PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emory Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragnar Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragnar Bo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Franco
vs
Bo

176 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emory Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ragnar Bo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Franco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bo on the ground.
Bo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Bo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bo tries to stand but Franco is controlling from the bottom.
Bo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bo stands up from Franco's guard - Bo perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bo keeps the fight on the outside.
Bo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Bo forces Franco back against the cage and clinches.

Bo gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Bo controlling the action here.
Bo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Franco wants to get back to full guard but Bo has passed into side control.
Franco gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Bo content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Bo might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Franco is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bo raining down hammerfists from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bo quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Bo but it's paid off an Franco is forced to tap! Nice work by Bo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ragnar Bo!