PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rain Ask (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flemming Franz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Ask
vs
Franz

183 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rain Ask!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Flemming Franz!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ask drives through with a takedown into guard.
Franz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ask wants to stand but Franz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Franz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ask would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Franz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ask's guard.
Franz throws a strike but Ask rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ask is looking to stand up but Franz won't let him.
Franz wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ask stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ask working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Franz's head.
Franz keeping full guard, as Ask tries to pass.
Ask postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Franz keeping moving, preventing Ask from controlling successfully.

Ask has gone for a leg lock! Franz slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ask's guard.
Ask is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ask keeping moving, preventing Franz from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ask looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Ask is looking for a triangle but Franz pushes his legs off easily.
Ask wants to stand and escape but Franz is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franz looking to pass the guard.
Ask looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ask wants to stand up but Franz is controlling him.
Ask looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Franz looking to pass the guard.
Franz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Franz would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franz wants to control from the top but Ask keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Flemming Franz.

Ask decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ask seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Franz controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Ask missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Franz is not content to let Ask control the position.
Ask wants to free his trapped foot but Franz is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franz tries to get to full guard but Ask has control of the leg.
Ask is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ask in particular looking to stall.
Franz regains full guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ask stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ask passes into half guard.
Ask wants to take a breather but Franz is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ask is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ask throwing shots but Franz is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rain Ask dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ask shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ask showed some decent athleticism there.
Ask tries to stand and escape but Franz is controlling the position.
Ask looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Franz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ask scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Franz is looking to control Ask's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Franz avoid being mounted?
Franz wants to control but Ask passes into side.
Ask wants to stand but Franz has his arm trapped.
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.
Ask lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Franz wants to control but Ask postures up.
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!
Ask trying to control the position but Franz is working away.
Franz is trying to buck Ask off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ask has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ask with the ground and pound from mount.
Ask putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Ask is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Franz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Franz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ask working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ask with a couple of short strikes.

Franz is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franz tries to hold on but Ask postures up.
Ask landing strikes, looking to finish!
Franz is still in real trouble! Can Ask finish him?

It looks like Flemming Franz has been cut.
Franz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ask lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Franz! Ask sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Franz and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rain Ask!
Rain Ask retains his middleweight title!