PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaname Tosen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De Fran might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to No Worries. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

De Fran
vs
Tosen

172 cm
21
158 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andr De Fran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kaname Tosen!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Fran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Fran lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
De Fran misses with a kick to the body.
De Fran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tosen checks a low kick from De Fran.
A good leg kick by De Fran.
A low kick from Tosen is predictable there
and De Fran counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Tosen both land. Nice combination.

Tosen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Fran, pushing him back against the cage.
De Fran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Fran misses with an elbow strike.
De Fran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tosen taking a breather.
De Fran misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Fran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Fran lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosen avoids a wild elbow strike from De Fran.
De Fran'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.
Tosen blocks an elbow strike from De Fran.
De Fran looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Fran is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tosen is keeping busy.
De Fran trying to land knees to the body.
Tosen looking to stall.
De Fran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Fran tries a knee to the head but Tosen blocks it.
De Fran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Fran is trying to break the clinch but Tosen is controlling him.
De Fran missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fran is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tosen tries to throw a body punch but De Fran avoids it by throwing Tosen back against the cage.
Tosen tries to throw a body punch but De Fran avoids it by throwing Tosen back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from De Fran.
De Fran is trying to stall.
De Fran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Fran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tosen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tosen tries to work over De Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Fran prevents a body shot from Tosen.
De Fran throws an elbow but it misses.
De Fran misses with an elbow strike.
De Fran wants to break free but Tosen has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran tries to stall but Tosen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tosen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Fran tries to land knees in the clinch but Tosen avoids the damage to the body.
Tosen tries to work over De Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tosen managing to block the knees to the body from De Fran.
Tosen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tosen misses with some punches.
De Fran trying to land knees to the body.
Tosen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Fran misses with an elbow strike.
Tosen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tosen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tosen as De Fran tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Fran throws an elbow that misses.
De Fran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Fran looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tosen tries for a takedown. No joy.
De Fran misses with a punch to the body.
De Fran presses Tosen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tosen wants a takedown.
Andr De Fran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaname Tosen.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, De Fran throws an elbow but misses.
De Fran tries to stall but Tosen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Fran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Fran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Come on Tosen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De Fran prevents a body shot from Tosen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andr De Fran 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.

Tosen clinches with his opponent.
De Fran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tosen avoids it.
De Fran gets underhooks to prevent Tosen's takedown attempt.
De Fran creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tosen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Tosen breaks the clinch.
De Fran moves forwards but Tosen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Fran's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tosen under the eye.
De Fran looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tosen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Fran's calf.

De Fran clinches up with Tosen and pushes him back against the cage.
Tosen is working for takedown but De Fran is calmly controlling the position for now.
De Fran lands with a short shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
De Fran seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Tosen is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tosen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from De Fran.
Tosen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tosen - that landed with a thud.
De Fran missing with knees to the body.
Tosen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Fran gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Andr De Fran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaname Tosen.
Tosen tries for a takedown. No joy.
De Fran taking a breather.
De Fran misses with an elbow strike.
De Fran is trying to maintain a safe position but Tosen gets an underhook and turns De Fran into the cage.
Tosen struggles to land a body shot inside as De Fran controls his hands.

Tosen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tosen manages to end up in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fran tries to bench press Tosen off him but Tosen keeps the position.
De Fran stops Tosen from passing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Fran can't do much from the bottom here.
Tosen trying to control the action but De Fran is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on De Fran's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De Fran is not content to let Tosen control the position.
De Fran takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosen has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for De Fran!
De Fran tries to reverse the position but Tosen maintains control.
Tosen lands a big elbow.
Tosen is landing with some decent strikes but De Fran is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
De Fran is in a horrible position here. Tosen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
De Fran wants to control but Tosen is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tosen with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tosen lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaname Tosen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

De Fran has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tosen finds it's way round the side to connect with De Fran's head.
De Fran lands a leg kick that knocks Tosen off balance momentarily.
Tosen thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tosen checks a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Fran - that will leave a mark!
Tosen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Fran checks the leg kick.
De Fran takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Fran misses with a kick to the body.
De Fran connects with an inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by De Fran.
De Fran thumps Tosen with a low kick.
De Fran throws a low kick, looking for Tosen's leg but Tosen calmly moves out of range.
De Fran is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tosen.
Andr De Fran is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosen wants to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tosen.
Tosen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Fran.
De Fran throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Fran.

De Fran fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tosen, pushing him back against the cage.
De Fran wants to stall.
Tosen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tosen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tosen dodges an elbow strike from De Fran.
Tosen dodges an elbow strike from De Fran.
De Fran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tosen wants to take the fight to the mat but De Fran manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tosen blocks an elbow strike from De Fran.
De Fran blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Fran just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tosen's brow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
De Fran lands a nice uppercut.
De Fran is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Andr De Fran has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tosen drops down looking for an ankle pick but De Fran pulls his leg out and moves away.
Andr De Fran has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaname Tosen.
A clash of legs there as Tosen blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from De Fran misses.
Tosen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tosen scores with a nice head shot.
De Fran lands a jab to Tosen's midsection.
Tosen delivers a nice body kick.
De Fran throws a head kick that misses.
Tosen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tosen takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Fran scores with a punch to the head.
Tosen scores with a punch to the head.
De Fran fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tosen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Fran.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De Fran forces Tosen back against the cage and clinches.
De Fran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tosen.
De Fran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Fran missing with knees to the body.
De Fran working aggressively here.
Tosen works on De Fran's body with a couple of short punches.
De Fran blocking some punches.
Tosen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Fran backwards.
De Fran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tosen's defenses.
De Fran misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Fran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tosen misses with a punch to the body.
De Fran landing knees to the body.
De Fran looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andr De Fran showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Fran has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andr De Fran!
During a confident post fight interview, Andr De Fran thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.