PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shante Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Reagan
vs
Franklin

185 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shante Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reagan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Franklin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Franklin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reagan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ronald Reagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reagan.
Reagan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Franklin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reagan.
Franklin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Franklin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reagan.
Reagan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Franklin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reagan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reagan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reagan connects with an inside leg kick.
Franklin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reagan circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franklin jabs at Reagan's body.
Franklin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franklin misses with a body punch
and Franklin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reagan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reagan scores with a spinning back kick!
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.

Franklin moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franklin.
Franklin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reagan is trying to push Franklin away but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Reagan can't break the clinch.
Franklin misses with some punches.
Franklin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Reagan pushes Franklin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Franklin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reagan is looking to break free of the clinch but Franklin has double underhooks.
Reagan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes.

Reagan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reagan closes the distance but Franklin moves to the side

and Franklin moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franklin misses with an uppercut. Reagan saw that one coming.
Reagan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Franklin momentarily.
Reagan throws a solid leg kick but Franklin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reagan.
Reagan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reagan connects with a leg kick. Franklin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reagan misses with a straight right.
Reagan connects with a nice looking jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reagan, right into the meat.
Reagan cracks the inside of Franklin's front leg.
Franklin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reagan moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin throws a body punch but Reagan moves out of range.
Reagan looks for the body kick but Franklin saw that one coming.
Reagan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franklin fails to land with a series of punches.
Franklin blocks a low kick nicely.
Franklin throws a looping overhand right but Reagan ducks down to avoid it.
Reagan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Franklin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Franklin looks to land a right hand but Reagan moved out of range.

