PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Begbie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franco has chosen Born Slippy as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Slayer
vs
Franco

188 cm
34
196 lbs
30 - 13 - 2

185 cm
36
190 lbs
29 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dragon Slayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Begbie Franco!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slayer misses with an uppercut
and Franco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from Franco lands.
Franco lands a lovely overhand right.
Slayer scores with a punch to the head.
Slayer misses with a left hand
and Franco makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Franco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Slayer.
Franco dips to his left and cracks Slayer with an uppercut!
A nice inside leg kick there by Slayer. That's going to slow Franco down.
Franco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Franco misses.
Slayer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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!
Franco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slayer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Slayer takes a swing at Franco's ribcage but misses.
Franco misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Slayer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Franco throws a chopping leg kick but Slayer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Slayer thinks about countering with a head kick.
Franco lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Slayer just misses with a punch to the body.
Franco swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Slayer misses.
Slayer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Franco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Slayer.
Franco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Slayer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
Slayer misses with a hook. Franco ducked under it nicely.
Franco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franco avoids the head kick by Slayer.
Slayer jabs Franco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Franco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Slayer counters with a stiff right hand.
Slayer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franco can pounce on him.
Slayer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Slayer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slayer misses with a straight right.
Slayer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Franco connects with a nice looking jab.
Slayer looks to land a right hand but Franco moved out of range.
Franco tries a low kick but Slayer avoids it.
Franco slips a straight right by Slayer.
Franco lands with a straight right. Slayer didn't see that one coming.
Slayer misses with a left hand
and Franco counters with a left to the body.
A head kick by Slayer misses
and Franco counters with a nice uppercut.
Slayer throws a head kick but Franco moves out of range.
Franco swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice jab there from Franco.
Slayer fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer thows a left - swing and a miss!

Franco gets a clinch.
Franco struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franco throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Franco.
Slayer struggles to land a body shot inside as Franco controls his hands.
Franco wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slayer swings wildly with an uppercut but Franco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franco tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Franco is looking to break free of the clinch but Slayer has double underhooks.
Slayer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franco misses with a punch to the body.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Slayer controls the action.
Franco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Slayer.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Franco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands a nice uppercut.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Franco.
Franco misses with a punch to the body.
Franco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slayer swings wildly with an uppercut but Franco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slayer working aggressively here.
Franco wants to stall.
Franco blocks a body shot from Slayer.
Franco working hard to break the clinch.
Franco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franco blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franco.
Slayer working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Franco - that landed with a thud.
Franco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Begbie Franco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Franco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Slayer throws the left hand but Franco avoids the punch easily.
Franco is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Slayer with a body shot.
Franco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Slayer misses with an uppercut
and Franco counters with a nice leg kick.
Franco lunges at Slayer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Slayer's hand.
Franco moves out of range of the body kick.
Franco only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Franco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Franco lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Franco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Franco connects with a crisp jab.
Franco lands with a right hand.
Franco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Slayer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Slayer.
Slayer misses the jab.
Slayer is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Franco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer loads up on a big right hand but Franco slips the punch.
Slayer throws a chopping leg kick but Franco manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Slayer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Slayer.
Franco is looking to slow Slayer down with leg kicks.
Franco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Franco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slayer.
Franco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Franco throws out a leg kick but Slayer moves out of range and Franco only half commits.
A thudding body kick lands there by Slayer!
Franco 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.
Slayer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Franco. That one must have hurt.
Slayer tests Franco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Slayer looks to throw the jab but Franco is out of range.
Franco fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Slayer checks it well.
Slayer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Slayer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franco thumps Slayer with a low kick.
Franco has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Slayer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franco to score with a decent uppercut.
Slayer clobbers Franco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Slayer misses with a body shot.
Slayer throws a big shot that misses.
Franco throws a leg kick that misses.
Franco feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slayer's calf.
Slayer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick
and Franco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slayer just misses with a punch to the body.
Slayer misses with a hook. Franco ducked under it nicely.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
Slayer appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Slayer moves out of range as Franco strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer throws a lazy body kick
and Franco counters with a nice low kick that buckles Slayer's knee momentarily.
Franco throws a leg kick but Slayer checks it.
Slayer seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Slayer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Slayer as he connects with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Slayer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Franco scores with a body shot.
Franco scores with a jab to the head.
Slayer throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Franco counters with a leg kick.
Slayer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Franco is able to avoid easily.
Franco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Slayer was well out of range. Poor timing from Franco.
As Franco tries to get set, Slayer tries to push him back and clinch up but Franco manages to avoid the attempt.
Franco throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Slayer.
Slayer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Franco will feel that in the morning.
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick
and Franco counters with a leg kick.
Franco throws a low kick but Slayer moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayer misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slayer throws a lazy uppercut
and Franco counters with a good, hard body kick but Slayer shrugs it off.
Franco throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Franco lands a nice leg kick that just misses Slayer's sensitive parts.
Good work by Slayer as he checks the leg kick.
Slayer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Slayer moves out of range of the body kick.
Franco throws a leg kick but Slayer checks it.
Slayer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Slayer slips under a jab.
Slayer quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Franco with a nice cross.
Slayer looks to score with a jab to the body but Franco is just out of range.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Slayer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franco.
Begbie Franco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Franco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slayer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Begbie Franco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Franco lands a nice leg kick that just misses Slayer's sensitive parts.
Slayer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Slayer blocks a head kick by Franco.
Franco cracks the inside of Slayer's front leg.
Slayer throws a body shot but no joy.
Slayer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Slayer tries a head kick but it misses.
Franco lands a high kick!
Slayer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Franco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dragon Slayer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Slayer lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slayer.
Franco lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Slayer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Slayer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Francos head.
Slayer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Slayer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franco backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
Nice body punch from Slayer.
Franco lands a shoulder strike.
Slayer throws a head punch that misses.
Slayer scores with a shot to the side of Franco's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Franco.
Franco wants to get back to striking at distance but Slayer won't allow it.
Franco misses with a body punch.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco is trying to push Slayer away but Slayer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slayer misses with a punch on the inside.
Slayer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco blocks a body shot from Slayer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Franco.
Slayer working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Slayer.
Franco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Slayer fails to land.
Franco is trying to break the clinch but Slayer is controlling him.
Franco lands with a light punch inside.
Slayer working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Slayer fails to land.
Franco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Slayer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Slayers head.
Franco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slayer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franco lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer working aggressively here.
Franco tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Franco tries to circle away but Slayer has him pinned against the cage.
Franco prevents a body shot from Slayer.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Slayer controls the action.
Franco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Franco.
Slayer scores with a shoulder strike.
Franco blocks an uppercut.
Begbie Franco is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franco's elbow.
Franco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Franco tries to throw a body punch but Slayer avoids it by throwing Franco back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slayer.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slayer working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco blocks a body shot from Slayer.
Slayer tries to throw a body punch but Franco avoids it by throwing Slayer back against the cage.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Slayer misses with a punch on the inside.
Slayer has a couple of punches blocked by Franco.
A short left from Franco.
Franco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Franco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer working aggressively here.
Slayer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slayer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franco prevents a body shot from Slayer.
Franco lands with a right to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Begbie Franco.
Well Franco has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Begbie Franco!
Our winner, Begbie Franco, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.