PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Officer Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanfield comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Call To Greatness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Franklin
vs
Stanfield

171 cm
21
142 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

163 cm
23
130 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Officer Franklin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanfield clobbers Franklin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Franklin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stanfield clobbers Franklin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Franklin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Franklin looks to land a combination but Stanfield avoids it well.
Franklin moves in looking to clinch but Stanfield pushes him off.
Franklin is looking to clinch.
Stanfield lands a nice shot that snaps Franklin's head back.
Stanfield thows a body shot but no joy.
Stanfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Franklin throws a series of punches but Stanfield avoids them all with ease.
Franklin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franklin takes a swing at Stanfield's ribcage but misses.
Stanfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franklin misses with a hook to the body
and Stanfield counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanfield connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stanfield ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stanfield misses with a wild body shot.
Franklin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanfield moves away.
Franklin misses with a looping right.
Franklin lands with a nice body punch.
Stanfield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stanfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Franklin is looking to wear down Stanfield with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Franklin avoids the body shot from Stanfield.
Franklin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Franklin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanfield missing with a left hand there. Franklin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stanfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franklin scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stanfield throws a big shot that misses.
Stanfield scores with a nice right hand.
Franklin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stanfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franklin.
Stanfield staying out of range there.
Stanfield swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stanfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Franklin.
Franklin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
Franklin connects with a nice looking jab.
Stanfield misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield scores with a nice head shot.
Franklin throws an overhand right that lands on Stanfield's shoulder, as Stanfield tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Stanfield.
Stanfield takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stanfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Franklin looks to land a left hand but Stanfield moved out of range nicely.
Franklin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stanfield looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Franklin jabs at Stanfield's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Stanfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stanfield throws a body punch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stanfield misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a body punch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin wants to land a leg kick but Stanfield is out of range.
Stanfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stanfield throws a hook to the side of Franklin's head but Franklin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanfield takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanfield jabs Franklin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Franklin throws a sloppy body shot
and Stanfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stanfield thows a body shot but no joy.
Franklin throws a lazy uppercut
and Stanfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franklin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stanfield's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Franklin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stanfield ducks under a wild hook from Franklin.
Stanfield avoids the body shot from Franklin.
Stanfield throws a combination that misses
and Franklin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stanfield thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marlo Stanfield will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stanfield cracks Franklin with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Stanfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stanfield scores with a jab.
Franklin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Some wild striking there from Franklin.
Franklin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Franklin.
Stanfield connects with a jab.
Stanfield misses with a body shot.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
Stanfield scores with a shot to the body.
Stanfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franklin.
Franklin lands a nice hook to Stanfield's body. Stanfield takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Franklin misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
Franklin takes a swing at Stanfield's ribcage but misses.
Franklin fails to land with a series of punches.
Franklin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanfield moves away.
Franklin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Franklin lands a nice looking body shot.
Stanfield bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franklin's head backwards.
Stanfield takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A swing and a miss from Stanfield.
Stanfield misses with a hook
and Franklin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Franklin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stanfield counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Stanfield misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stanfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stanfield misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Franklin. That snapped Stanfield's head back.
Stanfield misses the shot to the body.
Stanfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stanfield throws a series of punches but Franklin avoids them all with ease.
Stanfield checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stanfield looks to land a combination but Franklin avoids it well.
Franklin ducks under a wild hook from Stanfield.
Stanfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stanfield misses with a body punch
and Franklin counters with a nice body shot.
Stanfield avoids the body shot from Franklin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield misses the body punch
and Franklin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Franklin throws a looping overhand right but Stanfield ducks down to avoid it.

Franklin moves into the clinch.
Franklin digs a right hand into Stanfield's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stanfield's gas tank.
Franklin blocking some punches.
Stanfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stanfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Franklin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanfield throws an off balance right hand
and Franklin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stanfield misses with a right hand
and Franklin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Franklin just misses with a punch to the body.
Franklin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stanfield.
A slow jab from Franklin misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Franklin doesn't seem bothered though.
Stanfield misses with a body shot.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
Franklin cracks Stanfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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!
Franklin throws a shot to the body.
Franklin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stanfield throws a predictable looking body shot
and Franklin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Franklin misses with a body shot.
Stanfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Franklin. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Franklin misses.
Stanfield swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Officer Franklin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stanfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stanfield lands a jab-cross combination.
Franklin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stanfields jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stanfield scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Franklin misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Franklin throws a good cross that connects.
Stanfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franklin manages to avoid it.
Stanfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanfield feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Franklins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Franklin slips under a jab.
Franklin throws a big shot that misses.
Franklin lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin avoids the body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield misses the jab.
Stanfield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stanfield throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Franklin jabs Stanfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Franklin swings for the body but Stanfield moves out of range.
Franklin slips under a jab from Stanfield.
Franklin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stanfield backs up against the cage.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
Stanfield ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Franklin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Franklin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big right from Franklin misses.
Franklin connects with a right hand. Stanfield shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Franklin.
Franklin misses with an uppercut. Stanfield saw that one coming.
Franklin throws a body punch but Stanfield moves out of range.
A big left from Franklin misses.
Franklin misses with a straight right.
Officer Franklin is winning the standup battle so far.

