PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guy Le Franc (ranked 1265 p4p, 1486 weight class) and Jun Liu (ranked 167 p4p, 193 weight class). Le Franc comes to the cage accompanied by [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Le Franc
vs
Liu

184 cm
30
184
10 - 12 - 0

192 cm
37
199
27 - 20 - 0

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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 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guy Le Franc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Liu!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu lands a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Le Franc sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Le Franc clinches up with Liu and pushes him back against the cage.

Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Le Franc clinches.
Liu swings wildly with an uppercut but Le Franc uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le Franc has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liu.
Liu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le Franc swings wildly with an uppercut but Liu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu misses with a punch to the body.
Liu is pushing Le Franc up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Liu tries to break free but Le Franc pushes him back against the cage.

Le Franc breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Franc avoids the body shot from Liu.
A quick step to the side and Le Franc tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Franc misses the jab.
Le Franc avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu throws a head kick but Le Franc moves out of range.
Liu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le Franc tries a head kick but it misses.
Liu tries to move into range but Le Franc moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Jun Liu has been cut.

Le Franc clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Liu.
Liu trying to control the position but instead, Le Franc has worked for underhooks and has pushed Liu into the cage.

Le Franc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Le Franc rushes Liu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Le Franc goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liu throws an elbow but it misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Le Franc.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc lands a left hand.

Liu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liu throws a leg kick but Le Franc sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Liu misses with a jab to the body
and Le Franc counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Le Franc throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu tries a quick counter leg kick but Le Franc is wise to it.
Liu tries to land a leg kick but Le Franc saw it coming and moves away.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Le Franc.
A big left from Liu misses.
Liu throws a jab but it's blocked by Le Franc.
Le Franc throwing a counter right hand but Liu manages to avoid it.
Le Franc tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liu keeps the fight on the outside.
Le Franc is looking to clinch.
Le Franc takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Le Franc loads up on a big right hand but Liu slips the punch.
Liu stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Le Franc tries to clinch but Liu is having none of it.
Donk. Le Franc catches Liu right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu throws a lazy right hand but Le Franc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Liu scores with a sloppy right hand. Le Franc should have avoided that one.
Le Franc moves in looking to clinch but Liu pushes him off.
Jun Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Franc is looking to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Le Franc takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.

Le Franc gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Liu misses with a body punch.

Le Franc's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Liu throws a push kick but Le Franc slaps the foot to one side.
Liu throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Decent striking displayed by Le Franc there.
Liu wants to land a leg kick but Le Franc is out of range.
Le Franc uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Le Franc was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Liu walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Le Franc needs to keep his hands up - Liu had a free shot at his head 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!
Liu delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc missing with a left hand there. Liu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Liu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Liu is rocked!
A jab from Le Franc misses.
Liu is still on wobbly legs! Can Le Franc finish him?
Le Franc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liu seems to have recovered his senses.
Liu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Liu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liu misses with a body shot.
Liu scoring well with a low kick there.
Liu swats away the attempt to clinch by Le Franc.
Liu flicks out a counter leg kick but Le Franc steps away.
Liu scores with a push kick.
A big left from Le Franc misses.
Le Franc tries to clinch but Liu is having none of it.
Le Franc is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Le Franc wants to clinch.
It seemed like Liu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jun Liu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Liu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Le Franc blocks the leg kick.
Liu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Liu lands a head shot.
Le Franc moves away from the strike by Liu.
Jun Liu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Liu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Franc.
Liu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Liu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Le Franc.
Le Franc tries to close the distance and clinch but Liu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Liu throws a push kick but Le Franc slaps the foot to one side.
Le Franc uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Le Franc rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Franc takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Franc uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Le Franc tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Liu throws a nice looking combination but Le Franc bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Le Franc blocks the body kick.
Liu circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Liu.
Le Franc tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Le Franc lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liu doesn't seem phased though.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
Liu cracks Le Franc with a good jab.
Le Franc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liu.
Liu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Liu throws a chopping leg kick but Le Franc manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Le Franc scores with a jab to the jaw.
Liu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Le Franc is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Le Franc.

That has opened up Jun Liu's cut even more.
Liu looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Franc is just out of range.
Liu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu throws a series of punches but Le Franc moves out of range.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Le Franc scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Liu wants to land a leg kick but Le Franc is out of range.
Le Franc misses with a looping left.

Le Franc takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Liu.
Le Franc makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Le Franc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Le Franc lands a lovely overhand right.
Le Franc takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Le Franc looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Liu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Le Franc.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Franc is just out of range.
Liu avoids the head kick by Le Franc.
A little jabbing left from Liu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Le Franc lands with a cross.
Liu misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Liu misses.
Liu scores with a nice body kick.

Le Franc instigates a clinch.
Liu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Liu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Liu misses with a short punch on the inside.

Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice shot by Liu.

Le Franc lands a big right hand that sends Liu crashing to the mat! Le Franc stays standing though and waves Liu back to his feet!

The cut above Jun Liu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Franc doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Le Franc misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Le Franc.
Liu stuns Le Franc with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Franc drops Liu with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Liu! Le Franc dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Guy Le Franc!