PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Cole (ranked 421 p4p, 481 weight class) and Franky Page (ranked 59 p4p, 67 weight class). Cole's entrance music is I Won't Back Down. A fine choice. Franky Page will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cole
vs
Page

175 cm
37
212
39 - 21 - 1

192 cm
35
210
24 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

PWNAGE
Urban Fighter

Urban Fighter
Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth)

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 39 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Franky Page!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole swings for the body but Page moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Page, as that shot connected.
Page lands a nice looking body shot.
Cole rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Page moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Page clinches.
Cole presses Page against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cole creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Franky Page has been cut.
Cole stops a takedown attempt from Page.
Cole tries a body shot but Page blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Page.
Page tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cole's elbow.
Page misses with some punches.
Page lands a hook that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
A short right from Page on the inside.
Cole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Page working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Page is trying to trip Cole. He has hold of a leg but Cole is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Page persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Cole keeping moving, preventing Page from controlling successfully.
Page postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole wants to stand up but Page is controlling him.
Cole pulls Page in to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Page's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cole is trying to control the position but Page postures up.
Page cracks Cole with a solid left hand.
Cole pulls Page in close to prevent any damage.
Page wants to control from the top but Cole keeps moving.
Page tries to free his leg and advance position but Cole is retaining full guard.
Cole seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Page working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Page trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Page accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cole working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Page.
Cole might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Page connects with a couple of short punches.
Page throwing strikes but missing.
Page is in close to Cole's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Page throws a big elbow that misses.
Cole pulls Page in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Page throws out the jab.
Cole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Page tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cole was well out of range. Poor timing from Page.
Cole is looking to counter the offense by Page and move into the clinch.
Page shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cole sprawls well. Cole wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Page gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page defending well as Cole loads up on a big left hand.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Cole changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Page looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Page takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Cole working the ground and pound but Page is defending the strikes.
Cole looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Page is avoiding damage well.
Cole sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Page is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The strikes coming from Cole are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cole has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Page tries to improve position but can't.
Page manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Cole is staying active underneath Page, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Page throwing shots but Cole is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Page is trying for a kimura here. Cole looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Page wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Franky Page!