PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitkoslav Boychitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boychitch
vs
Franklin

195 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

165 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitkoslav Boychitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Franklin!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Boychitch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Franklin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Franklin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Franklin fails to land with a series of punches.
Franklin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Franklin there as he acknowledges the shot.

Franklin clinches up with Boychitch and pushes him back against the cage.
Franklin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Boychitch to keep the fight standing.
Boychitch working hard to break the clinch.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Boychitch holds him up against the cage and eventually Franklin drops back down to his feet.
Boychitch tries to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling the position.
Franklin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Boychitch prevents it.
Mitkoslav Boychitch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Franklin.
Franklin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boychitchs head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boychitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boychitch is trying to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling him.
Boychitch is trying to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling him.
Franklin just leaning against Boychitch, taking a breather.
Franklin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Franklin is pushing Boychitch up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Franklin lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two 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.
Boychitch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Franklin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Boychitch gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Franklin tries to land knees in the clinch but Boychitch avoids the damage to the body.
Boychitch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franklin has him pressed against the cage.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Boychitch forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Boychitch is trying to break free.
Boychitch tries to circle away but Franklin has him pinned against the cage.
Franklin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Boychitch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franklin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boychitch's efforts to push away.
Boychitch has had enough of the clinch but Franklin keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Franklin manages to break the clinch.
Franklin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boychitch.
Franklin wants to clinch up but Boychitch keeps it at a distance.
Franklin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boychitch throws a nice head kick!
Boychitch cracks the inside of Franklin's front leg.
Boychitch scores with a jab to the head.
Boychitch lands with a nice combination. Franklin backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boychitch scores with a kick to the body.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boychitch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boychitch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Franklin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boychitch.
Boychitch seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Boychitch connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Franklin's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Boychitch counters with a nice leg kick.
Boychitch scores with a body shot.
Boychitch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Boychitch tests Franklin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boychitch cracks Franklin with a good jab.
Boychitch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Franklin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Franklin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Boychitch connects with a body shot that sends Franklin's belly button to the back.
Boychitch is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Good exchange - Boychitch coming out on top.
Franklin lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Boychitch goes down and covers up as Franklin starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Franklin!