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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Murder Mayhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayhem's entrance music is Im Shipping Up To Boston-Dropkick Murphys. A fine choice. Franklin has chosen Hotel Califonia as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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179 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Murder Mayhem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayhem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franklin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mayhem connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jack Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mayhem's waist but Mayhem gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Franklin off to one side.
Mayhem fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Franklin.
Mayhem tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Mayhem closes the distance and clinches.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mayhem scores with a knee to the head.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem with a knee to the head.
Mayhem landing knees to the body.
Franklin manages to pull guard.
Franklin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mayhem's guard.
Franklin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here as Franklin stalls from top position.
Mayhem throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem is trying to get back to his feet.
Mayhem prevents Franklin from improving position.
Mayhem wants to get back to his feet but Franklin drags him back down.
Mayhem wants to control but Franklin postures up.
Mayhem is looking to regain half guard here but Franklin keeps moving and retains side control.
Franklin trying to control the action but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Franklin misses with a takedown attempt - Mayhem sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Franklin looks gassed!
Mayhem is looking to slow Franklin down with leg kicks.
Franklin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Franklin circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Franklin thows a leg kick but Mayhem checks it
and Mayhem counters by moving into the clinch.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Franklin is working for takedown but Mayhem is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murder Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Franklin.
Mayhem lands a knee to the body.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franklin wants a takedown but no success here.
Franklin has Mayhem pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Mayhem manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franklin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Mayhem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.
Franklin goes for a takedown attempt but Mayhem pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Franklin lands a nice shot to the body.
Franklin closes the distance but Mayhem moves to the side
and Mayhem counters by clinching up.
Mayhem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franklin pulls guard effortlessly.
Mayhem is fighting to break Franklin's control of his arms but Franklin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Franklin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mayhem manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Franklin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franklin fails with a takedown attempt.
Mayhem clinches.
Franklin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mayhem pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mayhem with a knee to the head.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Franklin lands a takedown into guard.
Mayhem on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mayhem tries to get out of the position.
Franklin trying to control but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
Franklin landing some decent shots from guard.
Mayhem keeping moving, preventing Franklin from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Franklin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Franklin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mayhem is looking to stand up but Franklin isn't so interested in that idea.
Franklin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Franklin trying to control but Mayhem is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayhem has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Franklin has passed into side control.
Franklin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Franklin will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Franklin throws a head kick that misses.
Mayhem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Franklin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Franklin avoiding damage as Mayhem throws knees to the body.
Franklin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franklin is looking to break free of the clinch but Mayhem has double underhooks.
Mayhem landing knees to the body.
Mayhem lands a knee to the body.
Mayhem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mayhem prevents Franklin from breaking the clinch.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.
Franklin tries to pull guard but Mayhem won't allow it.
Mayhem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayhem is pressed up against the ropes. Franklin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mayhem down to the mat. Mayhem avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mayhem.
Franklin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mayhem.
Franklin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franklin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mayhem swivels and escapes.
Murder Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Franklin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayhem fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franklin, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mayhem gets underhooks to prevent Franklin's takedown attempt.
Mayhem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
Franklin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mayhem backwards.
Franklin is trying to stall.
Franklin works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Franklin passes Mayhem's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Franklin passes the guard and advances to mount!
Franklin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mayhem is looking to escape.
Mayhem has given up his back here.
Mayhem trying to control but not successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin keeps control of the position as Mayhem tries to break free.
Mayhem wants to control his opponent's hands but Franklin gets his hands free.
Mayhem tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Mayhem tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Franklin controlling the position easily from mount.
Franklin tries to control but Mayhem wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Franklin blocks Mayhem's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Mayhem is trying desperately to improve position.
Mayhem wants to try and get back to his feet.
Franklin controlling from the full mount.
You get the feeling that Mayhem really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mayhem is looking to improve his position but Franklin isn't that keen on the idea.
Franklin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mayhem is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Franklin tries to control but Mayhem wriggling away.
Mayhem tries to hold on but Franklin postures up.
Franklin controlling the pace for now.
Franklin lands a big elbow.
Franklin content just to control the position here.
Franklin trying to control but Mayhem is having none of it.
Franklin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jack Franklin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Mayhem closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mayhem.
Mayhem trying to land knees to the body.
Mayhem trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mayhem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
Mayhem tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
Mayhem stops a takedown attempt from Franklin.
Franklin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murder Mayhem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Franklin.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mayhem.
Franklin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mayhem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Mayhem.
Mayhem trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franklin missing with knees to the body.
Mayhem lands a knee to the body.
Mayhem lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mayhem managing to block the knees to the body from Franklin.
Mayhem landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mayhem scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Franklin.
Mayhem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mayhem crunches a lovely knee into Franklin's ribcage.
Mayhem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mayhem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Mayhem.
Franklin has had enough of the clinch but Mayhem keeps him there for the moment.
Franklin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mayhem lands a nice knee to the body.
Mayhem trying to land knees to the body.
Franklin lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mayhem is trying to control but can't.
Franklin wants to get back to his feet.
Franklin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mayhem does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mayhem is trying to control but can't.
Franklin prevents Mayhem from improving his position.
Franklin prevents Mayhem from standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Franklin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayhem bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mayhem throws a right hand that Franklin ducks under and follows up with a left that Franklin also avoids with ease.
Franklin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mayhem closes the distance and clinches.
Mayhem lands a nice knee to the body.
Franklin just leaning against Mayhem, taking a breather.
Franklin is trying to break free.
Franklin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Mayhem.
Franklin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mayhem smiles and moves away.
Franklin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Franklin tries to clinch up
and Mayhem makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin avoiding damage as Mayhem throws knees to the body.
Franklin avoiding damage as Mayhem throws knees to the body.
Mayhem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mayhem missing with knees to the body.
Mayhem misses with a knee strike.
Franklin can't break the clinch.
Mayhem landing knees to the body.
Mayhem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franklin tries for a takedown but Mayhem manages to get underhooks.
Mayhem scores a nice knee to the body.
Mayhem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
Murder Mayhem has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Franklin can't get the takedown.
Mayhem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
Mayhem crunches a lovely knee into Franklin's ribcage.
Mayhem scores with a knee to the head.
Mayhem misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
Franklin avoiding damage as Mayhem throws knees to the body.
Mayhem tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mayhem crunches a lovely knee into Franklin's ribcage.
Franklin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Franklin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mayhem is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Franklin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mayhem smiles and moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Mayhem scores with a four punch combination!
Franklin throws a sloppy head kick and Mayhem moves out of range easily.
Franklin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murder Mayhem has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mayhem pinned against the cage. Mayhem gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Murder Mayhem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mayhem connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mayhem but Mayhem pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Franklin tries to keep at a distance but Mayhem has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mayhem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Franklin is looking to break free of the clinch but Mayhem has double underhooks.
Franklin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Franklin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mayhem landing knees to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Franklin.
Franklin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mayhem has him pressed against the ropes.
Mayhem lands a knee to the body.
Franklin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Mayhem slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mayhem wanted to stand there but Franklin had control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin keeping moving, preventing Mayhem from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Murder Mayhem showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Franklin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jack Franklin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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