PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kapua Francisco (ranked 21664 p4p, 645 weight class) and Turbo Epicity (ranked 5158 p4p, 468 weight class). Francisco's entrance music is Pantera - Slaughtered . A fine choice. Epicity is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Semi Charmed Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Francisco
vs
Epicity

180 cm
24
184 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

185 cm
30
177 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kapua Francisco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Turbo Epicity!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francisco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Epicity. That snapped Francisco's head back.
Epicity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Francisco.
Epicity moves forwards but Francisco connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Francisco tries to clinch but Epicity moves out of range.
Epicity shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Francisco eats them both and turns towards Epicity to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Kapua Francisco has been cut.
Francisco misses with a combination
and Epicity counters with a straight right hand.
Francisco fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Francisco struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Epicity lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Epicity scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity misses with a punch on the inside.
Epicity lands a hook that snaps the head of Francisco backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Epicity tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Francisco is working for takedown but Epicity is calmly controlling the position for now.
Epicity lands an uppercut.
Epicity throws a punch but it's blocked by Francisco.
Francisco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Francisco tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Francisco back against the cage.
Francisco swings wildly with an uppercut but Epicity uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Francisco.
A nice right hand lands inside from Epicity.
Francisco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
Epicity is leaning against Francisco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Francisco misses with a punch on the inside.
Epicity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Francisco's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Epicity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Epicity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Epicity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Francisco.
Francisco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity lands with a left to the head.
Epicity swings wildly with an uppercut but Francisco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epicity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epicity pushes Francisco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Francisco tries for a takedown. No joy.
Epicity tries a body shot but Francisco blocks it.
Francisco definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Epicity pushes Francisco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Francisco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Epicity misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Epicity.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Epicity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franciscos head.
Francisco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Francisco is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Epicity can't fight it off and eventually Francisco manages to take the fight to the floor. Epicity looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Epicity is controlling Francisco's posture.
Epicity's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Epicity works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Epicity holds on and takes a little breather.
Let's hope that Epicity has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Francisco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Francisco has his takedown stuffed
and Epicity counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kapua Francisco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Epicity keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Turbo Epicity dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kapua Francisco's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Epicity misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Francisco misses
and Epicity makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Epicity with a hook.
Francisco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Epicity sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turbo Epicity seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Epicity scores with a hook.
Francisco wants to clinch
and Epicity counters with a left and a right that stings Francisco.
Epicity scoring well with a low kick there.
Francisco tries to clinch up but Epicity circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francisco misses with a shot to the body
and Epicity counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Francisco moves to clinch but Epicity breaks away
and Epicity makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Francisco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Epicity has Francisco up against the cage in a clinch.
Francisco has Epicity pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epicity.
Francisco blocks a body shot from Epicity.
Epicity managing to block the knees to the body from Francisco.
Epicity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Epicity misses with a punch on the inside.
Epicity tries to throw a body punch but Francisco avoids it by throwing Epicity back against the cage.
Francisco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.
Francisco is looking for a takedown.
Francisco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Francisco misses with the head strike.
Francisco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Epicity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Epicity - that landed with a thud.
Francisco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Francisco struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Francisco struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Turbo Epicity seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Francisco tries for a takedown but Epicity manages to get underhooks.
Francisco misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Epicity.
A nice right hand lands inside from Epicity.
Still in the clinch, Epicity scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epicity digs a right hand underneath Francisco's ribcage. Francisco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Epicity lands a hook that snaps the head of Francisco backwards.
Francisco misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Epicity.
Francisco misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Epicity fails to land.
Epicity lands with a left to the head.
Epicity lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Francisco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Francisco is rocked!
Epicity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Francisco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Francisco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epicity throws a head punch that misses.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Epicity.
Francisco seems to have got his legs back now.
Francisco blocks a body shot from Epicity.
Epicity pushes Francisco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Francisco blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Francisco.
Francisco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Epicity lands with a right to the head.
Epicity lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Francisco.
Epicity lands a body shot.
Epicity presses Francisco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Epicity.
Francisco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity lands a right hand that snaps the head of Francisco backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Epicity tries to work over Francisco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Epicity lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Francisco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity lands a right hand.
Francisco tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity pushes Francisco against the cage. Epicity is working some dirty boxing. Epicity pushes off with a quick right hook! Francisco goes down! Francisco tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Epicity moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Turbo Epicity!
A relieved looking Turbo Epicity thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.