch but Begbie moves out of range.
Begbie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Klein fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Begbie.
Klein misses with a head kick.
Klein doesn't manage to clinch there - Begbie circles away.
Begbie's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Begbie duly obliges.
Begbie scores with a hook to the body. Klein takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klein doesn't manage to clinch there - Begbie circles away.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Begbie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Begbie tries to keep at a distance but Klein has taken the fight into the clinch.
Klein misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klein keeps control of Begbie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Begbie is trying to break the clinch but Klein has him pressed against the ropes.
Klein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Begbie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Klein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Begbie counters with a series of strikes. Klein will be more careful next time no doubt.
Begbie lands with a nice body punch.
Begbie digs a good body shot into Klein's ribs.
A punch combination from Begbie misses.
Klein moves in looking to clinch but Begbie pushes him off.
Begbie lands a nice hook to Klein's body. Klein takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Begbie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Begbie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Begbie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Klein tries a head kick but it misses.
Klein takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Left hook, right uppercut from Begbie.
Klein wants to clinch up but Begbie keeps it at a distance.
Klein cracks Begbie with an open hand slap.
Begbie keeps the fight on the outside.

Begbie gets tackled into the ropes by Klein. Klein maintains the clinch.
Klein comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Begbie tries to circle away but Klein has him pinned against the ropes.
Klein lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Begbie's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Begbie has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Klein regains guard immediately.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Begbie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Begbie looking to pass the guard.

Begbie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Klein dives on top into guard.
Franko Begbie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Begbie controls Klein momentarily but Klein frees himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Franko Begbie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Begbie, 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 James Glass scores the fight for Franko Begbie!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Franko Begbie!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Franko Begbie!

Franko Begbie wins by unanimous decision!
Franko Begbie thanked the fans post fight for their support.