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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Jay Franlkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franlkin has chosen ACDC- For Those About To Rock as his entrance music. Richard Jay Franlkin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
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180 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Calvin Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Jay Franlkin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franlkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Tate.
Richard Jay Franlkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franlkin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Franlkin misses.
Tate gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Franlkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franlkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tate keeps the fight on the outside.
Tate throws a push kick but Franlkin slaps the foot to one side.
Franlkin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Franlkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franlkin blocks a low kick nicely.
Franlkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franlkin darts in and clinches Tate up against the cage.
Tate swings wildly with an uppercut but Franlkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franlkin misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franlkin blocks a body shot from Tate.
Franlkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tate blocks an uppercut.
Franlkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tate's elbow.
Tate misses with a punch to the body.
Franlkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franlkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Tate.
Franlkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franlkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franlkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franlkin's elbow.
Franlkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franlkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franlkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Franlkin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Franlkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tate's elbow.
Franlkin misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin works on Tate's body with a couple of short punches.
Tate tries to work over Franlkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franlkin prevents a body shot from Tate.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tate.
Tate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franlkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Tate on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
Tate lands a shoulder strike.
Franlkin tries a body shot but Tate blocks it.
Tate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Tate.
Franlkin lands with a light punch inside.
Franlkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tate takes one on the button.
Tate has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Franlkin finds it's way round the side to connect with Tate's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tate. That's going to slow Franlkin down.
Richard Jay Franlkin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate pushes Franlkin away with a front kick.
Tate connects with a high kick.
Tate tries to move into range but Franlkin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tate fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franlkin, pushing him back against the cage.
Tate lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Tate.
Tate tightens his grip and picks Franlkin up, before dumping him to the ground. Franlkin manages to land in guard.
Franlkin wants to stand up but Tate is controlling him.
Tate wants to control from the top but Franlkin keeps moving.
Franlkin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tate stops Franlkin from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tate postures up and lands a big shot to Franlkin's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tate prevents Franlkin from getting back to his feet.
Tate throws a strike but Franlkin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tate is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tate looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Franlkin won't allow Tate to sweep him here.
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 Calvin Tate will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Franlkin throws a big shot that misses.
Tate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Franlkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Franlkin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franlkin.
Franlkin misses with a hook
and Tate counters with an inside leg kick.
Franlkin misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franlkin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Franlkin scores with a jab.
Tate scores with a spinning back kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franlkin moves out of range of the leg kick from Tate.
A jab from Franlkin does it's job there.
Franlkin clinches with his opponent.
Tate scores with a shot to the side of Franlkin's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate blocks a body shot from Franlkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franlkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franlkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franlkin can't find room to land a body shot as Tate controls the action.
I was talking to Tate's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Franlkin working aggressively here.
Franlkin prevents a body shot from Tate.
Franlkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tate's elbow.
Tate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Franlkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franlkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Tate.
Franlkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franlkin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tate seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Franlkin can turn it around.
Tate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tate blocks a body shot from Franlkin.
Franlkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franlkins head.
Franlkin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franlkin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tate on the side of the head.
Franlkin checks a low kick from Tate.
Tate lets loose with a powerful body kick. Franlkin will feel that in the morning.
Tate throws a front kick aimed at Franlkin's knee but Franlkin avoids it well.
Franlkin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tate.
Franlkin lands with a nice combination. Tate backs away looking to recover.
Franlkin throws a lazy uppercut
and Tate counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Franlkin throws a lazy right hand but Tate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Franlkin.
Franlkin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tate. Tate obviously looking to wear him down.
Tate is trying hard to land a takedown here. Franlkin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin moves forwards but Tate connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice shot by Franlkin.
Franlkin throws an overhand right that lands on Tate's shoulder, as Tate tries to avoid the shot.
Tate swats away the attempt to clinch by Franlkin.
As Franlkin backs away, Tate returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Franlkin misses the target.
Franlkin lands with an uppercut that bounces Tate off the cage and back into range.
Franlkin wants to clinch up but Tate keeps it at a distance.
Tate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tate scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Franlkin lands with a nice body punch.
Franlkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tate throws a quick counter kick to the body but Franlkin avoids it.
Franlkin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tate, right into the meat.
Tate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Franlkin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Franlkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Calvin Tate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Franlkin blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate working aggressively here.
Franlkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Franlkin tries a body shot but Tate blocks it.
Tate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tate.
Tate lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tate prevents Franlkin from standing back up.
Tate scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Franlkin wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Tate dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tate throws a front kick aimed at Franlkin's knee but Franlkin avoids it well.
Tate clinches up with Franlkin and pushes him back against the cage.
Tate tries to throw a body punch but Franlkin avoids it by throwing Tate back against the cage.
Tate scores with a hook to the body.
Tate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Franlkin.
Tate tries to work over Franlkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tate.
Tate throws a head punch that misses.
Franlkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tate pushes Franlkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tate lands a left hand.
Franlkin misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate effectively controlling the action here.
Tate manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tate can't find room to land a body shot as Franlkin controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate presses Franlkin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tate has Franlkin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Franlkin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franlkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franlkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Tate.
Tate blocks an uppercut.
Tate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tate tries to throw a body punch but Franlkin avoids it by throwing Tate back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tate.
Franlkin blocks a body shot from Tate.
Franlkin tries a body shot but Tate blocks it.
Franlkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tate is looking to take this one to the mat.
Franlkin can't break the clinch.
Tate has Franlkin pressed against the cage, preventing Franlkin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Franlkin is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Franlkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Franlkin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Tate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tate blocking some punches.
Franlkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tate gets through Franlkin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Richard Jay Franlkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin lands with a right to the head.
Franlkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
Tate lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tate.
Tate tries a body shot but Franlkin blocks it.
Tate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tate is trying to maintain a safe position but Franlkin gets an underhook and turns Tate into the cage.
Franlkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franlkin backwards.
Franlkin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franlkin misses with a few strikes there.
Franlkin misses with a hook
and Tate counters with a one-two to the body.
Franlkin misses with an uppercut
and Tate counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Franlkin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tate throws a big right hand that misses.
Franlkin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tate is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franlkin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.
Franlkin wants to stand up but Tate is controlling him.
Tate lands a couple of elbows.
Calvin Tate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate trying to control but Franlkin is working from the bottom.
Franlkin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tate is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tate lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Franlkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Tate is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Franlkin.
Franlkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tate.
Tate is trying hard to land a takedown here. Franlkin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab from Franlkin.
Franlkin throws a hook but Tate blocks it.
Franlkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tate throws the kick towards the body but Franlkin avoids it.
Tate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tate tries to work over Franlkin's front leg with a kick but Franlkin checks it.
Franlkin throws the left hand but Tate avoids the punch easily.
Franlkin loads up on a big right hand but Tate slips the punch.
It appears Tate was looking to counter with a kick there.
Franlkin throws a jab when Tate was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin Tate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tate, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin Tate!
As Calvin Tate got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Finally, this org has a real, true champion. Thank you my fans!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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