PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Begbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paublo Fransisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fransisco has chosen Lonnie G - Ledge as his entrance music. Paublo Fransisco acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Begbie
vs
Fransisco

193 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

196 cm
24
222 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francis Begbie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paublo Fransisco!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begbie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Begbie misses with a kick to the body.
Fransisco throws a hook but Begbie blocks it.
Fransisco misses the jab.
Fransisco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fransisco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fransisco lands a nice shot to the body.
Fransisco sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Begbie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Begbie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fransisco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Begbie manages to avoid it.
Begbie throws a head kick that half lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fransisco.
Fransisco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Begbie circles away quickly and effectively.
Begbie slips under a jab from Fransisco.
Fransisco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Begbie backs up against the cage.
Fransisco moves out of range as Begbie throws a body kick.
A big right from Fransisco misses.
Fransisco throws a big shot that misses.
Begbie throws a chopping leg kick but Fransisco manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fransisco misses the shot to the body.
Fransisco misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Fransisco misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie misses with a low kick.
Begbie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fransisco.
Begbie scores with a kick to the midsection.
A big right from Fransisco misses.
A combination from Fransisco does no damage.
Begbie slips a straight right by Fransisco.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Begbie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Begbie looks for the body kick but Fransisco saw that one coming.
Begbie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Begbie takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begbie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fransisco.
Begbie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fransisco.
Fransisco lands a right hook to the body.
Fransisco works Begbie's body with a nice hook.
Fransisco loads up on a big right hand but Begbie slips the punch.
Fransisco scores with a jab to the body.
Begbie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fransisco finds it's way round the side to connect with Begbie's head.
Begbie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fransisco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Fransisco.
Begbie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fransisco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie wants to clinch up but Fransisco keeps it at a distance.
The fighters circling - Fransisco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fransisco throws a big shot that misses.
Begbie throws a front kick that sends Fransisco stumbling back into the cage.
Begbie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Begbie tries to clinch but Fransisco moves out of range.
Fransisco blocks a head kick by Begbie.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Begbie cracks the inside of Fransisco's front leg.
Begbie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Fransisco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paublo Fransisco will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Some wild striking there from Fransisco.
Begbie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fransisco throws a jab but it's blocked by Begbie.
Begbie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Begbie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Begbie tenderised Fransisco's leg. Fransisco is trying to keep his angry face on.
Begbie throws a low kick but Fransisco avoids it.
Fransisco connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Begbie's hands.
Francis Begbie is winning the standup battle so far.
Fransisco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fransisco lands a jab to Begbie's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fransisco lands a jab.
Fransisco scores with a hook to the body. Begbie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Begbie lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fransisco will feel that in the morning.
Fransisco tries to bum rush Begbie with a series of wild strikes but Begbie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Begbie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Begbie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Begbie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fransisco is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Begbie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fransisco looks to land a combination. Begbie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begbie lands with a slapping head kick.
Fransisco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fransisco lands a nice shot that snaps Begbie's head back.
An inside leg kick lands from Begbie.
Begbie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Francis Begbie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Begbie throws out a leg kick but Fransisco moves out of range and Begbie only half commits.
Begbie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fransisco.
A combination from Fransisco does no damage.
Fransisco's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Begbie tries to work over Fransisco's front leg with a kick but Fransisco checks it.
Fransisco keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fransisco throws an overhand right that lands on Begbie's shoulder, as Begbie tries to avoid the shot.
Fransisco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Begbie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fransisco.
Begbie connects with a solid leg kick.

Begbie gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Begbie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Begbie throws a wild body kick that Fransisco sees coming a mile off.
Begbie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fransisco. That did some damage!
Fransisco takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fransisco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Fransisco tries to keep at a distance but Begbie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Begbie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Begbie lands a nice elbow.
Fransisco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fransisco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Begbie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Begbie throws a head kick that Fransisco semi-blocks.
Fransisco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Begbie circles away quickly and effectively.
Begbie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francis Begbie dominated that second round.
That's time! Begbie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fransisco throws a body punch but Begbie moves out of range.
Fransisco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Begbie circles away quickly and effectively.
Begbie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Fransisco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fransisco throws a one two combo.
Fransisco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fransisco throws a hook but Begbie blocks it.
Begbie looks to land a body kick but Fransisco moved away.
Fransisco digs a good hook to Begbie's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Begbie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Fransisco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Begbie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fransisco avoids the head kick by Begbie.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fransisco.
Fransisco on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Begbie misses with a head kick.
Begbie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fransisco jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fransisco avoids the head kick by Begbie.
Fransisco misses with an uppercut.
Fransisco misses with a looping left.
Begbie throws a body kick that misses.
Begbie throws a sloppy head kick and Fransisco moves out of range easily.
Begbie lands with a kick to the temple. Fransisco shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Begbie slips a jab from Fransisco.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Begbie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fransisco throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fransisco fails to land with a series of punches.
Begbie tried to score with a low kick but Fransisco checks it.
Begbie chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Begbie has managed to clinch.

Begbie breaks the clinch.
Begbie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fransisco is out of range.
Fransisco throws a hook to the side of Begbie's head but Begbie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fransisco throws a shot from downtown. Begbie moves away and avoids it.
Begbie is looking to clinch but Fransisco is avoiding it.
Begbie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begbie misses with a body kick.
Fransisco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fransisco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Begbie misses with a low kick as Fransisco jumps back.
Fransisco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Begbie in his tracks.
Begbie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Begbie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Begbie slips a jab and a cross from Fransisco.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Begbie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Begbie tries to clinch up but Fransisco circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Francis Begbie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Begbie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francis Begbie!