PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Beauvais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Franco
vs
Beauvais

181 cm
23
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Beauvais!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Franco drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Franco lands some shots froms side control.
Beauvais taking a bit of punishment here - Franco scoring with strikes.
Beauvais takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Beauvais is trying to improve his position.
Beauvais on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Franco is chipping away with strikes.
Franco cracks Beauvais with a big right hand but Beauvais just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Beauvais wants to control but Franco postures up.
Franco is chipping away with strikes.
Franco cracks Beauvais with a big elbow.
Beauvais really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Franco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Franco has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Beauvais!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beauvais taking shots to the head.
Franco punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franco lands a nice shot to the head.
Franco punishing his opponent with strikes.
Franco with shots to the head and body - Beauvais looks very uncomfortable down there.
Franco lands a big elbow.
Beauvais is desperately trying to improve his position but Franco has a good base and remains in mount.
Beauvais looks gassed!
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beauvais hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Franco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Franco with a couple of short strikes.
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beauvais hang on?
Beauvais in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Beauvais is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franco in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beauvais is still in real trouble! Can Franco finish him?
Franco is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Beauvais can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Franco scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franco working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franco connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Franco breaks from Beauvais's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Franco landing strikes from the mount.
Franco with a couple of short strikes.
Franco lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Franco with shots to the head and body - Beauvais looks very uncomfortable down there.
Franco is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Franco raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco dominating with strikes here.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco dominating with strikes here.
Franco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beauvais?
Franco landing punches.
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Beauvais seems to have recovered his senses.
Franco in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Franco landing punches.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Franco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Beauvais that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Franco raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franco punishing his opponent with strikes.
Franco scoring with strikes but Beauvais is staying in there.
Franco scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beauvais?
Franco cracks Beauvais with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Franco working Beauvais over with strikes here.
Franco has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Beauvais's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Franco dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Franco scores a takedown into full mount!
Franco scoring with strikes but Beauvais is staying in there.
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Beauvais is in a horrible position here. Franco smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Beauvais is bucking up trying to escape but Franco cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beauvais hang on?
Franco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beauvais?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franco lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Franco is landing with some decent strikes but Beauvais is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Franco connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Franco unloading with bombs!
Franco landing punches.
Franco breaks from Beauvais's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Franco with a couple of short strikes.
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beauvais hang on?
Franco fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franco lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Franco.
Franco postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Beauvais looks a forlorn figure.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands a big elbow.
Franco lands with some strikes.
Beauvais takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Franco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beauvais?
Franco lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franco in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Franco lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Franco is landing with some decent strikes but Beauvais is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Franco landing strikes from the mount and Beauvais is in trouble!
Franco landing strikes from the mount and Beauvais is in trouble!
Franco is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Franco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beauvais can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Franco unloading with bombs!
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Franco with shots to the head and body - Beauvais looks very uncomfortable down there.
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Franco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Beauvais keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Beauvais is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Franco postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Beauvais looks a forlorn figure.
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Beauvais that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Beauvais is in all sorts of trouble here.
Franco 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.
Franco lands a nice shot to the head.
Franco is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Beauvais can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Franco looking to finish Beauvais with some ground and pound. This is bad for Beauvais!
Beauvais in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Franco lands a big elbow.
Beauvais is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franco avoids the attempt from Beauvais to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Franco dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Franco bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Franco is putting a hurting on Beauvais here, landing some big shots from side control.
Franco lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Beauvais down.
Eddie Franco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Franco is working Beauvais over with some ground and pound from side control.
Franco lands a nice forearm strike.
Beauvais taking punishment in the form of punches.
Franco is chipping away with strikes.
Franco lands a decent elbow from side control.
Beauvais taking punishment in the form of punches.
Franco advances to mount.
Franco landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franco lands a big elbow.
Franco cracks Beauvais with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Franco lands a big shot there that rocks Beauvais but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Beauvais keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Franco with good strikes from the mount here!
Franco working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Franco lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beauvais is desperately trying to improve his position but Franco has a good base and remains in mount.
Franco lands a heavy elbow.
Franco lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beauvais wants to control but Franco is having none of it.
Franco with shots to the head and body - Beauvais looks very uncomfortable down there.
Beauvais in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Franco raining down shots from the mount!
Franco lands with some strikes.
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Franco putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Franco lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Franco landing strikes from the mount.
Franco with shots to the head and body - Beauvais looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Beauvais can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Franco looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Franco in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Franco connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beauvais is in all sorts of trouble here.
Franco looking to finish Beauvais with some ground and pound. This is bad for Beauvais!
Franco lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Beauvais hang on?
Beauvais is looking to get to half guard.
Franco is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Franco landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Beauvais looks a forlorn figure.
Franco fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franco breaks from Beauvais's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Franco pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franco has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Beauvais's face.
Franco landing strikes, looking to finish!
Franco lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Eddie Franco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franco takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franco has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Scott Beauvais has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beauvais tries to lock up and control but Franco gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Franco showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Franco has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:24
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Franco!