PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominance Zelditeez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Franks
vs
Zelditeez

165 cm
27
133 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

178 cm
27
142 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 8 - 7 - 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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dominance Zelditeez !
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelditeez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Franks as he jumps to the side.

Zelditeez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Franks looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Zelditeez not doing much here.
Zelditeez 's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zelditeez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zelditeez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zelditeez wants to pass the guard but Franks is defending well.
Zelditeez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zelditeez trying to mount his opponent but Franks defends it.
Franks is trying to get back to full guard.
Zelditeez working over Franks with some ground and pound. Franks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Zelditeez is pressing down on Franks's thigh, looking to free his foot. Franks is holding on for now.
Zelditeez passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez controlling the position easily from mount.
Franks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zelditeez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Franks hang on?
Franks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Zelditeez .
Franks is in a horrible position here. Zelditeez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zelditeez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez cracks Franks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zelditeez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Franks is desperately trying to improve his position but Zelditeez has a good base and remains in mount.
Zelditeez landing shots from mount.
Franks manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Zelditeez works his way into full mount!
BOOM! Zelditeez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zelditeez lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zelditeez controlling the pace for now.
Zelditeez with the ground and pound from mount.
Zelditeez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zelditeez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zelditeez working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zelditeez content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franks is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominance Zelditeez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A big right from Franks misses.
Franks throws a body punch but Zelditeez moves out of range.
Franks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zelditeez manages to avoid it.
Franks looks to land a combination but Zelditeez avoids it well.

Zelditeez feints and as Franks raises his hands in defense, Zelditeez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zelditeez 's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Franks has his foot on Zelditeez 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zelditeez works his way back into a safe position though.
Zelditeez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Zelditeez pushing down on Franks's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zelditeez winds up and cracks Franks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Franks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zelditeez is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Franks looking for submissions off his back.
Zelditeez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Franks has hold of Zelditeez 's hands but Zelditeez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zelditeez is nestled in close to Franks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zelditeez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Zelditeez lands a big shot there that rocks Franks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez controlling his opponent.
Franks tries to lock up and control but Zelditeez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zelditeez looking to finish Franks with some ground and pound. This is bad for Franks!
Zelditeez landing shots from mount.
Zelditeez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zelditeez lands with some strikes.
Zelditeez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zelditeez raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Franks looks a forlorn figure.
Zelditeez controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zelditeez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Zelditeez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Franks's face.
Zelditeez working the ground and pound effectively.
Franks might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zelditeez controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks is bucking up trying to escape but Zelditeez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Franks tries to lock up and control but Zelditeez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zelditeez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zelditeez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zelditeez unloading with bombs!
Dominance Zelditeez has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zelditeez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominance Zelditeez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Zelditeez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Franks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zelditeez avoids the body shot from Franks.

Zelditeez shoots in and bounces Franks off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Zelditeez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zelditeez connects with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zelditeez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Zelditeez scoring with some ground and pound.
Zelditeez slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zelditeez wants to pass the guard but Franks is defending well.
Zelditeez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Zelditeez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Zelditeez .
Zelditeez controlling the pace.
Zelditeez lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zelditeez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Zelditeez lands with a punch from half guard.
Well,Franks is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Zelditeez is controlling the pace.
Tom Franks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zelditeez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Zelditeez controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez lands a couple of good shots and Franks has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Good control from Zelditeez .
Zelditeez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Franks!
Good control from Zelditeez .
Oooh a big shot gets through from Zelditeez . Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Zelditeez is riding his opponent, not letting Franks buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelditeez has Franks flattened out and is raining down punches.
Zelditeez gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Franks covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Zelditeez has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Franks's body.
Zelditeez lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Franks hold on?!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Zelditeez is landing with strikes. Franks can't take much more of this.
Dominance Zelditeez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zelditeez lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominance Zelditeez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zelditeez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Dominance Zelditeez !
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Dominance Zelditeez !
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Dominance Zelditeez !

Dominance Zelditeez wins by unanimous decision!