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Event:
SSSD 62: Rize/Kirin
Date: Mar 19, 2022 |
Alexaner Brooks had a terrible time trying to make weight. After initially coming in at 174.5, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. Stepping on the scales for a second time, he still failed to make the required weight and after much deliberation, his fight with Bob Franker was cancelled. |
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Event:
SSSD 56: Vurris/Rize
Date: Feb 05, 2022 |
#R1#
Franker fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aspect. Franker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Franker wants to clinch up but Aspect keeps it at a distance.
Aspect throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aspect manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alain Aspect seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aspect.
Franker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Franker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect swings widly with a right hand
and Franker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aspect looks to land a right hand but Franker moved out of range.#T1##CL#
Aspect has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aspect is working Franker over against the cage.
Aspect misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Aspect.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect pushes off an throws an elbow but Franker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Franker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Aspect lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aspect gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aspect seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Franker can turn it around.
Aspect misses with some punches.
#T2#
Aspect doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aspect lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franker or not.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike.
Aspect misses with some punches.
Aspect lands a hook that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Aspect is working Franker over against the cage.
Aspect throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
A short uppercut from Aspect.
Aspect looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
Aspect lands a right hand.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aspect misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Aspect on the inside.
Aspect lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aspect throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aspect creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #T4#
Still in the clinch, Aspect scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aspect blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aspect has a couple of punches blocked by Franker.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aspect misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aspect misses with some punches.
Aspect misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franker takes an elbow to the temple.
Franker working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alain Aspect dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Franker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aspect.
Franker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aspect swats away the attempt to clinch by Franker.
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aspect manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aspect misses with a straight right.
Aspect misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect misses with an uppercut.
Aspect circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheers as Aspect lands an impressive looking overhand right. Franker doesn't seem phased though.#T1#
Aspect throws an off balance right hand
and Franker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aspect thinking.
Bob Franker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Franker tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Franker manages to avoid the attempt.
Aspect tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franker was well out of range. Poor timing from Aspect.
Aspect swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Franker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Franker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aspect.
Franker tries to clinch but Aspect moves out of range.
Aspect is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aspect changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Aspect looks to land a right hand but Franker moved out of range.#T2#
Aspect with a nice cross.#CL2#
Franker moves into the clinch.
Aspect lands a left hand.
Aspect throws an elbow but it misses.
Aspect lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aspect creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aspect lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspect throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Aspect throws a punch but it's blocked by Franker.
Aspect working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aspect. #T3#
Franker dodges an elbow strike from Aspect.
Aspect lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Aspect throws an elbow but it misses.
Franker blocking some punches.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Aspect - that landed with a thud.
Aspect lands an elbow inside that Franker shrugs off.
Aspect tries a body shot but Franker blocks it.
Aspect lands a hook to the side of the head.#T4#
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect throws a punch but it's blocked by Franker.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
Franker just leaning against Aspect, taking a breather.
Aspect lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franker blocking some punches.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Aspect.
Aspect prevents a body shot from Franker.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspect scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alain Aspect dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Aspect misses with a lunging right hand
and Franker counters with a left to the body.
Franker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aspect paws at him with a jab and circles away.#CL#
Aspect moves into range and clinches up with Franker.
Aspect can't find room to land a body shot as Franker controls the action.
Franker misses with some punches.
Aspect creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Franker's defenses.
Aspect lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aspect is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franker can do to turn this around?
Aspect lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aspect lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aspect.
Alain Aspect has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T1#
Franker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Aspect scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aspect.
Franker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aspect misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aspect throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aspect throws an elbow but misses.
Aspect tries to work over Franker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aspect tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aspect goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T2#
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franker blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franker.
Franker blocks an elbow strike.
Franker is trying to stall.
Franker misses with the head strike.
Franker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aspect.
Aspect pushes Franker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aspect swings wildly with an uppercut but Franker uses good head movement to avoid it. #T3#
Aspect throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Aspect.
A short right from Aspect on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aspect's brow.
Aspect comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Aspect tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Franker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aspect or not.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aspect tries to throw a body punch but Franker avoids it by throwing Aspect back against the cage.
Alain Aspect is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T4#
Aspect working aggressively here.
Aspect swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aspect misses with an elbow strike.
Aspect lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franker backwards.
Aspect misses with an elbow strike.
Aspect misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Bob Franker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Franker fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alain Aspect showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aspect 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alain Aspect!
After winning the bout, Alain Aspect thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
SSSD 52: Luciano/Rize
Date: Jan 08, 2022 |
#R1#
The fighters circle momentarily. Mahato darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mahato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Franker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nauru Mahato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franker tries to clinch but Mahato moves out of range.
