PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Splash Wetness (ranked 6183 p4p, 736 weight class) and Oliver Francis (ranked 4210 p4p, 568 weight class). Wetness comes to the cage accompanied by Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wetness
vs
Francis

203 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
218 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Splash Wetness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Francis!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wetness wants to clinch.
Wetness swings widly with a right hand
and Francis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Francis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Francis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wetness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wetness lands a high kick!

It looks like Oliver Francis has been cut.
Francis throws a body shot but no joy.
Francis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wetness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Francis misses the shot to the body.
Francis looks to score with a jab to the body but Wetness is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis digs a good hook to Wetness's body.
Francis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wetness drops his hands momentarily and Francis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Francis connects with a body shot.
Francis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Francis lands a body shot.
Francis lands a jab to Wetness's midsection.

Wetness fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Francis, pushing him back against the cage.
Francis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wetness's elbow.
Wetness is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francis scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Francis.
Francis lands a nice uppercut.
Wetness is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Wetness has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wetness with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wetness misses with a knee to the head.
Francis lands with a short shot to the head.
Francis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Francis misses with a punch to the body.
Francis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Francis lands with a short shot to the head.
Wetness is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wetness misses with a knee to the head.
Francis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Francis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wetness trying to land knees to the body.
Francis lands a left hand.
Wetness tries to land a knee to the head but Francis blocks with his arms.
Wetness throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Francis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wetness is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wetness working Francis over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wetness misses with a punch to the body.
Wetness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Francis blocks it with crossed arms.
Francis misses with a body punch.
Francis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Francis tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.
Francis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Francis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Francis.
Francis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wetness backwards.
Francis scores with a shot to the side of Wetness's head.
Wetness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Francis.
Francis presses Wetness against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Francis can't find room to land a body shot as Wetness controls the action.
Francis takes a knee right on the jaw!
Francis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Francis is working Wetness over against the cage.
Wetness is breathing heavily.
Francis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Francis can't find room to land a body shot as Wetness controls the action.
Francis tries a body shot but Wetness blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wetness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Francis's elbow.
Wetness landing knees to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Francis.
Francis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Francis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Francis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wetness's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wetness.
Francis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wetness misses with a knee to the head.
Francis lands with a right to the head.
Francis managing to block the knees to the body from Wetness.
Francis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Francis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Francis pushes Wetness back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Francis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Francis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Francis on the inside.
Francis digs a right hand underneath Wetness's ribcage. Wetness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Francis lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Francis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Francis's cut.
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.

Francis feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Wetness sprawling to the canvas! Wetness rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Francis finish him?!

Wetness is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!

Francis sends Wetness crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Francis is motioning to the referee to let Wetness up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Wetness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Francis fakes the body blow, causing Wetness to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Wetness goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oliver Francis!
In his post fight interview, Oliver Francis started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.