PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andreh Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Mercy. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Francisco
vs
Perez

185 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
140 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andreh Francisco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marvin Perez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francisco is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Perez is looking to slow Francisco down with leg kicks.
Francisco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perez throws out the jab.
Francisco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Perez lands a nice shot that snaps Francisco's head back.
Francisco slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Francisco shoots in and drives through. Perez sprawls well.
Francisco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Francisco has his takedown stuffed

and Perez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perez wants to pass the guard but Francisco is keeping the position.
Perez preventing the sweep.
Perez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
Perez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Francisco can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Perez controls the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Marvin Perez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Perez jabs Francisco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Francisco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Perez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Francisco misses with a takedown

and Perez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Francisco won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andreh Francisco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Francisco takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez is looking to take a break and control but Francisco is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perez throws an elbow but Francisco slips to the side and avoids it well.
Francisco is not content to let Perez control the position.
Francisco defending against the ground and pound.
Francisco taking a bit of punishment here - Perez scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco tries to escape but Perez is in control.
Perez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Francisco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Perez trying to control the action but Francisco is working from the bottom.
Perez grinds an elbow into Francisco's temple.
Perez is working Francisco over with some ground and pound from side control.
Perez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Francisco manages to work his way to half guard, despite Perez's best efforts.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perez thows a huge punch but Francisco dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perez working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Francisco is not content to let Perez control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Francisco regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Perez.
Perez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Francisco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Perez wants to control from the top but Francisco keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Perez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Perez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Perez instigates a clinch.

Perez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Francisco takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Francisco with a poor takedown
and Perez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Perez darts in and clinches Francisco up against the cage.
Perez lands a shot to the body.
Perez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Francisco up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Perez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Perez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Francisco takes one on the button.

Francisco tries to keep at a distance but Perez has taken the fight into the clinch.

Perez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Francisco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Francisco scrambles back to his feet.

Francisco is rocked!
Perez with a hook.
Oh Francisco is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Perez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Francisco slips a jab from Perez.
Perez drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Francisco right on the button. Francisco goes down! Perez follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Perez gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Perez!
Marvin Perez is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Marvin Perez thanked Hopkins Athletics ($6 shirts!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).