Franker is looking to clinch.
Mahato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Franker momentarily.
Mahato lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
#CL#
Franker forces Mahato back against the cage and clinches.
Mahato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Franker avoids a wild elbow strike from Mahato.#BC2#
Mahato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahato lands with a nice combination. Franker backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahato shoots in but no luck this time. #T1#
Mahato throws a combination that misses
and Franker counters with a right hand to the body.
Mahato misses with a combination
and Franker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mahato thinking. #CL#
Franker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mahato, pushing him back against the cage.
Franker avoids a wild elbow strike from Mahato.
Mahato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
#BC2#
Mahato manages to break the clinch.
Mahato looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mahato throws a combination. Franker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mahato.
Mahato looks winded!#CL#
Franker clinches up against the cage.#T2#
Franker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Franker pushes Mahato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahato has a couple of punches blocked by Franker.
Mahato is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
I was talking to Franker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mahato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mahato misses with the head strike.
Mahato tries to break free but Franker pushes him back against the cage.
Mahato is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franker prevents Mahato from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mahato's face as he tries to break the clinch. #T3#
Mahato has had enough of the clinch but Franker keeps him there for the moment.
Franker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahato can't break the clinch.
Franker lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahato can't break the clinch.
Mahato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mahato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahato is trying to break free.#BC2#
Mahato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Franker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.#CL2#
Mahato fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franker, pushing him back against the cage.#T4#
Mahato is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Franker.
Franker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Franker lands a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Franker.
Franker lands a nice uppercut.
Mahato tries to circle away but Franker has him pinned against the cage.
Mahato tries to break the clinch but Franker is controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bob Franker will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Franker tries to clinch up but Mahato circles away and keeps his distance.
Mahato shoots in but no luck this time.
Mahato shoots in for a double leg but Franker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mahato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bob Franker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nauru Mahato.#CL#
Franker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahato jumps guard but Franker stands there with Mahato around his waist. Mahato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mahato trying to stall but Franker improves his position.
Mahato is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franker lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahato is trying to break the clinch but Franker is controlling him.#T1#
Franker is working Mahato over against the cage.#BC2#
Mahato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Mahato has managed to clinch.
Franker keeps control of Mahato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mahato is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mahato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mahato can't break the clinch.
#BC2#
Mahato manages to break the clinch.
Mahato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mahato fails to land with a series of punches.
Franker seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.#T2##CL#
Franker clinches up with Mahato and pushes him back against the cage.
Franker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mahato tries to work over Franker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Franker on the inside.
Mahato is looking to control Franker's arms but Franker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mahato has his back to the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Franker.
Franker lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mahato is trying to break free.
Franker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mahatos head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franker lands a damaging elbow. #T3#
Mahato can't break the clinch.
Mahato tries to break the clinch but Franker is controlling the position.
Mahato wants to break free but Franker has control.
Mahato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mahato is trying to force a seperation but Franker has the dominant position.
Mahato wants to break free but Franker has control.
Good body shot from Franker.
Franker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mahato can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Franker.
Mahato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mahato is trying to force a seperation but Franker has the dominant position.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Franker swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahato is trying to break free.
Mahato is looking to control Franker's arms but Franker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mahato has his back to the cage.
Mahato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mahato.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franker.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Franker dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R3#
Franker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mahato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Franker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mahato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mahato throws a hook but Franker blocks it.
Bob Franker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mahato misses with a double jab.
A quick step to the side and Franker tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.#CL#
Franker moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Mahato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Franker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mahato misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Mahato gets tackled into the cage by Franker. Franker maintains the clinch.
Mahato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mahato jumps guard but Franker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mahato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1#
Franker pushes Mahato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Franker fails to land.
Mahato is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bob Franker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Franker.
Mahato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mahato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mahato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mahato has had enough of the clinch but Franker keeps him there for the moment.
Mahato blocks an uppercut.
Franker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#T2#
Franker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahato can't break the clinch.
Franker lands with a left to the head.
Mahato misses with a knee to the head.
Mahato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franker misses with some punches.
Mahato tries to break free but Franker pushes him back against the cage.
Mahato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mahato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mahato blocking some punches.
#T3#
Franker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mahato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franker swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Franker lands a hook that snaps the head of Mahato backwards.
Mahato leaning against his opponent.
Franker has Mahato pressed against the cage, preventing Mahato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mahato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Franker is keeping busy.
Mahato is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#T4#
Franker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Franker.
Franker misses with some punches.
Mahato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mahato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mahato tries to pull guard but Franker won't allow it.
#BC2#
Mahato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Franker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mahato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nauru Mahato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob Franker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mahato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Franker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Franker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Franker! |
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Event:
SSSD 46: Cartwright/Shimada
Date: Nov 27, 2021 |
#R1#
Franker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bawles.
