PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kendrick Stagliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stagliano
vs
Francisco

173 cm
30
135 lbs
7 - 13 - 1

182 cm
19
142 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendrick Stagliano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Francisco!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francisco fails to land the takedown.
Stagliano lands a jab to the head.
Stagliano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stagliano scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Daniel Francisco has been cut.
Francisco gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stagliano stuns Francisco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stagliano scores with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stagliano.
Stagliano cracks Francisco with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kendrick Stagliano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stagliano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stagliano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stagliano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Francisco is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stagliano prevents the takedown attempt.
Stagliano is trying to force a seperation but Francisco has the dominant position.
Stagliano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stagliano is looking to break free of the clinch but Francisco has double underhooks.
Francisco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stagliano's efforts to push away.
Francisco fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kendrick Stagliano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Francisco.
Francisco drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stagliano gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Francisco is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stagliano gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stagliano is trying to push Francisco away but Francisco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco tries for a takedown but Stagliano manages to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Stagliano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Francisco slowing the pace effectively.
Stagliano tries to break the clinch but Francisco is controlling the position.
Stagliano throws a head punch that misses.
Francisco wants to take the fight to the mat but Stagliano manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Stagliano tries to break the clinch but Francisco is controlling the position.

Stagliano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stagliano lands a two punch combo.
Francisco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stagliano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stagliano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Stagliano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Francisco keeps control of Stagliano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano working hard to break the clinch.
Stagliano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stagliano has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stagliano tries to circle away but Francisco has him pinned against the cage.
Francisco prevents a body shot from Stagliano.
Stagliano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stagliano lands with a light punch inside.
Stagliano tries to break free but Francisco pushes him back against the cage.
Stagliano prevents a body shot from Francisco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stagliano.
Francisco has Stagliano pressed against the cage, preventing Stagliano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stagliano prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stagliano taking a breather.
Stagliano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stagliano misses with a hook to the ribs.

Francisco turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Francisco manages to end up in side control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Francisco tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Francisco has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francisco misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Francisco is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Stagliano looks calm but he's in trouble here. Francisco gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Stagliano is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Francisco lets go of the hold and Stagliano can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Francisco!