PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonnhy Four (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickard Franzen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rickard Franzen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Four
vs
Franzen

188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonnhy Four!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rickard Franzen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franzen misses with a low kick.

Four forces Franzen back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Four scores with a nice hook to the head.
Four lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Four is stalling here.
A nice left hand lands by Four.
Franzen misses with a punch on the inside.
Four lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.
Franzen tries to throw a body punch but Four avoids it by throwing Franzen back against the cage.
Franzen taking a breather.
Franzen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Four is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Four.
Four pushes Franzen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Four manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Four lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Four lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franzen or not.
Four leaning his opponent against the cage.
Franzen trying to control the position but instead, Four has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franzen into the cage.
Four lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Four.
Franzen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Four lands with a left to the head.
Franzen trying to control the position but instead, Four has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franzen into the cage.
Four lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Franzen trying to stall but Four improves his position.
Four lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.
Four avoiding damage.
Four lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franzen trying to stall but Four improves his position.
Four lands with a right to the head.
Four lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franzen looks winded!
Four stalling the fight.
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!
Four lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.
Four lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.
Four scores with a nice hook to the head.
Four leaning his opponent against the cage.
Four lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Four working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Franzen.
Four slows down the pace here.
Four taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Four working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franzen misses with a punch to the body.
Four softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Four creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Four presses Franzen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Four prevents a body shot from Franzen.
Four scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Four.
Four lands a shoulder strike.
Four lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Four makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Four lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.

Franzen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Four lands with a light punch inside.
Franzen is still on wobbly legs! Can Four finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Four.
A right hook to the body lands for Four.
Franzen seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from Four on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Four stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Four taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Franzen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Four throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franzens head.
A nice left hand lands by Four.
Four lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Four creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Franzen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Four avoids it.
Four lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franzen backwards.
Four has Franzen pressed against the cage, preventing Franzen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short body shot lands from Four as the two fighters clinch.
Four lands with a short shot to the head.
Four lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Four presses Franzen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Four.
Four looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A right hook to the body lands for Four.
A nice left hand lands by Four.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonnhy Four 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.

Four lands a big right hand that sends Franzen crashing to the mat! Four stays standing though and waves Franzen back to his feet!
Franzen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Four.
Four scores with a punch to the head.
Four ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Franzen gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Four gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Franzen is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonnhy Four!