Bawles throws a leg kick that misses.
A shot to the liver by Franker. Beautiful body shot.
Bawles misses with a takedown attempt - Franker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bawles fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Franker is out of range.
Bawles swings for the body but Franker moves out of range.
Bawles finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Franker is looking for a counter combo.
Bawles misses with a low kick.
Bawles bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Franker's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bawles.
Franker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bawles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franker seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bawles swats away the attempt to clinch by Franker.
Franker stuffs the takedown attempt from Bawles. Bawles gets slowly back to his feet. #T1#
Franker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Franker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bob Franker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sukdese Bawles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bawles throws an off balance right hand
and Franker counters with a left to the body.
Sukdese Bawles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bawles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bawles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Franker tries to avoid it but Bawles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Franker to the ground. Franker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bawles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bawles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Franker tries to clinch there but Bawles circles away.
#T2#
Bawles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Franker but Franker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bawles misses with a right hand
and Franker counters with a nice body shot.
Bawles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bawles throws a leg kick but Franker checks it.
Franker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bawles dips to his left and cracks Franker with an uppercut!
Franker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bawles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Franker throws a series of punches but Bawles moves out of range.
Franker walks into a left hand.
Bawles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bawles misses with a takedown attempt - Franker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Franker went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.#T3#
Bawles swings for the body but Franker moves out of range.
Franker staying out of range there.
It looked like Franker was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Franker tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Bawles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Franker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Franker tries to clinch but Bawles moves out of range.
Franker doesn't manage to clinch there - Bawles circles away.
#CL2#
Bawles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Franker, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
Bawles working hard to break the clinch.
Franker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bawles uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
Franker lands a nice elbow.
Bawles wants to break the clinch but can't.
#T4#
Bawles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bawles working hard to break the clinch.
Franker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bawles.
Bawles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bawles takes a shot to the head.
Bawles misses with a punch on the inside.
Franker scores with a shoulder strike.
Franker lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Franker.
Franker throws a head punch that misses.
Franker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bawles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franker working aggressively here.
Bawles pushes Franker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Franker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bawles's efforts to push away.
Bawles blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sukdese Bawles will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Bawles keeps the fight on the outside.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bawles.
Bawles swats away the attempt to clinch by Franker.
Bawles throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A quick step to the side and Franker tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bawles.
Bawles sizes up Franker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bawles works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Bawles does it's job there.
Franker darts in trying to clinch
and Bawles counters with a right hand to the body. #T1#
Bawles tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Franker is able to avoid easily.
Bawles connects with a single shot there.
Bawles lands with a straight right. Franker didn't see that one coming.
A clash of legs there as Franker blocks the low kick.
Bawles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Franker moves away from the strike by Bawles.
Sukdese Bawles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bawles cracks Franker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bawles misses with a hook. Franker ducked under it nicely.
Franker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franker went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
An inside leg kick from Bawles misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bawles misses with a takedown attempt
and Franker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bob Franker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franker ducks under a wild hook from Bawles.
Bawles misses with a low kick.
#T2#
Bawles throws a lazy right hand but Franker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bawles lands a jab to Franker's midsection.
Bawles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Franker just misses with a punch to the body.
Bawles throws a jab when Franker was well out of range.
Franker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL2#
Bawles clinches up against the cage.
Bawles is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bawles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franker working aggressively here.
Bawles looking to slow down the pace here.
Franker can't find room to land a body shot as Bawles controls the action.
Bawles blocks a body shot from Franker.
Franker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bawles is looking to break free of the clinch but Franker has double underhooks.
Franker prevents Bawles from breaking the clinch.#T3#
Bawles wants to break free but Franker has control.
Bawles is trying to force a seperation but Franker has the dominant position.
Franker misses with a punch on the inside.
Franker is looking to control Bawles's arms but Bawles gets an underhook and turns him. Now Franker has his back to the cage.
Bawles is trying to push Franker away but Franker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bawles blocking some punches.
Franker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bawles.
Bawles blocking some punches.
Bawles is trying to break the clinch but Franker has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Franker.
Franker working aggressively here.
Bawles prevents a body shot from Franker.
Franker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bawles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franker has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Franker.
Bawles lands a nice uppercut.
Franker keeps control of Bawles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #T4#
Franker lands a left hand.
Bawles tries to circle away but Franker has him pinned against the cage.
Franker misses with the head strike.
Franker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bawles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bawles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franker has him pressed against the cage.
Franker has Bawles pressed against the cage, preventing Bawles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bob Franker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Franker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bawles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franker working aggressively here.
Franker has a couple of punches blocked by Bawles.
A short right from Franker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bawles. #BC2#
Bawles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bawles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Franker under the eye.
