PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Franczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and daniel cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igor Franczyk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Franczyk
vs
cook

180 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Igor Franczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, daniel cook!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Franczyk scores with a takedown into cook's guard.
cook looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Franczyk wants to control from the top but cook keeps moving.
Franczyk controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Franczyk works over cook with some ground and pound from guard.
cook has momentary wrist control but Franczyk slips an elbow through the middle.
Franczyk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franczyk thows a big elbow that misses.
cook is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Franczyk is controlling him.
Franczyk is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Franczyk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Franczyk trying to control but cook is working from the bottom.
cook being controlled here, momentarily.
Franczyk sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed cook's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cook taking some punishment here, with Franczyk in his half guard.
Franczyk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Franczyk is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Franczyk scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Franczyk.
Franczyk is figuring out what he wants to do next.
cook is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Franczyk scores with a couple of nice shots.
Franczyk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Franczyk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Franczyk wants to control but cook is keeping him busy.
Franczyk is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because cook is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
cook taking some punishment here, with Franczyk in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franczyk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Franczyk lands a nice short elbow.
Franczyk is looking to take a break and control but cook is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
cook keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Franczyk misses with a takedown attempt - cook sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Franczyk shoots for a takedown but cook saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Franczyk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franczyk shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts cook as he jumps to the side.
cook throws a head kick that misses.
cook shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Franczyk as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Franczyk feints and as cook raises his hands in defense, Franczyk changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Franczyk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Franczyk is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Franczyk chips away with some ground and pound.
cook keeping moving, preventing Franczyk from controlling successfully.
Franczyk might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Franczyk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Franczyk connects with a couple of short punches.
Franczyk scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Franczyk postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Franczyk content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Franczyk is working cook over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
cook really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Franczyk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
cook keeping moving, preventing Franczyk from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franczyk landing some decent shots from guard.
cook wants to stand and escape but Franczyk is having none of it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Franczyk misses with a takedown attempt - cook sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
cook tries to clinch but Franczyk moves out of range.

Franczyk shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Franczyk was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Franczyk tries to control but cook wriggling away.
Franczyk fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Franczyk has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of cook's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Franczyk dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Franczyk misses with a takedown

and cook counters by clinching up.
Franczyk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. cook is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
cook tries for a takedown but Franczyk manages to get underhooks.
cook can't break the clinch.

Franczyk has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed cook clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Franczyk is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at cook. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
cook is keeping busy.
cook is in bad spot here.
Franczyk scores with punches to the body.
Franczyk punishes cook with strikes from the back mount.
Franczyk controlling from the back.
Franczyk connects with a big shot to the side of cook's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cook looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cook is trying to break free.
Franczyk slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Franczyk lands punches and elbows.
Franczyk landing with strikes.
cook is keeping busy.
Franczyk scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Franczyk trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Franczyk has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Franczyk lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
cook is trying to stand back up.
Franczyk throwing damaging strikes from the back! cook could be in trouble here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Franczyk trying to control momentarily.
Franczyk lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns cook.
Igor Franczyk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Franczyk lands punches and elbows.
Franczyk trying to control momentarily.
Franczyk has cook flattened out and is raining down punches.

Franczyk working for a choke but cook is defending well.
cook trying to control but not successfully.
cook wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franczyk punishes cook with strikes from the back mount.
cook is trying to get back to his feet but Franczyk has full control of the position and if anything, cook has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The referee is taking a good look at cook as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Franczyk!

Franczyk is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. cook defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
cook controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Franczyk lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Franczyk avoiding cook 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

cook is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
cook tries to roll but Franczyk sticks to his back.
Franczyk is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Franczyk 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. Franczyk gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Franczyk apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Franczyk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Franczyk showed some decent athleticism there.
Franczyk lands with a punch from half guard.
cook wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Franczyk there.
cook is trying to stand up here but Franczyk is controlling him well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Franczyk dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Franczyk with a lazy takedown attempt
and cook counters with a two punch combo.
Horrible takedown by Franczyk or perhaps it was just good defense by cook which made him look bad.
Franczyk shoots in looking for a takedown. cook tries to sprawl out of it but Franczyk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. cook manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Franczyk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cook stuffs the takedown.
Franczyk changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. cook tries to avoid it but Franczyk manages to keep hold of a leg and drag cook to the ground. cook escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A nice combination there by cook.
Nice takedown defense from cook. No joy for Franczyk on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
cook scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by cook!
Franczyk with a lazy takedown attempt
and cook counters with a left and a right that stings Franczyk.
cook doesn't manage to clinch there - Franczyk circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franczyk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Some wild striking there from cook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franczyk.
cook changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Franczyk tries to avoid it but cook manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Franczyk to the ground. Franczyk escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
daniel cook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franczyk fails to land the takedown.
cook moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
cook stuffs the takedown attempt from Franczyk. Franczyk gets slowly back to his feet.
cook clobbers Franczyk with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
cook throws a series of punches but Franczyk avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Franczyk shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts cook as he jumps to the side.
cook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franczyk circles away quickly and effectively.
Franczyk fails with a takedown attempt.
Franczyk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from cook.

Franczyk fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. cook sprawls well initially but Franczyk persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
cook tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
cook is trying to stand up here but Franczyk is controlling him well.
Franczyk is trying to control. cook wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
cook on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Franczyk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks cook with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
cook is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cook is staying active underneath Franczyk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Franczyk scores a takedown into full mount!
Franczyk wants to control the pace but cook is squirming around nicely.
cook really wants to buck Franczyk off and get back to his feet.
Franczyk with a couple of short strikes.
cook tries to buck Franczyk off but he can't manage it.
Franczyk working the ground and pound effectively.
Franczyk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
cook's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cook is squirming around, avoiding Franczyk's attempts to control the action.
Franczyk looking to control and managing it successfully.
cook is in all sorts of trouble here.
Franczyk pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Franczyk avoids the attempt from cook to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
cook squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Franczyk with shots to the head and body - cook looks very uncomfortable down there.
daniel cook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Igor Franczyk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
cook swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

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 Igor Franczyk.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Franczyk, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Franczyk!