PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between hip hop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rich Franklin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

hop
vs
Franklin

185 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, hip hop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Franklin looks to land a combination but hop avoids it well.
Franklin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but hop circles away quickly and effectively.
Franklin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franklin drops hop with a left right combo! Franklin follows him down to the ground into side control.

hop is rocked!

It looks like hip hop has been cut.
hop wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Oh hop is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franklin wants to stand but hop has his arm trapped.
hop wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
hop is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
hop seems to have got his legs back now.
hop is working hard here to advance position.
hop manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hop moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

hop is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Franklin has his hands clasped together but hop extends an breaks Franklin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by hop.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). hip hop!