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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Fury (ranked 3906 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bungeye Joe (ranked 3821 p4p, 0 weight class). Fury kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is J Dilla - Glazed. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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187 cm
25
236 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Franklin Fury! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bungeye Joe! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Joe lands a big right hand that sends Fury crashing to the mat! Joe stays standing though and waves Fury back to his feet!
It looks like Franklin Fury has been cut. Joe throws a series of punches but Fury moves out of range. Fury changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Joe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Fury is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Joe has escaped the position, nice work there. Joe is looking to reverse the position. Joe is trying to control Fury's posture but Fury avoids it. Joe gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. Joe is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fury pulls his head out easily. Fury passes to full mount! Fury fails to move to back control. Fury tries to control but Joe wriggling away. Fury controlling the pace for now. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Joe is trying to escape the mount.
Fury forces the positional change into back control. Fury could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Fury is persistently looking for the submission but Joe is defending it well.
Joe looking very determined here, making life difficult for Fury.
Joe turns into Fury and is now in his guard.
Joe preventing the sweep. Fury is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Fury is trying to control. Joe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fury is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fury keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Joe looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Joe looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Joe moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Joe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground! Joe looks winded! Fury sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Joe's guard. Fury trying to pass the guard but Joe defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fury is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fury uses his free foot to push down on Joe's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Joe. Joe has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Fury is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Joe defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined. Fury is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Joe won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Fury off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Franklin Fury!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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