Bawles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A counter left hand to the body from Franker misses its target.
Bob Franker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sukdese Bawles.
Franker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bawles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sukdese Bawles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Franker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Franker blocks a jab.
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bawles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Franker tries to clinch up.
Franker fails in his attempt to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Franker blocks the leg kick.
Bawles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#CL2#
Bawles clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bawles is trying to break the clinch but Franker has him pressed against the cage.
Franker has a couple of punches blocked by Bawles.
Franker misses with some punches.
Franker misses with some punches.
Bawles is trying to break the clinch but Franker has him pressed against the cage.
Franker gets through Bawles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#T1#
Bawles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bawles is trying to force a seperation but Franker has the dominant position.
Franker working aggressively here.
#BC2#
Bawles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bob Franker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bawles looks to land a left hand but Franker moved out of range nicely.
Bawles wants to land a leg kick but Franker is out of range. #TD2#
Bawles changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Franker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bawles in side control, throwing shots but Franker defends.
Bawles creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Franker sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Franker defending against the ground and pound.
Bawles in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. #SU2#
Bawles decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bawles misses with an uppercut.
Bawles catches Franker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#T2#
Bawles swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bawles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Franker circles away.
Franker tries to clinch but Bawles is having none of it.
Franker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bawles.
Franker tries to clinch there but Bawles circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Franker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Bawles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bawles tries to circle away but Franker has him pinned against the cage.
A short left from Franker.
Bawles avoids a wild elbow strike from Franker.
Franker trying to control the position but instead, Bawles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Franker into the cage.
Bawles tries to circle away but Franker has him pinned against the cage.#T3##BC2#
Bawles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bawles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Franker is looking for a counter combo.
Bawles misses with a low kick.
Franker moves to clinch but Bawles breaks away
and Franker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bawles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Bawles.
Bawles catches Franker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bawles uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bawles shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bawles with a jab.
Franker is looking to wear down Bawles with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.#CL2#
Bawles has taken the fight to the clinch.
Franker tries to stall but Bawles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
#T4#
Franker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bawles is trying to break the clinch but Franker is controlling him.
Bawles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Franker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Franker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franker tries a body shot but Bawles blocks it.
Franker stalling in the clinch but Bawles improves position.
Bawles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Franker lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franker has Bawles pressed against the cage, preventing Bawles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bawles blocks an uppercut.
Franker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bawles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Franker prevents Bawles from breaking the clinch.
Franker lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Franker.
Bawles tries to break the clinch but Franker is controlling the position.
Bob Franker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sukdese Bawles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Franker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sukdese Bawles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bawles winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sukdese Bawles!
A very excited looking Sukdese Bawles rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed. |
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Event:
SSSD 39: Shewmaker/Ori
Date: Oct 09, 2021 |
#R1#
Crabs misses with a two punch combination.
Crabs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Crabs looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Franker blocks a head kick by Crabs.
Franker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.#KD2#
Franker throws a left that rocks Crabs and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Franker dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Crabs regain composure!
#CUT2#It looks like Helmit Crabs has been cut.
Crabs's coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#SU2#
Franker stands up and beckons Crabs to his feet.
Crabs is looking to land body kicks.
Franker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Crabs with a body shot.
Crabs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Franker.#KD2#
Franker throws a left that rocks Crabs and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Franker dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Crabs regain composure!
#ROC2#Crabs is rocked!
Crabs is breathing heavily.#SU2#
Franker decides to stand up, so the ref orders Crabs to his feet.
Oh Crabs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crabs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franker doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Franker tries to close the distance and clinch but Crabs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crabs tries to land a body kick
and Franker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crabs thinking.
Franker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crabs seems to have got his legs back now.
Franker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Crabs swats away the attempt to clinch by Franker.#T1##CL2#
Franker closes the distance and pushes Crabs back into the cage.
Franker working some nice short punches in the clinch.#BC2#
Franker manages to break the clinch.
Crabs misses with a wild combination.
A nice side step and Franker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Franker works Crabs's body with a nice hook.#CL2#
Crabs gets tackled into the cage by Franker. Franker maintains the clinch. #BC2#
Franker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franker takes a swing at Crabs's ribcage but misses.
Franker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crabs rather than just go for the knockout.
Franker wants to clinch.#T2#
Franker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crabs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crabs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#CL2#
Franker has managed to clinch.
Franker cracks Crabs with a nice body shot.#BC2#
Franker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Helmit Crabs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crabs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crabs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crabs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Franker tries to clinch up but Crabs circles away and keeps his distance.
Crabs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crabs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Franker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Franker cracks a nice hook into Crabs's ribs.#T3#
Franker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Franker connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Crabs to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Franker!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bob Franker! |
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