PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chung Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chung Bruce has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bruce
vs
Francis

223 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

189 cm
21
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chung Bruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arturo Francis!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Francis moves into the clinch successfully.

Francis breaks from the clinch.

Francis closes the distance and pushes Bruce back into the cage.

Francis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bruce darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Francis scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Bruce manages to mount him!
Francis tries to lock up and control but Bruce gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Francis is looking to improve his position but Bruce isn't that keen on the idea.

Bruce working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bruce really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Bruce connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Francis squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bruce in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bruce controlling the position easily from mount.
Francis tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Bruce is working for a guillotine from mount but Francis frees his head quite easily.
Bruce with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Francis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Francis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bruce. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bruce controlling from the full mount.
Francis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bruce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Francis?
Francis trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Francis looks winded!
Bruce looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bruce breaks from Francis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bruce unloading with bombs!
Francis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bruce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Francis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bruce landing strikes from the mount and Francis is in trouble!
Bruce controlling from mount.
Bruce working the ground and pound effectively.
Bruce tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bruce cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bruce landing punches.
Bruce scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bruce connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bruce connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Bruce is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Francis is surviving well by controlling Bruce's body position as best he can.
Bruce tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chung Bruce dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bruce shoots for a double leg takedown but Francis sprawls well. He's pushed Bruce's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Francis clobbers Bruce with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bruce throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruce throws a hook to the side of Francis's head but Francis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Francis slips a jab from Bruce.

Francis closes the distance and clinches.

Francis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Francis tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruce fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bruce decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Francis scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Bruce manages to mount him!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bruce wants to finish this one by submission but Francis is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bruce.
Bruce lands a heavy elbow.
Francis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bruce lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Bruce looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Bruce is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Francis can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruce controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Francis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bruce controlling the position easily from mount.
Bruce landing strikes from the mount and Francis is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce landing strikes from the mount.
Bruce fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Francis is breathing heavily.
Bruce lands a big elbow.
Bruce lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Francis tries to hold on but Bruce pushes him away.
Bruce will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Francis is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bruce cracks Francis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bruce content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bruce looking to isolate an arm here. Francis doesn't see it coming and as Bruce extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bruce!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chung Bruce!