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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Wilson (ranked 1756 p4p, 2699 weight class) and Juan David Franco (ranked 220 p4p, 319 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by Painkiller. Franco has chosen Bullet For My Valentine- Tears Don't Fall as his entrance music. The Wilson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Juan David Franco's chin.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, The Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan David Franco!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson ducks under a wild hook from Franco.
Wilson shoots in and gets a takedown into Franco's guard.
Wilson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wilson postures up and lands a big shot to Franco's brow.
Wilson is looking to work some ground and pound but Franco has wrist control.
Wilson postures up in Franco's guard and throws a big left but Franco blocks it.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Franco keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
We've been hearing that Wilson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson looking to sit in guard and control but Franco gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wilson seems keen to control Franco's posture.
Franco won't allow Wilson to sweep him here.
Wilson wants to get back to his feet but Franco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wilson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wilson wants to sweep here but Franco controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wilson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson shoots in looking for a takedown but Franco manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wilson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wilson.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
Franco unleashes a big counter combination but Wilson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for The Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franco throws a head kick that Wilson semi-blocks.
It looks like The Wilson has been cut.
Franco misses with a wild combination.
Wilson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Franco circles away.
Franco stuffs the takedown.
Franco tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco misses with a head kick.
Franco lands a left and a right that send Wilson crashing to the mat, dazed. Franco thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wilson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
Wilson seems to have got his legs back now.
Wilson dives in for a single leg takedown but Franco sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Franco breaks from the clinch.
Franco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Franco misses with a hook.
Franco misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franco misses with an uppercut
and Wilson counters with an outside leg kick.
Wilson closes the distance and clinches.
Wilson is working for takedown but Franco is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan David Franco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Wilson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Franco gets caught napping as Wilson dives in and scores a takedown. Franco manages to retain guard.
Wilson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Franco is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wilson is controlling him.
Wilson 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.
Wilson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Franco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Franco preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wilson wants to control from the top but Franco keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Wilson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson works over Franco with some ground and pound from guard.
Franco keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Wilson is looking to work some ground and pound but Franco has wrist control.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Franco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wilson is in close to Franco's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Franco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wilson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wilson connects with a couple of short punches.
Franco keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Franco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Wilson throws a strike but Franco rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wilson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wilson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Wilson holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson wants to sweep but no luck.
Franco must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Juan David Franco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilson clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Franco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wilson won't allow Franco to get back to his feet.
Wilson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wilson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wilson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wilson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wilson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Franco keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Wilson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
The Wilson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Wilson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wilson is looking to clinch.
Wilson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The strikes coming from Wilson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Wilson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Franco is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wilson landing strikes.
Wilson working the ground and pound from side control.
Wilson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franco avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wilson.
Wilson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Franco down.
Franco is rocked!
Wilson prevents Franco from escaping the position.
Franco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to score with some ground and pound. Franco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wilson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Franco will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Franco is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Franco is still in real trouble! Can Wilson finish him?
Wilson scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Franco is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Wilson can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Wilson!
An out of breath The Wilson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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