PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Kater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kater might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Seringai - "Akselerasi Maksimum". James Franks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kater
vs
Franks

173 cm
22
147 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
34
159 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Kater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Franks!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kater closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kater.
Kater throws a head kick but Franks moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Franks misses.
Kater tries to clinch up but Franks circles away and keeps his distance.
A good leg kick by Franks.
Franks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kater's sensitive parts.
Kater takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franks has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kater tries to land a body kick
and Franks counters with a nice leg kick.
Franks defending well as Kater loads up on a big left hand.
Franks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kater throws a left and a right that both miss
and Franks counters with a head kick.
Kater moves in looking to clinch but Franks pushes him off.
We've been hearing reports that Kater has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kater tries to clinch but Franks moves away
and Franks counters with a straight right hand.

Kater is rocked!
Kater closes the distance looking to clinch
and Franks counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kater doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Franks counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Kater is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kater darts in looking for a takedown but Franks gets double underhooks and turns Kater into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Kater. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kater throws a sloppy head kick and Franks moves out of range easily.
Franks circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Kater to the canvas! Kater doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Franks keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Franks!
Our winner, James Franks, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.