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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jet Hemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hemi has chosen Satyricon - Fuel For Hatred as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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25
133 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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168 cm
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140 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Franks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jet Hemi!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franks misses with a left hand
and Hemi counters with a nice uppercut.
Hemi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Franks is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Franks misses the shot to the body.
Hemi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franks just misses with a punch to the body.
Hemi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franks moves out of range of the strikes.
Franks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hemi throws a right and a left that Franks avoids nicely.
Hemi misses with a looping right.
Franks works over Hemi's head and body with a nice combination.
Franks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've been told by Franks's head coaches at The GYM (19 elite coaches on the Island !!!) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hemi moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franks backwards.
Franks is working for takedown but Hemi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hemi misses with a knee to the head.
Franks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemi tries a knee to the head but Franks blocks it.
Hemi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hemi throws a head punch that misses.
Hemi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franks blocks it with crossed arms.
Franks blocking some punches.
Franks tries for a takedown but Hemi manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Franks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hemi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hemi can't find room to land a body shot as Franks controls the action.
Hemi misses with a punch on the inside.
Hemi tries to land a knee to the head but Franks blocks with his arms.
Franks wants a takedown but no success here.
Hemi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hemi tries a body shot but Franks blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemi tries a knee to the head but Franks blocks it.
Hemi throws a head punch that misses.
Hemi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hemi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hemi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hemi scores with a shoulder strike.
Hemi misses with the head strike.
Hemi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hemi lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Tom Franks has been cut.
Hemi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franks backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hemi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hemi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hemi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franks.
Hemi lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franks.
Still in the clinch, Hemi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hemi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franks 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.
Franks lands a really nice looking cross but Hemi seems unphased.
Franks lands with a hook. Hemi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Franks scores with a nice right hand.
Hemi is rocked!
Franks looks to score with a jab to the body but Hemi is just out of range.
Hemi is still on wobbly legs! Can Franks finish him?
Franks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hemi seems to have recovered his senses.
Hemi throws out a loose jab but Franks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hemi misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks lands a slapping body shot.
Hemi needs to keep his hands up - Franks had a free shot at his head there.
Hemi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Franks is able to avoid easily.
Franks swinging wildly here.
A jab from Hemi misses.
Franks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Franks as he connects with a hook.
Franks walks into a jab.
Franks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hemi throws a body punch but Franks moves out of range.
Franks misses with a series of wild punches.
Hemi throws a head kick but Franks moves out of range.
Franks lands with a straight right. Hemi didn't see that one coming.
Hemi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jet Hemi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Franks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hemi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Franks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Franks avoids the body shot from Hemi.
Hemi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franks was well out of range. Poor timing from Hemi.
Franks slips a straight right by Hemi.
Hemi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hemi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Franks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hemi.
Franks misses with a straight left.
Franks is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hemi.
Decent striking displayed by Franks there.
Franks misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franks lands with a good body shot.
Hemi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hemi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Franks lands with a straight right. Hemi didn't see that one coming.
Franks takes a swing at Hemi's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks throws a right and a left that Hemi avoids nicely.
Hemi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Franks.
Franks checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A little feinted left hand from Franks on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hemi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franks moves away.
Hemi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Franks has time to react.
Tom Franks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franks misses with a few strikes there.
Franks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hemi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franks.
Hemi stuns Franks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hemi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Franks. Franks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Franks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franks throws a jab when Hemi was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Hemi. That snapped Franks's head back.
Hemi defending well as Franks loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franks throws out a powerful jab.
Franks sizes up Hemi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Franks throws out a loose jab but Hemi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hemi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franks walks into a left hand.
Hemi throws a jab but it's blocked by Franks.
Hemi takes one to the side of the head.
Franks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Franks looks to land a left hand but Hemi moved out of range nicely.
Franks feints a jab promting Hemi to slip. Franks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hemi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A punch combination from Hemi misses.
Franks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hemi.
Franks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hemi has time to react.
Franks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hemi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hemi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hemi scores with a body shot.
Hemi lands a nice hook to Franks's body. Franks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tom Franks is winning the standup battle so far.
Franks avoids the body shot from Hemi.
Franks walks into a straight right hand from Hemi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemi throws a leg kick
and Franks counters with a stiff right hand.
Franks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franks misses with a shot to the body
and Hemi counters with a one-two to the body.
Hemi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Franks has time to react.
Franks is rocked!
Good work by Franks as he checks the leg kick.
Franks scores with a jab.
Hemi throws a lazy uppercut
and Franks counters with a straight right hand.
Franks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hemi closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hemi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hemi breaks from the clinch.
Franks moves out of range as Hemi strikes.
Franks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hemi's head backwards.
Franks fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Franks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Franks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hemi throws a hook but Franks avoids it easily.
Hemi just misses with a punch to the body.
Franks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hemi slips a jab and a cross from Franks.
Franks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hemi backs up against the cage.
Hemi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Franks tries to bum rush Hemi with a series of wild strikes but Hemi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hemi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franks to score with a decent uppercut.
Franks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hemi.
Hemi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hemi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hemi connects with a body shot that sends Franks's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Franks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Franks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hemi swings widly with a right hand
letting Franks counter with a right hand.
Hemi takes one to the chin there.
Hemi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franks's head backwards.
Franks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hemi throws a leg kick that misses.
Franks appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hemi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franks lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Hemi sprawling to the canvas. Franks follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Hemi hang on?
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hemi defends it well.
Hemi wants to get back to full guard.
Franks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hemi defends it well.
Hemi is defending against the submission attempts here by Franks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hemi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Franks is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hemi!
Franks looking for a guillotine from mount but Hemi is having none of it.
Franks looking to secure an arm triangle but Hemi defends it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Franks is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hemi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hemi shrugs it off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franks is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Hemi has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Hemi!
Franks looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Franks working for a triangle but Hemi defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Franks wants to sweep here but Hemi controlling him for the moment.
That's four 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.
Franks is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Hemi rolls with it to try and escape but Franks cranks on the arm and Hemi is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Franks!
A very excited looking Tom Franks rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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