PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paris Eaton (ranked 22467 p4p, 519 weight class) and Jeroen Franken (ranked 4118 p4p, 406 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Eaton
vs
Franken

192 cm
23
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

197 cm
21
216 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paris Eaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeroen Franken!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eaton throws a hook but Franken avoids it easily.
Eaton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Franken to score with a decent uppercut.

Franken takes the fight into the clinch.
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton tries to throw a body punch but Franken avoids it by throwing Eaton back against the ropes.
Eaton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eaton swings wildly with an uppercut but Franken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eaton swings wildly with an uppercut but Franken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eaton can't find room to land a body shot as Franken controls the action.
Eaton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Eaton struggles to land a body shot inside as Franken controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franken prevents a body shot from Eaton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franken.
A short uppercut from Franken.

Franken breaks the clinch.
Franken is looking to clinch but Eaton is avoiding it.
A little feinted left hand from Eaton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Franken clinches.
Franken misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Franken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Eaton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franken looks to clinch
and Eaton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Franken fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eaton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Jeroen Franken has been cut.
Eaton throws a body punch but Franken moves out of range.
Franken only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Franken has managed to clinch.
Eaton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franken stalling in the clinch.
Eaton lands a nice elbow.
Franken has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Eaton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Franken can turn it around.
Eaton swings wildly with an uppercut but Franken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eaton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Franken pulls his leg out and moves away.
Franken wants to clinch up but Eaton keeps it at a distance.

Franken clinches up with Eaton and pushes him back against the ropes.
Eaton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Franken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eaton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Franken's elbow.

Franken manages to break the clinch.
Franken is looking to clinch.
Franken tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Eaton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Franken fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franken tries to clinch up but Eaton circles away and keeps his distance.
Franken moves in looking to clinch but Eaton pushes him off.
Eaton throwing a counter right hand but Franken manages to avoid it.
Franken fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eaton throws a lazy right hand but Franken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Franken rushes Eaton and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Eaton misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Franken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Franken wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eaton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Eaton throws a head punch that misses.
Franken is trying to force a seperation but Eaton has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franken taking a breather.
Eaton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Eaton lands with a short shot to the head.
Eaton throws a head punch that misses.
Franken is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Eaton is keeping busy.
Franken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franken throws a head punch that misses.
Eaton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Franken misses with the head strike.
Eaton misses with some punches.
Franken taking a breather.
Eaton is leaning against Franken and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Eaton prevents a body shot from Franken.
Eaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton misses with a punch to the body.
Franken misses with some punches.
Eaton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Eaton has a couple of punches blocked by Franken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eaton tries to throw a body punch but Franken avoids it by throwing Eaton back against the ropes.
Eaton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Eaton cracks Franken with a nice body shot.
Franken looks winded!
Eaton lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eaton lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franken.
Eaton throws a punch but it's blocked by Franken.
A nice right hand lands inside from Franken.
Franken controlling the action here for a moment.
Eaton can't find room to land a body shot as Franken controls the action.
A short uppercut from Franken.
Eaton digs a right hand into Franken's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Franken's gas tank.
Eaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franken takes an elbow to the forehead.
Eaton has Franken pressed against the ropes, preventing Franken from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Franken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Franken tries to break the clinch but Eaton is controlling the position.
Eaton misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paris Eaton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeroen Franken's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Franken closes the distance and pushes Eaton back into the ropes.
Franken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Eaton.
Eaton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franken blocking some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short uppercut from Franken.
Paris Eaton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Franken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton throws a punch but it's blocked by Franken.
Franken misses with a punch on the inside.
Franken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Eaton working aggressively here.
Franken is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Franken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eaton throws a punch but it's blocked by Franken.
Franken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eaton's elbow.
Eaton has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Franken after a bit of a struggle.
Franken blocking some punches.
Franken misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Franken.
Franken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Eaton throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Franken breaks from the clinch.
Franken tries to clinch there but Eaton circles away.
Eaton is looking to counter punch.
Franken tries to clinch
and Eaton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franken tries to clinch up.

