PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Begbie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franco comes to the cage accompanied by Born Slippy. Wayne has chosen Larry and His Flask - Beggers will Ride as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Begbie Franco has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Begbie Franco seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Franco
vs
Wayne

185 cm
32
190 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

191 cm
30
186 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Begbie Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenneth Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wayne misses with a low kick.
We've been informed that Wayne has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A clash of legs there as Wayne blocks the low kick.
Wayne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Franco.
Wayne throws an overhand right that lands on Franco's shoulder, as Franco tries to avoid the shot.
Franco on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wayne throws a lazy right hand but Franco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wayne wants to clinch up but Franco keeps it at a distance.
Wayne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Franco thows a body shot but no joy.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franco.
Franco ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Wayne dodges the punch combination from Franco.
Both fighters circling a little - Franco finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Franco goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Franco slips a jab from Wayne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Franco misses.
A jab lands there for Wayne.
A solid leg kick lands there for Franco.
Franco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Franco looks to throw the jab but Wayne is out of range.
Franco throws a low kick, looking for Wayne's leg but Wayne calmly moves out of range.
Franco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wayne manages to avoid it.
Franco thumps Wayne with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Wayne finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wayne goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franco misses with a low kick as Wayne jumps back.
Begbie Franco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franco checks a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wayne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Franco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franco.
Franco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wayne tests Franco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wayne throws the kick towards the body but Franco avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franco. Wayne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wayne wants to land a leg kick but Franco is out of range.
Franco has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wayne finds it's way round the side to connect with Franco's head.
Franco with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wayne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franco.
Franco is looking to slow Wayne down with leg kicks.
Wayne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A low kick from Franco is predictable there
and Wayne counters with a slapping leg kick.
Franco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Franco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wayne misses with a hook.
A left lands for Franco.
Franco walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wayne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Franco lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Kenneth Wayne has been cut.
Wayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne throws a chopping leg kick but Franco manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wayne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wayne blocks a body shot from Franco.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Franco.
Franco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wayne misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne misses with an elbow over the top.
Franco blocks an uppercut.
Franco pushes Wayne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wayne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Francos head.

Franco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franco on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wayne. Wayne obviously looking to wear him down.
Wayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Franco misses with a head kick.
Crunch! Wayne slams his shin into Franco's torso.
Franco fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wayne is out of range.
Wayne avoids the body shot from Franco.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wayne misses with an uppercut. Franco saw that one coming.
Franco avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franco slips under a jab from Wayne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Begbie Franco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Wayne's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franco thumps Wayne with a low kick.
Wayne staying out of range there.
Wayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left lands for Franco.
Franco throws a leg kick
and Wayne counters with an outside leg kick.
Wayne swings for the body but Franco moves out of range.
Franco scores with a nice head shot.
Franco wants to slow Wayne down by chopping away at his legs.
A big left from Wayne misses.
Franco lands a glancing blow to the side of Wayne's head.
Franco scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne cracks Franco with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wayne throws a head kick but Franco moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wayne.
Wayne looks for the body kick but Franco saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Begbie Franco is winning the standup battle so far.
Wayne missing with a left hand there. Franco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wayne moves to clinch but Franco breaks away
and Franco counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wayne's knee momentarily.
A lazy left from Wayne finds it's target.
Wayne walks into a straight right hand from Franco.
Franco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Franco lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wayne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wayne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wayne connects with a nice looking jab.
Franco fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wayne.
Franco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.
That kick from Wayne tenderised Franco's leg. Franco is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franco goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Wayne misses the shot to the body.
Franco fails to land with a series of punches.
Franco fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wayne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wayne misses with a body punch
and Franco counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Franco.
Wayne misses with a shot to the body
and Franco counters with a thumping low kick.
Wayne thows a body kick. Franco tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wayne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franco can pounce on him.
A jab lands there for Franco.
Franco is looking to slow Wayne down with leg kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wayne.
Wayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Franco is just out of range.
Wayne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franco can pounce on him.
Franco cracks the inside of Wayne's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne with a hook.
Wayne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Franco throws the left hand but Wayne avoids the punch easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wayne checks a leg kick.
Wayne tries to clinch but Franco moves away
and Franco cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wayne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franco thumps Wayne with a low kick.
Wayne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Franco doesn't seem bothered though.
Franco walks into a left hand.
Wayne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Franco. Franco obviously looking to wear him down.
Wayne throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wayne lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Franco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wayne.
Franco misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne cracks the inside of Franco's front leg.
Wayne does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Franco checks a low kick from Wayne.
Wayne throws a big shot that misses.
Wayne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Franco. Franco obviously looking to wear him down.
Wayne feints and then cracks Franco's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Franco down.
Franco tried to score with a low kick but Wayne checks it.
Franco missing with a left hand there. Wayne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franco lands with a cross.
Wayne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franco was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Franco throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wayne.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Franco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Franco lands a slapping body shot.
Franco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Begbie Franco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Wayne's cut.
That's time! Franco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Franco throws a series of punches but Wayne avoids them all with ease.
Franco throws the left hand but Wayne avoids the punch easily.
Franco throws out a loose jab but Wayne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franco lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wayne tries to score with a low kick but Franco moves his leg out of the way.
Wayne scores with a nice right hand.
Franco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
Wayne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A good leg kick by Franco.
Wayne lands with a nice body kick.
Wayne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Franco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Franco throws a solid leg kick but Wayne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Franco.
Franco throws a leg kick
and Wayne counters with a slapping leg kick.
Franco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Franco.
Wayne looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Franco cracks Wayne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wayne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Franco.
Franco throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wayne throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wayne is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Franco scores with a jab to the jaw.
Franco moves out of range of the strikes.
Wayne throws a hook but Franco avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franco lands with a shot to the body.
Franco jabs Wayne right on the nose. Wayne blinks but takes it well.
Franco slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franco moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Franco, right into the meat.
Franco avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Franco throws a leg kick but Wayne sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wayne looks to land a body kick but Franco moved away.
Franco slips under a jab from Wayne.
Kenneth Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wayne misses with a low kick as Franco jumps back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Franco.
Franco just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Franco lands.

Wayne is rocked!
Franco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wayne is still on wobbly legs! Can Franco finish him?
Franco blocks a low kick nicely.
Franco lands a jab to Wayne's midsection.
Wayne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Franco scores with a shot to the body.
Franco checks a leg kick.
Franco steps in with a hook that catches Wayne right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Franco follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Wayne looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Begbie Franco!
An out of breath Begbie Franco thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.