PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Murder Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayhem comes to the ring accompanied by Im Shipping Up To Boston-Dropkick Murphys. The crowd seem to be enjoying Franklin's choice of entrance music: Hotel Califonia. Murder Mayhem has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mayhem
vs
Franklin

178 cm
19
179 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

160 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Murder Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.

Mayhem rushes Franklin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mayhem lands a knee to the body.
Mayhem is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mayhem has Franklin pushed against the ropes.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Franklin jumps guard but Mayhem stands there with Franklin around his waist. Franklin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.
Mayhem is looking to control Franklin's arms but Franklin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mayhem has his back to the ropes.

Mayhem successfully pulls guard.
Franklin looking to sit in guard and control but Mayhem gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mayhem wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
Franklin controls Mayhem momentarily but Mayhem frees himself.
Mayhem preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mayhem stays in close to Franklin's body and controls the position.

Franklin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mayhem postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Franklin trying to keep a closed guard but Mayhem is proving a slippery customer.
Mayhem trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mayhem wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
Mayhem stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franklin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mayhem with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mayhem trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mayhem throws a series of strikes that have Franklin backpedaling.

Mayhem has closed the distance and engaged Franklin in a clinch.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Mayhem has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Franklin uses from the top position.
Franklin wants to control from the top but Mayhem keeps moving.
Franklin looks gassed!
Mayhem looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Mayhem escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Franklin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Mayhem is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem passes to full mount!
Franklin is squirming around, avoiding Mayhem's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Franklin is bucking up trying to escape but Mayhem cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Franklin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mayhem can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Franklin is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Franklin wants to hold on but Mayhem pushes him away.
Franklin is squirming around, avoiding Mayhem's attempts to control the action.
Mayhem is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Franklin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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.
Mayhem lands with some strikes.
Franklin wants to hold on but Mayhem pushes him away.
Mayhem won't let Franklin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Franklin is trying to escape the mount.
Franklin gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murder Mayhem dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mayhem throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Mayhem tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mayhem circles away.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayhem but Mayhem pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murder Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Franklin.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mayhem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franklin throws a combination that misses

and Mayhem counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Mayhem.
Knees to the body from Mayhem.
Mayhem tries to pull guard but Franklin holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mayhem drops back down to his feet.
Mayhem tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Franklin just stands there and leans against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayhem is trying to maintain a safe position but Franklin gets an underhook and turns Mayhem into the ropes.
Mayhem stalling the fight.
Franklin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mayhem is keeping busy.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem misses with a knee to the head.
Franklin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee calls for Mayhem to work.
Franklin tries to break the clinch but Mayhem is controlling the position.

Franklin pulls guard.
Mayhem lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mayhem accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mayhem wants to pass the guard but Franklin is keeping the position.
Mayhem with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mayhem wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
Mayhem postures up.

Mayhem stands up from Franklin's guard - Mayhem perhaps looking for a knockout.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Mayhem moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Mayhem has managed to clinch.

Mayhem decides to pull guard.
Mayhem trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Mayhem looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Franklin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Franklin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Franklin trying to control but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
Mayhem keeping full guard, as Franklin tries to pass.
Mayhem looking for a sweep. Not yet Mayhem, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mayhem is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mayhem as he avoids it easily.
Franklin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mayhem counters by moving into the clinch.
Mayhem has Franklin pressed against the ropes.
Franklin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mayhem just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Franklin avoiding damage as Mayhem throws knees to the body.
Mayhem tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Franklin just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Mayhem looking to throw knees to the head but Franklin is blocking nicely.
Mayhem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Franklin jumps guard but Mayhem stands there with Franklin around his waist. Franklin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mayhem is trying to stall.
A short body shot lands from Franklin as the two fighters clinch.
Mayhem is trying to stall.
The is referee keeping an eye on Mayhem - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murder Mayhem dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Mayhem scores with a hook.
Mayhem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayhem but Mayhem pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Mayhem takes the fight into the clinch.
Franklin is trying to stall.
Franklin seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Franklin goes for a takedown attempt but Mayhem pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mayhem fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Mayhem darts in and clinches Franklin up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Mayhem - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayhem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.
Mayhem lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A knee to the head by Mayhem.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayhem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mayhem wants to stall.
Mayhem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
Mayhem is looking to control Franklin's arms but Franklin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mayhem has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Murder Mayhem.
Franklin tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mayhem counters by clinching up.
Franklin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mayhem fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murder Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Franklin.
Franklin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin shoots in and drives through. Mayhem sprawls well.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mayhem as he avoids it easily.
Mayhem feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Franklin's calf.
Mayhem tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin wants to clinch but Mayhem slips to the side
and Mayhem counters with a nice leg kick.
Mayhem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murder Mayhem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franklin closes the distance and clinches up with Mayhem, looking for a takedown. Franklin pushes Mayhem against the ropes but Mayhem circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Franklin scores with a sloppy right hand. Mayhem should have avoided that one.

Mayhem moves into the clinch.

Mayhem pulls guard.
Mayhem wants to sweep here but Franklin controlling him for the moment.

Mayhem is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem trying to control the position.
Mayhem pulls Franklin in close to his closed guard and prevents Franklin from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mayhem manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Franklin manages to get himself to full guard.

Franklin is looking for a triangle but Mayhem pushes his legs off easily.

Franklin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mayhem gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Franklin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mayhem doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Franklin is tightening it up a little... Mayhem has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Mayhem reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Mayhem taps out! nice BJJ there by Franklin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jack Franklin!