PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Drum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Franticelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drum's entrance music is Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum. A fine choice. Claudio Franticelli has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joshua Drum's chin.

Drum
vs
Franticelli

162 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

163 cm
18
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ace of Spades Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joshua Drum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Claudio Franticelli!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franticelli lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Franticelli.
Franticelli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Franticelli defending well as Drum loads up on a big left hand.
Franticelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drum.
A swing and a miss from Drum.
Drum takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Drum seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Drum stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Franticelli slips a jab from Drum.
Franticelli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franticelli misses the jab.
Franticelli bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Joshua Drum has been cut.
Drum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Franticelli on the side of the head.
Franticelli misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drum avoids the body shot from Franticelli.
Franticelli looks to land a combination but Drum avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Franticelli.
Franticelli walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Drum checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drum scores with a decent looking hook.
Franticelli loads up on a big right hand but Drum slips the punch.
Franticelli's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Franticelli's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Franticelli looks to land a right hand but Drum moved out of range.
Drum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franticelli.
Franticelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Franticelli as he connects with a hook.
Drum avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franticelli swings for the body but Drum moves out of range.
Drum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franticelli.
Drum looks to throw the jab but Franticelli is out of range.
Drum lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Franticelli at a distance.
Franticelli tries to clinch there but Drum circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Drum there.
Franticelli moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drum slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franticelli tries to clinch but Drum moves away
and Drum counters with a stiff right hand.
Franticelli misses with a two punch combination.
Franticelli misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drum lands a right hook to the body.
Franticelli throws a series of punches but Drum avoids them all with ease.
Franticelli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Drum counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drum is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Drum lands a jab.
Drum scores with a punch to the head.
Drum thuds his right hand into Franticelli's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Drum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Franticellis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Drum works Franticelli's body with a nice hook.
Franticelli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drum lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Drum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drum throws a shot to the body.
Franticelli looks to score with a jab to the body but Drum is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Drum.
Franticelli pivots, looking for a leg kick but Drum is out of range and Franticelli settles back down.
Franticelli looks winded!
Drum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drum is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Franticelli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drum shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Franticelli eats them both and turns towards Drum to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Franticelli on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Franticelli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drum counters with a right hand to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Drum as he connects with a hook.
Drum stuns Franticelli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Drum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Franticelli backs up against the cage.
Franticelli takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Franticelli takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Franticelli is rocked!
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!
Drum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franticelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Franticelli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drum.
Franticelli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Franticelli is still on wobbly legs! Can Drum finish him?
Drum jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drum lunges at Franticelli with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Franticelli's hand.
Franticelli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Drum lands with a cross.
Drum scores with a one two! Franticelli had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Franticelli throws a series of punches but Drum moves out of range.
Drum throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Drum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franticelli.
Franticelli wants to clinch
and Drum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franticelli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Franticelli thows a body shot but no joy.
Drum with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drum scores with a shot to the body.
Drum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franticelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Drum throws a right and a left that Franticelli avoids nicely.
Franticelli seems to have recovered his senses.
Drum lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Drum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drum's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Drum throws a right and a left that Franticelli avoids nicely.
Claudio Franticelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drum bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franticelli's head backwards.
Joshua Drum is winning the standup battle so far.
Drum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franticelli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Franticelli throws a nice looking combination but Drum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franticelli misses with the combination.
Franticelli throws a right and a left that Drum avoids nicely.
Franticelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drum lands a jab to the nose.
Drum slips under a jab.
Drum misses with a looping left.
Franticelli tries to clinch there but Drum circles away.
Drum lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Drum!
Franticelli misses with a few strikes there.
Franticelli is breathing heavily.
Franticelli throws a chopping leg kick but Drum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Drum avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Drum darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drum blocks a jab.
Drum moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Drum throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Drum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franticelli throws a series of punches but Drum avoids them all with ease.
Franticelli walks into a stiff left hand from Drum.
Franticelli tries to clinch but Drum moves out of range.
Franticelli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Drum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drum.
