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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rich Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paige has chosen Led Zeppelin- Immigrant Song as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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199 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rich Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Paige!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paige wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Franklin doesn't manage to clinch there - Paige circles away.
Franklin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paige circles away quickly and effectively.
Paige throws a sloppy head kick and Franklin moves out of range easily.
Paige moves forwards but Franklin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch but Paige swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Franklin misses.
Paige is looking to land body kicks.
Paige scores with a head kick.
Paige steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Franklin.
Franklin is looking to clinch.
Franklin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Paige lands the left hand.
Franklin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Franklin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franklin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paige.
Paige swings for the body but Franklin moves out of range.
Paige lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Rich Franklin has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franklin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin swinging wildly here.
Paige avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Paige there.
Paige keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Franklin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Paige counters with an outside leg kick.
Franklin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Franklin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Paige counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Paige is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paige digs a right hand underneath Franklin's ribcage. Franklin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Paige pushes Franklin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Paige is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paige lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Paige.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paige.
Paige keeps control of Franklin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paige lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin looking for a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Paige.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paige lands a body punch in the clinch.
Paige throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franklins head.
A short left from Paige.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paige tries for a takedown. No joy.
Paige throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Paige lands a body punch.
Paige digs a right hand into Franklin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Franklin's gas tank.
Good body shot from Paige.
A right handed body shot lands from Paige.
Paige lands a left hand.
Paige lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paige cracks Franklin with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Paige.
Paige lands a body punch.
Paige lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Paige.
Franklin wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rich Franklin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paige lands a body shot.
Paige is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paige lands a body shot.
Paige lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paige lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Paige lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Franklin tries to break free but Paige pushes him back against the cage.
Paige lands a body shot.
A short right from Paige.
Paige gets through Franklin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Paige.
Paige works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Paige.
A hook to the body from Paige.
Paige works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Paige scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Paige.
Franklin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Paige has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Paige.
Paige lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Paige.
A right hand to the body from Paige.
Paige lands a body shot.
Paige lands an uppercut.
Paige lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paige works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Paige.
Paige scores with a shot to the side of Franklin's head.
Paige pushes Franklin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Paige.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paige creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
Paige working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Paige.
Nice body punch from Paige - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Paige.
Paige working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Paige.
Paige lands with a left to the head.
Paige lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Paige.
Paige is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Franklin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paige lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paige stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paige lands a nice shot to the body.
Franklin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paige presses Franklin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Paige lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franklin or not.
Paige gets through Franklin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Paige dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rich Franklin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Paige wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paige lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Paige moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Paige. That's going to slow Franklin down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Paige.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick lands from Paige that sends Franklin to the canvas. Franklin tries to scramble back to his feet but Paige brings him back down into side control.
Franklin is rocked!
Paige has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Franklin is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Paige yanks on the arm and Franklin is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Paige.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Paige!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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