PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rutledge Vanderhorst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vanderhorst
vs
Franklin

188 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rutledge Vanderhorst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Franklin!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanderhorst loads up on a big right hand but Franklin slips the punch.
Franklin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vanderhorst swivels and escapes.
Franklin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Franklin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Vanderhorst instigates a clinch.
Vanderhorst scores with a nice hook to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Franklin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rutledge Vanderhorst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Franklin.
Vanderhorst misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Vanderhorst won't allow it.
Franklin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franklin misses with a knee to the head.
Franklin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vanderhorst just stands there and leans against the cage.
Franklin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vanderhorst.
Franklin fails to pull guard.
Vanderhorst is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vanderhorst lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Franklin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Vanderhorst wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhorst drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vanderhorst stalling the fight.
Franklin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vanderhorst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franklin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franklin stalling.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Vanderhorst won't allow it.
Franklin is looking to break free of the clinch but Vanderhorst has double underhooks.
Vanderhorst misses with some punches.
Vanderhorst lands a body punch in the clinch.
Franklin fails to pull guard.
Franklin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vanderhorst misses with the head strike.
Vanderhorst tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franklin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vanderhorst just stands there and leans against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vanderhorst.
Vanderhorst is trying to break free.
Franklin stalling in the clinch but Vanderhorst improves position.
Vanderhorst doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vanderhorst is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Vanderhorst won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vanderhorst misses with a punch on the inside.
Vanderhorst throws a punch but it's blocked by Franklin.
Franklin tries for a takedown but Vanderhorst manages to get underhooks.
Franklin has Vanderhorst pressed against the cage.
Vanderhorst misses with a punch to the body.
Vanderhorst wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vanderhorst is trying to break the clinch but Franklin has him pressed against the cage.
Franklin jumps guard but Vanderhorst stands there with Franklin around his waist. Franklin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vanderhorst throws a punch but it's blocked by Franklin.
Franklin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vanderhorst lands with a left to the head.
Vanderhorst cracks Franklin with a nice body shot.
Vanderhorst works on Franklin's body with a couple of short punches.
Vanderhorst drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst working aggressively here.
Franklin keeps control of Vanderhorst as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Franklin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Franklin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vanderhorst smiles and moves away.
Franklin fails with a takedown attempt.
Franklin looks gassed!
Franklin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Vanderhorst swivels and escapes.
Franklin tries to clinch up.
Franklin fails to land the takedown.
Vanderhorst swats away the attempt to clinch by Franklin.

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.
A big left from Vanderhorst misses.
Vanderhorst jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vanderhorst bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vanderhorst is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franklin.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vanderhorst but Vanderhorst pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vanderhorst connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Franklin misses with a kick to the body.
Vanderhorst tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Vanderhorst misses with an uppercut. Franklin saw that one coming.
Vanderhorst fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franklin manages to avoid it.
Good work by Vanderhorst as he checks the leg kick.
Vanderhorst comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vanderhorst lands a right hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Franklin 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 Vanderhorst has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vanderhorst and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rutledge Vanderhorst dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Franklin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Franklin shoots for a double leg takedown but Vanderhorst sprawls well. He's pushed Franklin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Franklin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vanderhorst keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vanderhorst throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Franklin scoring well with a low kick there.
Franklin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vanderhorst connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Franklin's hands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vanderhorst looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franklin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vanderhorst pinned against the cage. Vanderhorst gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Rutledge Vanderhorst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Franklin.
Vanderhorst fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franklin manages to avoid it.
Bill Franklin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Vanderhorst misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhorst on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Franklin. Franklin obviously looking to wear him down.
Vanderhorst connects with a crisp jab.
Vanderhorst throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown but Vanderhorst shows good takedown defense.
Vanderhorst looks to land a left hand but Franklin moved out of range nicely.
Franklin tries to land a leg kick but Vanderhorst saw it coming and moves away.

Vanderhorst clinches with his opponent.
Vanderhorst lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Franklin keeps control of Vanderhorst as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vanderhorst misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vanderhorst throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Vanderhorst.
A head punch on the inside from Vanderhorst fails to land.
Vanderhorst misses with some punches.
Franklin jumps guard but Vanderhorst stands there with Franklin around his waist. Franklin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vanderhorst tries to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling the position.
Vanderhorst is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Still in the clinch, Vanderhorst scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vanderhorst tries to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling the position.
Vanderhorst misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vanderhorst creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vanderhorst pushes Franklin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vanderhorst is looking to break free of the clinch but Franklin has double underhooks.
Franklin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vanderhorst smiles and moves away.
Bill Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanderhorst throws a hook but Franklin avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst misses with a looping left.
No luck for Franklin with that takedown attempt.
Franklin misses with a wild body shot.
Vanderhorst misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franklin.
Franklin tries for a takedown but Vanderhorst sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Franklin misses with a kick to the body.
Vanderhorst tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franklin shoots in but Vanderhorst avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vanderhorst is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Franklin.
Vanderhorst throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Franklin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vanderhorst misses with a body shot.
A jab from Vanderhorst does it's job there.
Rutledge Vanderhorst is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vanderhorst scores with a jab. Franklin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Franklin ducks under a wild hook from Vanderhorst.
Franklin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vanderhorst is out of range.
Franklin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franklin swinging wilding here.
Vanderhorst connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vanderhorst but Vanderhorst pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vanderhorst connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vanderhorst tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Franklin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vanderhorst throws out the jab.
Franklin misses with a low kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franklin throws a wild body kick that Vanderhorst sees coming a mile off.
Vanderhorst is looking to clinch.
Vanderhorst throws an overhand right that lands on Franklin's shoulder, as Franklin tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rutledge Vanderhorst dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Franklin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Franklin has a takedown stuffed.
A jab from Vanderhorst misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Franklin 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 Vanderhorst has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vanderhorst and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vanderhorst with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Franklin cracks the inside of Vanderhorst's front leg.
Vanderhorst swings for the body but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklin connects with a solid leg kick.
Vanderhorst fails to land with a series of punches.
Vanderhorst checks a leg kick.
Vanderhorst tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Franklin misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Franklin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Franklin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vanderhorst's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderhorst trying to control the position.
Vanderhorst wants to sweep but no luck.
Vanderhorst bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Franklin's guard.
Franklin keeping full guard, as Vanderhorst tries to pass.
Vanderhorst trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.
Vanderhorst throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vanderhorst is stalling in the full guard.
Vanderhorst postures up in Franklin's guard and throws a big left but Franklin blocks it.
Vanderhorst wants to pass the guard but Franklin is keeping the position.
Vanderhorst throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Franklin controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Franklin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rutledge Vanderhorst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Franklin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Franklin momentarily.
Vanderhorst stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Franklin.
Franklin takes one on the button.

Franklin gets a takedown into half guard.
Franklin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rutledge Vanderhorst 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.
Vanderhorst is trying to control but can't.
Vanderhorst moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Franklin preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanderhorst being controlled here, momentarily.
Vanderhorst is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Franklin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vanderhorst has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rutledge Vanderhorst!