PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sirichai Bunyasam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Franco
vs
Bunyasam

173 cm
23
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sirichai Bunyasam!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Franco.

Franco drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Franco wants to stand but Bunyasam has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bunyasam lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Franco pulls Bunyasam in close to prevent any damage.
Franco wants to hit a switch here but Bunyasam passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Franco there!
Franco can't escape the position.
Franco sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunyasam trying to control from Franco's half guard. Franco has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Bunyasam connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bunyasam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Franco's head.
Bunyasam trying to move into half guard but instead Franco has managed to sweep!
Franco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Franco won't allow Bunyasam to sweep him here.
Franco pushes down on Bunyasam's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Franco controlling the pace.
Bunyasam has a hand on Franco's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Franco takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Bunyasam is desperately trying to improve his position but Franco has a good base and remains in mount.
Franco punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasam is in all sorts of trouble here.
Franco takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bunyasam wants to hold on but Franco pushes him away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franco controlling from mount.
Franco working Bunyasam over with strikes here.
Bunyasam is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Franco takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bunyasam can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasam taking shots to the head.

Bunyasam is rocked!
Franco is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bunyasam can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bunyasam is still in real trouble! Can Franco finish him?
Franco postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bunyasam bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Franco and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bradley Franco!