PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and steve nieve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Franklin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Asher Roth-Lark On My Go Kart. nieve has chosen Do Ya Think Im sexy as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Franklin
vs
nieve

185 cm
28
189 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
194 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, steve nieve!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
nieve scores with a spinning back kick!
A big right from Franklin misses.
nieve dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Franklin. That did some damage!
nieve looks for the body kick but Franklin saw that one coming.

nieve moves into the clinch.
nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

nieve breaks from the clinch.
Franklin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
nieve swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Franklin throws an overhand right that lands on nieve's shoulder, as nieve tries to avoid the shot.
nieve steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Franklin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from nieve. Franklin shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.
nieve wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
nieve uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franklin.
An inside leg kick lands from nieve.
nieve throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
nieve throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Franklin misses with a low kick.
Franklin throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Franklin misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin misses with an uppercut. nieve saw that one coming.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by nieve.
Franklin misses with a hook. nieve ducked under it nicely.
nieve buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franklin with a lazy takedown attempt

and nieve counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by nieve.
nieve trying to land knees to the body.
nieve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
nieve trying to land knees to the body.
nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
nieve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franklin is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Franklin.
nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
nieve landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
nieve landing knees to the head.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
nieve is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
nieve landing knees to the body.
nieve trying to land knees to the body.
nieve prevents Franklin from breaking the clinch.
nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
nieve tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
nieve tries to land a knee to the head but Franklin blocks with his arms.
nieve with an attempt at a knee that misses.
nieve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from nieve.
nieve lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin blocks an elbow strike from nieve.

Franklin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
nieve throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice jab there from nieve.
steve nieve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and nieve counters with a thumping low kick.
Franklin throws a jab when nieve was well out of range.
Franklin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franklin checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

steve nieve dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

nieve is looking to clinch but Franklin is avoiding it.
Franklin thows a leg kick but nieve checks it
and nieve counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franklin's knee momentarily.
nieve wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
nieve throws a front kick that sends Franklin stumbling back into the cage.
nieve displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Franklin.
Jake Franklin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
nieve cracks the inside of Franklin's front leg.
nieve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
nieve wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nieve feints and then cracks Franklin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Franklin down.
Franklin throws a leg kick which misses nieve's front leg but catches the back leg as nieve tries to avoid it.
Franklin moves out of range of the body kick from nieve.
Franklin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
nieve looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Franklin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and nieve counters with a low kick, right behind Franklin 's knee.
nieve lands a high kick!
steve nieve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franklin throws a leg kick
and nieve counters with a body kick that stops Franklin in his tracks momentarily.
nieve doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.

Franklin pushes nieve up against the cage in a clinch.
nieve lands a nice knee to the body.
nieve misses with a knee strike.
nieve trying to land knees to the body.
nieve tries a knee to the head but Franklin blocks it.
nieve tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
nieve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

nieve breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
nieve misses with a series of wild punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from nieve. Franklin shrugs it off though.
A punch lands to the side of nieve 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Franklin misses with a leg kick
and nieve counters with a head kick. That will keep Franklin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Franklin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
nieve throws a sloppy head kick and Franklin moves out of range easily.
Franklin tries to bum rush nieve with a series of wild strikes but nieve uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
nieve motions for Franklin to come forward. nieve throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
nieve goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
nieve tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franklin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franklin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
nieve tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
nieve lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin tries to score a power double leg takedown but nieve sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Franklin somewhat.
nieve throws a sloppy head kick and Franklin moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

steve nieve showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Franklin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

nieve throws a head kick that misses.
nieve lands with a thumping leg kick.

nieve moves into the clinch.
nieve using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from nieve.
nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.

nieve breaks from the clinch.
A low kick from Franklin is predictable there
and nieve counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The fighters circling - Franklin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Franklin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franklin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
nieve wants to clinch.

Franklin darts in and clinches nieve up against the cage.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franklin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but nieve has him pressed against the cage.

nieve breaks from the clinch.
Franklin avoids the head kick by nieve.
nieve dips to his left and cracks Franklin with an uppercut!
nieve gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jake Franklin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin tries to land a body kick
and nieve counters with a nice body kick.
Franklin is trying hard to land a takedown here. nieve sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
nieve wants to clinch
and Franklin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
nieve moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from nieve.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
nieve throws a head kick that misses.
nieve lands a high kick!
nieve scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin misses with the body kick
and nieve counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franklin's knee momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - nieve looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
nieve throws a head kick but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin misses with a takedown attempt
and nieve counters with a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by nieve.
nieve tries to clinch up.
nieve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
nieve throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by nieve!
nieve keeps Franklin at a distance using the push kick.
nieve tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Franklin loads up on a big right hand but nieve slips the punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for nieve.
steve nieve is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
nieve closes the distance looking to clinch
and Franklin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
steve nieve comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well nieve has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... steve nieve!