Franken clinches with his opponent.
Eaton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Franken scores with a nice short uppercut.
Eaton misses with some punches.
Eaton misses with some punches.
Franken wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Franken is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Eaton is keeping busy.
Eaton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton lands a nice shot to the body.
Franken taking a breather.
Eaton lands with a left to the head.
Eaton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eaton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eaton tries to work over Franken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eaton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eaton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eaton blocking some punches.
Franken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eaton.
Franken working aggressively here.
Eaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Eaton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Eaton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franken can do to turn this around?
Eaton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eaton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Franken backwards.
Franken is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eaton backwards.
Eaton misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eaton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franken throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Eaton.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Eaton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Eaton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Eaton fails to land.
Franken lands with a light punch inside.

Franken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Franken drives through and clinches with Eaton against the ropes.
Franken prevents a body shot from Eaton.
Eaton is leaning against Franken and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Eaton as the two fighters clinch.
Eaton tries to throw a body punch but Franken avoids it by throwing Eaton back against the ropes.
Eaton tries a body shot but Franken blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franken.
A right handed body shot lands from Eaton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eaton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franken lands with a left to the head.
Eaton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franken blocking some punches.
Eaton has a couple of punches blocked by Franken.

Franken's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franken lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Eaton misses with a straight right.
Eaton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Franken stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Eaton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eaton scores with a jab. Franken acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That has opened up Jeroen Franken's cut even more.
Jeroen Franken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franken tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Eaton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eaton misses with a straight right.
Franken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Eaton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Franken tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Eaton counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paris Eaton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeroen Franken's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Eaton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Eaton looks to land a right hand but Franken moved out of range.
Franken scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Franken rushes Eaton and presses him up against the ropes.
Franken is looking to control Eaton's arms but Eaton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Franken has his back to the ropes.
Franken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franken blocking some punches.
Eaton has a couple of punches blocked by Franken.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Franken blocks a body shot from Eaton.
Franken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eaton backwards.
Eaton misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eaton has a couple of punches blocked by Franken.
Eaton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franken scores with a nice hook to the head.
Eaton misses with an elbow over the top.
Franken is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Franken breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franken is looking to clinch.
Franken lunges at Eaton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Eaton's hand.
Franken tries to clinch but Eaton moves out of range.
Eaton appears to be looking for a big counter.
Franken wants to clinch but Eaton slips to the side
and Eaton counters with a straight right hand.
Franken fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eaton throws a right hand that misses
and Franken counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Franken instigates a clinch.
Eaton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Franken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franken fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eaton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Eaton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eaton is looking to counter punch.

Eaton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eaton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eaton blocking some punches.
Eaton lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Franken is trying to break free.
Eaton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton tries to work over Franken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franken.
Eaton throws a head punch that misses.
Eaton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Franken gets through Eaton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jeroen Franken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franken takes a shot to the head.
Franken is trying to push Eaton away but Eaton has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Franken blocks an elbow strike from Eaton.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
A shot in the inside from Eaton.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Franken throws a head punch that misses.
Franken blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
Eaton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Eaton.
Franken throws a punch but it's blocked by Eaton.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franken.
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franken.

Franken's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eaton misses with a left hand
letting Franken counter with a right hand.
Eaton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eaton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Franken tries to close the distance and clinch but Eaton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eaton misses the shot to the body.

Franken clinches up with Eaton and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eaton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eaton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eaton prevents Franken from breaking the clinch.
Eaton misses with a punch on the inside.
Eaton lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eaton struggles to land a body shot inside as Franken controls his hands.
Eaton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Eaton.

Franken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franken doesn't manage to clinch there - Eaton circles away.
Eaton is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Franken tries to clinch but Eaton moves out of range.

Franken fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eaton, pushing him back against the ropes.
Eaton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eaton tries to work over Franken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Franken fails to land.
Eaton blocking some punches.
Paris Eaton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eaton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Franken misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paris Eaton.
Well Eaton 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Paris Eaton!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Paris Eaton!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Paris Eaton!

Paris Eaton wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Paris Eaton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.