Franklin rushes Stanfield and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanfield misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stanfield throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stanfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franklin's brow.
Franklin takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Franklin.
A short right from Franklin.
Stanfield throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Franklin scores with a shot to the side of Stanfield's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Franklin prevents a body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stanfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stanfield lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Franklin scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stanfield misses with a body shot.
Stanfield takes a swing at Franklin's ribcage but misses.
Stanfield cracks a nice hook into Franklin's ribs.
Stanfield has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stanfield there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stanfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Franklin misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield avoids the body shot from Franklin.
Franklin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Franklin thows a body shot but no joy.
Stanfield lands a lovely overhand right.
Stanfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franklin.
Franklin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stanfield.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Stanfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franklin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanfield lands with a straight right. Franklin didn't see that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin tries to clinch but Stanfield moves away
and Stanfield counters with a three punch combo that has Franklin backing up. Franklin nods at Stanfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Franklin misses the shot to the body.
Franklin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanfield.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Marlo Stanfield just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Franklin is looking to chop away at Stanfield's legs.
Franklin misses with an uppercut. Stanfield saw that one coming.
Franklin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stanfield.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch but Stanfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Franklin.
Franklin throws a big shot that misses.
Franklin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanfield.
Stanfield takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stanfield throws a nice looking combination but Franklin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stanfield has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Franklin moves out of range as Stanfield strikes.
Stanfield scores with a hook to the body. Franklin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stanfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franklin manages to avoid it.
Franklin misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin avoids the body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A lazy left from Franklin finds it's target.
Franklin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stanfield.
Franklin misses with a looping right.
Stanfield moves out of range as Franklin strikes.
Stanfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franklin was well out of range. Poor timing from Stanfield.
Stanfield lands a nice shot to the body.
Franklin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Franklin swings for the body but Stanfield moves out of range.
Franklin avoids the body shot from Stanfield.
Donk. Franklin catches Stanfield right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franklin rushes Stanfield and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Stanfield on the inside.
Franklin prevents a body shot from Stanfield.
Franklin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Franklin.
Stanfield throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stanfield obliges.
Franklin throws a head punch that misses.
Stanfield misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stanfield fails to land.
Franklin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stanfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stanfield obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stanfield creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stanfield is working Franklin over against the cage.
A short left from Stanfield.
Stanfield blocking some punches.
Stanfield pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franklin blocks an uppercut.
Stanfield tries a body shot but Franklin blocks it.
Stanfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stanfield has a couple of punches blocked by Franklin.
Stanfield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franklin avoids it.
Franklin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stanfield misses with an elbow over the top.
Franklin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franklin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marlo Stanfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Franklin.
Stanfield lands with a light punch inside.
Nice elbow from Stanfield.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stanfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Franklin's brow.
Stanfield lands a right hand that snaps the head of Franklin backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Franklin - that landed with a thud.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Franklin keeps him there for the moment.
Franklin blocking some punches.
A short left from Stanfield.
A short uppercut from Stanfield.
Franklin avoiding damage as Stanfield throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stanfield tries a body shot but Franklin blocks it.
Franklin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stanfields head.
Stanfield tries to work over Franklin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franklin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlo Stanfield dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Franklin lands a jab.
Stanfield avoids the body shot from Franklin.
Stanfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stanfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanfield takes a swing at Franklin's ribcage but misses.
Franklin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stanfield misses the jab.
Franklin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Stanfield takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stanfield misses with a shot to the body
and Franklin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Franklin throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Franklin to counter with a crisp jab.
Stanfield swings for the body but Franklin moves out of range.
Stanfield scores with a jab to the jaw.
Franklin slips a jab and a cross from Stanfield.
Franklin jabs Stanfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stanfield throws a jab when Franklin was well out of range.
Stanfield drops his hands momentarily and Franklin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stanfield throws a hook but Franklin avoids it easily.
Stanfield lands with a nice body punch.
Franklin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stanfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stanfield misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franklin.
Franklin lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklin. Stanfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stanfield moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Franklin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stanfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stanfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklin is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Franklin moves away.
Stanfield on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stanfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanfield throws a lazy right hand but Franklin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stanfield thuds a left hand into Franklin's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Franklin.
Franklin catches Stanfield with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Franklin cracks Stanfield with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stanfield misses with a left hand
and Franklin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stanfield throws a big shot that misses.
Stanfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Franklin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franklin misses with a straight right.
Franklin throws a series of strikes that have Stanfield backpedaling.
Franklin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Franklin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stanfield.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin looks to land a right hand but Stanfield moved out of range.
Marlo Stanfield is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Franklin throws a looping overhand right but Stanfield ducks down to avoid it.
Franklin jabs at Stanfield's body.
Franklin throws a lazy uppercut
and Stanfield counters with a left to the body.
Franklin moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franklin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stanfield.
Franklin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stanfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Officer Franklin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franklin misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stanfield darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franklin throws out a loose jab but Stanfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stanfield stuns Franklin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Stanfield. Beautiful body shot.

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 Officer Franklin.
I think Stanfield has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:49
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Officer Franklin!
Officer Franklin retains his bantamweight title!