PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alain Aspect (ranked 3118 p4p, 3614 weight class) and Bob Franker (ranked 394 p4p, 453 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Aspect
vs
Franker

174 cm
24
174
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
180
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alain Aspect!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Franker!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franker fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aspect. Franker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Franker wants to clinch up but Aspect keeps it at a distance.
Aspect throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aspect manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alain Aspect seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aspect.
Franker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Franker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect swings widly with a right hand
and Franker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aspect looks to land a right hand but Franker moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aspect has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aspect is working Franker over against the cage.
Aspect misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Aspect.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect pushes off an throws an elbow but Franker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Franker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Aspect lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aspect gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aspect seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Franker can turn it around.
Aspect misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspect doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aspect lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franker or not.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike.
Aspect misses with some punches.
Aspect lands a hook that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Aspect is working Franker over against the cage.
Aspect throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Aspect.
Aspect looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
Aspect lands a right hand.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aspect misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Aspect on the inside.
Aspect lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aspect throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aspect creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Aspect scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aspect blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aspect has a couple of punches blocked by Franker.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aspect misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aspect misses with some punches.
Aspect misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franker takes an elbow to the temple.
Franker working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alain Aspect dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Franker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aspect.
Franker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aspect swats away the attempt to clinch by Franker.
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aspect manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aspect misses with a straight right.
Aspect misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect misses with an uppercut.
Aspect circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheers as Aspect lands an impressive looking overhand right. Franker doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspect throws an off balance right hand
and Franker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aspect thinking.
Bob Franker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Franker tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Franker manages to avoid the attempt.
Aspect tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franker was well out of range. Poor timing from Aspect.
Aspect swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Franker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Franker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aspect.
Franker tries to clinch but Aspect moves out of range.
Aspect is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aspect changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Aspect looks to land a right hand but Franker moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspect with a nice cross.

Franker moves into the clinch.
Aspect lands a left hand.
Aspect throws an elbow but it misses.
Aspect lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aspect creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aspect lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspect throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Aspect throws a punch but it's blocked by Franker.
Aspect working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aspect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franker dodges an elbow strike from Aspect.
Aspect lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Aspect throws an elbow but it misses.
Franker blocking some punches.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Aspect - that landed with a thud.
Aspect lands an elbow inside that Franker shrugs off.
Aspect tries a body shot but Franker blocks it.
Aspect lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect throws a punch but it's blocked by Franker.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
Franker just leaning against Aspect, taking a breather.
Aspect lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franker blocking some punches.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Aspect.
Aspect prevents a body shot from Franker.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspect scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alain Aspect dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Aspect misses with a lunging right hand
and Franker counters with a left to the body.
Franker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aspect paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Aspect moves into range and clinches up with Franker.
Aspect can't find room to land a body shot as Franker controls the action.
Franker misses with some punches.
Aspect creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Franker's defenses.
Aspect lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aspect is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franker can do to turn this around?
Aspect lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aspect lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Alain Aspect has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Aspect scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aspect.
Franker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aspect misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aspect throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aspect throws an elbow but misses.
Aspect tries to work over Franker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aspect tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aspect goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franker blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
Franker blocks an elbow strike.
Franker is trying to stall.
Franker misses with the head strike.
Franker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aspect.
Aspect pushes Franker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aspect throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Aspect.
A short right from Aspect on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aspect's brow.
Aspect comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aspect tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Franker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aspect or not.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect tries to throw a body punch but Franker avoids it by throwing Aspect back against the cage.
Alain Aspect is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspect working aggressively here.
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aspect misses with an elbow strike.
Aspect lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Aspect misses with an elbow strike.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Bob Franker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Franker fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alain Aspect showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aspect has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alain Aspect!
After winning the bout, Alain Aspect thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.