Franklin gets a clinch.
Reagan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes.
Franklin tries to work over Reagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reagan is trying to push Franklin away but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Reagan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Franklin digs a right hand into Reagan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reagan's gas tank.
Reagan is trying to push Franklin away but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Reagan wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reagan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Franklin tries to move into range but Reagan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reagan throws out a powerful jab.
Reagan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reagan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Franklin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reagan.
Reagan with a jab.
Franklin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reagan counters with a left to the body.
Franklin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reagan lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Franklin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reagan counters with a good, hard body kick but Franklin shrugs it off.
Franklin misses with a few strikes there.
Reagan lands with a cross.
Reagan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reagan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reagan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Franklin looks to score with a jab to the body but Reagan is just out of range.
Franklin digs a good hook to Reagan's body.
Reagan scores with a leg kick.
Franklin throws a hook to the side of Reagan's head but Reagan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Reagan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franklin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reagan manages to avoid it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Franklin throws out the jab.
Franklin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reagan dodges the punch combination from Franklin.
Reagan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Franklin. That did some damage!
Reagan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Franklin eats them both and turns towards Reagan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Reagan throws a nice inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Franklin misses the target.
Franklin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Franklin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reagan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A punch combination from Reagan misses.
Franklin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reagan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Franklin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reagan was well out of range. Poor timing from Franklin.
Franklin swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Reagan tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
Franklin looks to land a combination but Reagan avoids it well.
Franklin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Reagan connects with a crisp jab.
Franklin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reagan moves away.
Franklin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reagan counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Reagan does no damage.
Reagan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Franklin.
Reagan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Franklin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Reagan.
Franklin tries to clinch up but Reagan circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin doesn't manage to clinch there - Reagan circles away.
Franklin misses the shot to the body.
Franklin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reagan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Franklin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch but Reagan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Franklin moves into the clinch.
Reagan is trying to break the clinch but Franklin has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reagan.
Franklin digs a right hand underneath Reagan's ribcage. Reagan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Franklin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reagan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Reagan breaks from the clinch.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Reagan misses
and Franklin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reagan thinking.
Franklin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Franklin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reagan is looking to slow Franklin down with leg kicks.
Franklin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franklin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reagan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Franklin will feel that in the morning.
Franklin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Franklin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reagan was well out of range. Poor timing from Franklin.
Franklin throws a jab but it's blocked by Reagan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Reagan misses the target.
Franklin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reagan.
Nice defenses there by Franklin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Reagan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Franklin misses with a body shot.
Reagan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Franklin misses with a wild body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Reagan.
Franklin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reagan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Franklin.
Franklin swings for the body but Reagan moves out of range.
Franklin thuds a left hand into Reagan's body.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick there by Reagan.
Reagan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Franklin throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Reagan.
Franklin moves out of range as Reagan strikes.
Reagan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Franklin if he has to take too many more of those.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Reagan misses with a hook.
Franklin blocks the body kick.
Reagan tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Reagan wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Reagan misses with a wild body shot.
Reagan throws a nice head kick!
Ronald Reagan is winning the standup battle so far.
Reagan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Franklin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reagan manages to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reagan moves out of range as Franklin strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franklin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reagan.
Franklin tries to clinch
and Reagan counters with a thumping low kick.
Reagan misses with a double jab.
Franklin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reagan.
Franklin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reagan rather than just go for the knockout.
Reagan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklin's sensitive parts.
Reagan connects with a solid leg kick.
Reagan throws a leg kick but Franklin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Reagan scores with a nice strike.
Nice cross by Reagan.
Reagan throws a nice head kick!
Franklin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reagan lands with an overhand left.
Reagan works the jab nicely.
A good leg kick by Reagan.
Reagan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Franklin on the side of the head.
Franklin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reagan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franklin throws a combination that misses
and Reagan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reagan misses the body punch
and Reagan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reagan throws a head kick that misses.
Franklin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a series of punches but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin defending well as Reagan loads up on a big left hand.
Reagan thuds his shin into the meat of Franklin's side.
Reagan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Franklin.
Franklin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Franklin walks into a stiff left hand from Reagan.
Franklin misses with a looping left.
Franklin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reagan.
Franklin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reagan. That's going to slow Franklin down.
Franklin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reagan.
Franklin misses with a leg kick
and Reagan counters with a three punch combo that has Franklin backing up. Franklin nods at Reagan to acknowledge the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Reagan.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reagan thumps Franklin with a low kick.
Reagan with a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reagan!
Jab from Reagan.
A jab lands there for Reagan.
Reagan connects with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Franklin misses
and Reagan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.
Reagan cracks Franklin with an open hand slap.
Reagan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Reagan.
Reagan connects with a right hand. Franklin shakes it off.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Reagan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reagan scores with a head kick. Franklin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice defenses there by Reagan.
Reagan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franklin can do to turn this around?
Franklin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reagan throws a leg kick which misses Franklin's front leg but catches the back leg as Franklin tries to avoid it.
Donk. Reagan catches Franklin right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franklin misses with an uppercut.
Reagan moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
Reagan dips to his left and cracks Franklin with an uppercut!
Reagan defending well as Franklin loads up on a big left hand.
Franklin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Reagan.
Reagan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklin's sensitive parts.
Franklin is looking to clinch but Reagan is avoiding it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Reagan.
Franklin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reagan throws a good cross that connects.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reagan.
Reagan scores with a hook.
Reagan scores with a nice body kick.
Reagan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Reagan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Reagan rushes Franklin and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Reagan is looking to break free of the clinch but Franklin has double underhooks.
Reagan tries to circle away but Franklin has him pinned against the ropes.
Reagan lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Reagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reagan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Franklin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reagan.
Reagan throws a wild body kick that Franklin sees coming a mile off.
Franklin misses with a combination
and Reagan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reagan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Reagan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reagan scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reagan.
An inside leg kick lands from Reagan.
Reagan lands a head shot.
Reagan scores with a punch to the head.
Reagan scores with a jab to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Reagan connects with an inside leg kick.
Reagan pushes Franklin away with a front kick.
Shante Franklin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice leg kick lands there from Reagan.
Franklin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reagan finds it's way round the side to connect with Franklin's head.
Reagan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Reagan scoring well with a low kick there.
Reagan jabs Franklin right on the nose. Franklin blinks but takes it well.
Franklin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reagan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reagan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Reagan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A shot to the liver by Reagan. Beautiful body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Reagan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reagan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!

Ronald Reagan wins by unanimous decision!