|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Poor Franklin (ranked 5554 p4p, 25036 weight class) and Charles Jackson (ranked 473 p4p, 514 weight class). Franklin comes into the arena with POWER blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 180 cm
18
168
0 - 1 - 0 |
|
170 cm
19
159
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
|
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poor Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franklin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jackson doesn't seem bothered though.
Franklin lands a jab to Jackson's midsection.
Franklin throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson wants to counter the offense by Franklin and move into the clinch position.
Franklin looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Jackson moves out of range as Franklin strikes.
Jackson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Franklin quickly recovers to half guard.
Jackson prevents Franklin from standing back up.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Franklin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Franklin kicks Jackson off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franklin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franklin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franklin tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Franklin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson prevents Franklin from breaking the clinch.
Jackson landing knees to the body.
Franklin tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Franklin is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks.
Jackson jumps guard.
Franklin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Franklin in a clinch.
Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Franklin can't break the clinch.
Franklin is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Franklin looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jackson pulls guard successfully.
Franklin wants to stand but Jackson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Franklin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jackson is proving hard to escape from.
Franklin trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.
Franklin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Franklin swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Franklin gets tackled into the cage by Jackson. Jackson maintains the clinch.
Jackson lands a nice elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jackson.
Franklin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
A bit of stalling here from Jackson.
Jackson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson has Franklin pressed against the cage, preventing Franklin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson lands an elbow inside that Franklin shrugs off.
Jackson scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Franklin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jackson can turn it around.
A frustrated look appears on Franklin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franklin tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage.
Franklin wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franklin's efforts to push away.
Franklin working hard to break the clinch.
Franklin wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Franklin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franklin is trying to break free.
Franklin tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position.
A short right from Jackson.
Franklin is rocked!
Jackson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Franklin to his knees! Jackson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Jackson!
Poor Franklin spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll never be Rich Franklin'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
43% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