Franticelli tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Drum counters with a nice uppercut.
Franticelli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franticelli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drum avoids the body shot from Franticelli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Drum.
Franticelli misses with a straight right.
Drum scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Franticelli takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Franticelli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drum to score with a decent uppercut.
Drum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Franticelli shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Franticelli misses with a looping right.
Franticelli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Drum ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Franticelli's head.
Franticelli throws a hook but Drum blocks it.
Drum throws a nice looking combination but Franticelli bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franticelli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Franticelli misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Drum.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Franticelli might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Drum has got the better of the exchanges.
A nice combination there by Drum.
Franticelli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joshua Drum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drum connects with a looping right hand.
Drum sizes up Franticelli with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drum lands a really nice looking cross but Franticelli seems unphased.
Drum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Franticelli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Franticelli takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Franticelli misses with a hook. Drum ducked under it nicely.
Franticelli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drum to score with a decent uppercut.
Drum sizes up Franticelli with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Franticelli misses with a looping left.
Drum displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drum scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drum darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Drum swinging wildly here.
Drum lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Drum connects with a nice looking jab.
Franticelli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Franticelli misses with a two punch combination.
Drum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Franticelli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A punch combination from Drum misses.
Franticelli throws a half hearted mid kick.
Drum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franticelli can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drum throws a series of strikes that have Franticelli backpedaling.
A shot to the liver by Franticelli. Beautiful body shot.
Franticelli has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Franticelli there as he acknowledges the shot.
Franticelli throws a combination that misses
and Drum counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Drum dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drum's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Drum scores with a three punch combo!
Franticelli just misses with a punch to the body.
Franticelli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drum.
Drum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drum scores with the left hand. Franticelli knows he should have avoided that one.
Drum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franticelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Drum closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Franticelli moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Franticelli defending well as Drum loads up on a big left hand.
Drum misses with a straight right.
Drum throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Franticelli looks to land a right hand but Drum moved out of range.
Franticelli tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Drum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Drum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Franticelli doesn't seem phased though.
Drum digs a good hook to Franticelli's body.
Franticelli throws a series of punches but Drum moves out of range.
Franticelli throws a series of punches but Drum moves out of range.
Drum ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Franticelli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Drum cracks a nice hook into Franticelli's ribs.
Franticelli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Franticelli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franticelli doesn't manage to clinch there - Drum circles away.
Franticelli walks into a straight right hand from Drum.
A combination from Drum does no damage.
Franticelli lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Drum is working the combinations to good effect here.
Franticelli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drum bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Franticelli looks to land a body kick but Drum moved away.
Franticelli takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drum looks to land a combination but Franticelli avoids it well.
Franticelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drum lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drum connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Franticelli takes one to the side of the head.
Franticelli misses with the combination.
Drum bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franticelli's head backwards.
Franticelli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Franticelli misses.
Franticelli lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drum circles away quickly and effectively.
Drum lands a jab-cross combination.
Franticelli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franticelli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drum counters with a one-two to the body.
Drum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Franticelli's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franticelli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drum.
Drum lands with a nice combination. Franticelli backs away looking to recover.
Franticelli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drum scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Drum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Franticellis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Franticelli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drum.
Drum lands with a right hand.
Franticelli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drum to score with a decent uppercut.
Drum slips a jab and a cross from Franticelli.
Claudio Franticelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drum lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Drum checks a leg kick.
Franticelli tries to clinch up
letting Drum counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Drum.
Drum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drum fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
A clash of legs there as Drum blocks the low kick.
Drum slips a straight right by Franticelli.
Drum connects with a body shot that sends Franticelli's belly button to the back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Drum.
Drum fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Drum digs a good body shot into Franticelli's ribs.
Drum thuds his right hand into Franticelli's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Drum scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franticelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franticelli tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Drum counters with a left to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua Drum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drum 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Drum!
A very excited looking Joshua Drum made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.