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Event:
MMA Hype -15-
Date: Dec 07, 2024 |
#R1#
Tony lands a glancing blow to the side of Franklin's head.#CL#
Franklin takes the fight into the clinch.
Franklin keeps control of Tony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franklin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franklin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tony wants to get back to striking at distance but Franklin won't allow it.
Franklin tries to throw a body punch but Tony avoids it by throwing Franklin back against the cage.
Tony prevents a body shot from Franklin.
Franklin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franklin blocks an uppercut.
Franklin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Franklin.
Franklin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Franklin digs a right hand underneath Tony's ribcage. Tony let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tony looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franklin struggles to land a body shot inside as Tony controls his hands.
Franklin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tony is trying to break the clinch but Franklin is controlling him.
Tony fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franklin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tony backwards. #CUT#It looks like Halameen Tony has been cut.#T1#
Tony misses with some punches.
Franklin lands a nice uppercut.
Tony has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Franklin misses with a punch to the body.
Franklin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franklin digs a right hand into Tony's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tony's gas tank.
Franklin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Franklin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Franklin tries to work over Tony's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tony tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #TD#
Franklin gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Tony regains guard.
Franklin advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franklin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Franklin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Franklin lands strikes from half guard.
Tony regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Franklin. #T2#
Tony utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Franklin landing some decent shots from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tony can do anything to dispel that myth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franklin throws a big right hand that misses.
Tony looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Franklin is looking to work some ground and pound but Tony has wrist control.
Franklin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tony working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Franklin.
Franklin throws a big right hand that misses.
Franklin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tony preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Franklin throws a big right hand that misses.
Franklin throws a big right hand that misses.
Franklin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #T3#
Tony has momentary wrist control but Franklin slips an elbow through the middle.
Franklin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Franklin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tony is keeping the position for now.
Franklin throws an elbow that misses. Tony uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Franklin's guard. Nice move by Tony!#REVB#
Franklin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Franklin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. #T4#
Franklin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Franklin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Franklin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Franklin wants to hit a sweep here but Tony passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Franklin there!
Franklin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Franklin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Halameen Tony's cut.
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#
Tony missing with a left hand there. Franklin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franklin connects with a looping right hand.
#TD#
Franklin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sloppy strikes there by Franklin.
Tony manages to get back to half guard.
Tony is trying to control but can't.
Tony avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Franklin.
Franklin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Franklin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Franklin looks to land a strike but Tony avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Tony keeping full guard, as Franklin tries to pass.
Tony utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Franklin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Franklin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tony can do to turn this around?
Franklin with a nice head shot there.#T1#
Franklin throws a strike but Tony rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Tony wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
Franklin wants to stand up but Tony is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franklin looking for a sweep. Not yet Franklin, not yet.
Tony stays in close to Franklin's body and controls the position. #T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Franklin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Franklin looking to control but Tony passes into half guard.
Franklin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tony's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tony's back!
Franklin thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Franklin is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Franklin gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Franklin gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Franklin apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Franklin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Franklin misses with a wild body shot. #T3#
Tony works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No joy there for Tony, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franklin scores with the left hand. Tony knows he should have avoided that one.
Tony moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.#CUT2#It looks like Joel Franklin has been cut.
Halameen Tony is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Franklin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tony just misses with a punch to the body.
Franklin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Franklin scores with a hook to the body. Tony takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franklin misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Tony does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tony looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Franklin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Tony lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Franklin at a distance.
Franklin throws a big shot that misses.
Tony throws out a counter right but Franklin avoids it with no problem.#T4#
Franklin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice jab there from Franklin.
Franklin looks to score with a jab to the body but Tony is just out of range.
Tony lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.#CL#
Franklin pushes Tony up against the cage in a clinch.#TD#
Franklin works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Franklin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tony working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Franklin.
Franklin loads up on a big left hand. Tony felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Franklin looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Tony can't hide his disappointment, as Franklin celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joel Franklin! |
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