PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Franklin
vs
Greek

183 cm
25
183 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

177 cm
23
185 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Greek!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greek manages to avoid it.
Franklin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Greek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franklin was well out of range. Poor timing from Greek.

Greek rushes Franklin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Greek stalling the fight.
Greek blocks an uppercut.
Franklin blocking some punches.
Franklin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Greek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greek.
Greek holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Greek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Franklin tries a body shot but Greek blocks it.
Franklin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Greek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Greek.
Greek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Greek throws an elbow but misses.
Greek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franklin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Greek has a couple of punches blocked by Franklin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Franklin on the inside.
Franklin takes an elbow to the temple.
Franklin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franklin misses with a punch on the inside.
Franklin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Franklin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Greek lands a body punch.
Franklin is looking to control Greek's arms but Greek gets an underhook and turns him. Now Franklin has his back to the cage.
Greek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Greek is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Greek blocks a body shot from Franklin.
Greek lands an elbow inside.
Franklin takes an elbow to the temple.
Greek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Franklin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Greek pushes Franklin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Greek.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Greek scores with a nice short uppercut.
The referee calls for Greek to work.
A head punch on the inside from Greek fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greek misses with a punch on the inside.
Greek lands a shot to the body.
Franklin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Greek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Greek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franklins head.
Franklin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Greek up against the cage.
Franklin swings wildly with an uppercut but Greek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franklin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Greek lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Greek swings wildly with an uppercut but Franklin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greek lands a good knee to the midsection. Franklin won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Franklin is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greek's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Franklin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Greek scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Franklin fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Greek.
Greek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Franklin up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Greek.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Franklin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Greek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franklin or not.
Greek pushes off an throws an elbow but Franklin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A hook to the body from Greek.
Franklin wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franklins head.
Greek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greek lands a damaging elbow.
Greek lands a hook that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Franklin trying to stall but Greek improves his position.
Greek has Franklin pushed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Greek.
Nice body punch from Greek - that landed with a thud.
Greek lands with a left to the head.
Greek digs a right hand into Franklin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Franklin's gas tank.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Greek.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greek pressing his opponent against the cage.
Greek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Greek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Greek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Greek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Greek dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Franklin looks to land a combination but Greek avoids it well.
The Greek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Greek clinches up with Franklin and pushes him back against the cage.
Franklin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Greek scores with a nice hook to the head.
Franklin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Greek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Greek stalls.
A shot in the inside from Greek.
Greek lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Franklin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greek throws an elbow that misses.
Greek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Greek lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Greek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franklin or not.
Nice elbow from Greek.
Greek lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greek lands a nice shot to the body.
Greek throws a head punch that misses.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Greek.
Greek misses with an elbow strike.
Greek working aggressively here.
Greek lands a hook that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
A short body shot lands from Greek as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Greek.
Greek pushes Franklin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Franklin is rocked!
Greek lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Franklin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Greek lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Greek is working Franklin over against the cage.
Greek lands a nice uppercut.
Franklin working aggressively here.
Franklin takes a shot to the head.
Greek stalling against the cage.
Greek lands a hook that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
Greek is leaning against Franklin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greek scores with a shoulder strike.
Franklin letting Greek take a breather here.
Franklin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Greek scores with a shot to the side of Franklin's head.
Greek is pushing Franklin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Greek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Greek holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Greek.
Greek creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Franklin's defenses.
Greek is stalling here.
A right hand to the body from Greek.
Greek lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Greek.
Greek lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin stalls.
Franklin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Franklin wants to get back to striking at distance but Greek won't allow it.
Franklin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Greek is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greek.
Greek lands a nice uppercut.
Greek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Franklin or not.
Greek lands an elbow just above Franklin 's eye.
Greek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franklins head.
Greek lands a big right hand that drops Franklin! The killer instinct kicks in and Greek finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Greek!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Greek!