PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Pfaller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Officer Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Pfaller
vs
Franklin

185 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
19
142 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Patrick Pfaller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Officer Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pfaller throws a body kick that misses.
Franklin misses the jab.
Franklin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pfaller.
Pfaller defending well as Franklin loads up on a big left hand.
Pfaller lands a leg kick that knocks Franklin off balance momentarily.
Franklin throws a leg kick
and Pfaller counters with an outside leg kick.
Pfaller throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Franklin cracks Pfaller with a good jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Franklin blocks the leg kick.
Pfaller throws a solid leg kick but Franklin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pfaller.

Franklin rushes Pfaller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Franklin throws an elbow that misses.
Pfaller tries to land a knee to the head but Franklin blocks with his arms.
Pfaller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
Pfaller stalling in the clinch but Franklin improves position.
Pfaller really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pfaller missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Franklin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pfaller trying to control the position but instead, Franklin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pfaller into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Franklin.
Pfaller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franklin is keeping busy.
Pfaller tries a body shot but Franklin blocks it.
Knees to the body from Pfaller.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pfaller scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Franklin.
Pfaller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
Pfaller struggles to land a body shot inside as Franklin controls his hands.
Pfaller tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
Pfaller tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franklin avoiding damage as Pfaller throws knees to the body.
Franklin stalling in the clinch.
Franklin lands a left hand.
Pfaller taking a breather.
Pfaller seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Franklin is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Franklin is struggling to control the position.
Pfaller missing with knees to the body.
Franklin digs a right hand into Pfaller's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pfaller's gas tank.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pfaller trying to stall but Franklin improves his position.
Pfaller tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
Pfaller tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pfaller missing with knees to the body.
Franklin has Pfaller pressed against the cage.
Franklin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Franklin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Franklin.
Franklin lands with a light punch inside.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike.
Franklin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pfaller lands an elbow that stopped Franklin in his tracks for a moment.
Franklin gets through Pfaller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pfaller trying to stall but Franklin improves his position.
Franklin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Franklin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Franklin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pfaller or not.
Pfaller is breathing heavily.
Franklin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pfaller backwards.
Franklin stalling in the clinch.
Franklin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Franklin.
Franklin is pushing Pfaller up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands a shot to the body.
Franklin pushes Pfaller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Franklin effectively controlling the action here.
Franklin scores with a hook to the body.
Franklin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Franklin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Franklin to work.
A right hand to the body from Franklin.
Franklin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Franklin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pfaller blocks an elbow strike from Franklin.
Franklin lands with a right to the head.
Franklin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franklin effectively controlling the action here.
Pfaller trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Franklin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Franklin.
Franklin leaning against his opponent.
Franklin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Franklin controlling the action here for a moment.
Franklin lands a body punch.
Franklin lands a hook that snaps the head of Pfaller backwards.
Franklin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Officer Franklin.
Franklin misses with a two punch combination.
Franklin is looking to clinch.
Franklin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Franklin moves into the clinch successfully.
Pfaller trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Officer Franklin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Franklin misses with a wild combination.
Pfaller lands a front kick.

Franklin closes the distance and pushes Pfaller back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Franklin.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Franklin taking a breather.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Pfaller.
Pfaller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franklin is working Pfaller over against the cage.
Good body shot from Franklin.
Franklin presses Pfaller against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Franklin stalls.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Franklin.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pfaller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pfaller tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Franklin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Franklin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pfaller is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franklin is keeping busy.
Franklin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Franklin lands an uppercut.
Franklin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Franklin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Franklin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Franklin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Franklin lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Franklin.
Franklin lands with a left to the head.
Franklin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Pfaller is rocked!
Franklin scores with a shot to the side of Pfaller's head.
Oh Pfaller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franklin is pushing Pfaller up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Officer Franklin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Franklin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pfaller seems to have got his legs back now.
Franklin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pfaller backwards.
Franklin is pushing Pfaller up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Franklin lands a nice uppercut.
Franklin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pfaller tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Franklin.
Franklin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Officer Franklin.
Franklin cracks Pfaller with an open hand slap.
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Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Officer Franklin!