PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Daines (ranked 23640 p4p, 612 weight class) and Sean Franco (ranked 4559 p4p, 476 weight class). Sean Franco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Daines's chin.

Daines
vs
Franco

192 cm
26
196 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite 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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Daines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Franco!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franco wants to clinch
and Daines counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franco tries to clinch but Daines moves away
and Daines counters with a two punch combo.
Daines lands a nice hook to Franco's body. Franco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Franco tries to clinch up
and Daines counters with a left and a right that stings Franco.
Franco avoids a punch combination nicely.

Franco forces Daines back against the cage and clinches.
Daines takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daines wants to get back to striking at distance but Franco won't allow it.
Daines wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franco has him pressed against the cage.
Franco connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Daines has been cut.
Franco unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daines is trying to push Franco away but Franco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franco lands a nice elbow.
Daines tries to break the clinch but Franco is controlling the position.
Franco lands a nice knee to the body.
Daines is breathing heavily.
Daines takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daines takes a knee right on the jaw!

Daines is rocked!
Daines takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Daines is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franco's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Franco's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Franco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daines looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franco lands a hook that snaps the head of Daines backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franco using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Franco can't find room to land a body shot as Daines controls the action.
Franco pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Daines! Franco unloads with more strikes and Daines sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Franco!