PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zzzzz Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Francis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Roman Francis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy
vs
Francis

189 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
221 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zzzzz Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roman Francis!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis jabs Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Francis lands a right hook to the body.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Francis backs up against the cage.
Francis with a hook.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy with a nice cross.
Francis misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy is looking to clinch.

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy has managed to clinch.
Francis has a couple of punches blocked by Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy stalling.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy blocking some punches.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Francis's coach down at ReVoLuT!oN !sL@nD GYM was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Francis's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Francis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Francis.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy blocking some punches.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy lands a hook that snaps the head of Francis backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Francis.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy stalling.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy is trying to break the clinch but Francis is controlling him.
Francis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy digs a right hand underneath Francis's ribcage. Francis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy stalling in the clinch but Francis improves position.
Francis misses with a punch on the inside.
Francis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Francis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy tries to throw a body punch but Francis avoids it by throwing Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy back against the cage.
Francis swings wildly with an uppercut but Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy scores with a hook to the body.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Francis manages to break the clinch.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy misses with a lunging right hand
and Francis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy tries to clinch
and Francis counters with a nice uppercut.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy is breathing heavily.
Francis connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Francis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Francis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Francis with a nice cross.
Francis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy throws out a loose jab but Francis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Francis throws a hook to the side of Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy's head but Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy misses with a right hand
and Francis counters with a straight right hand.
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy misses with a left hand
and Francis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy is rocked!
Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy throws a lazy uppercut
and Francis counters with a huge right that knocks Yyyyyyyyyyyyyy out cold! Francis is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roman Francis!
Roman Francis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.