PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Stryker Striking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Franklyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklyn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. For Those About To Rock kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Striking
vs
Franklyn

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stryker Striking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Franklyn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Striking.
Franklyn tries to work over Striking's front leg with a kick but Striking checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Striking.
Franklyn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franklyn is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Franklyn scores with a spinning back kick!

Striking lands a head kick that bluckles Franklyn and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Striking no doubt looking to push for a finish!

Striking closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Striking leaning against his opponent.

Striking breaks from the clinch.
Striking swings for the body but Franklyn moves out of range.
Striking pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Franklyn counters with a body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklyn tries to circle away but Striking has him pinned against the ropes.
Striking trying to land knees to the body.
Striking trying to control the position but instead, Franklyn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Striking into the ropes.

Striking breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Franklyn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Franklyn moves out of range of the body kick.
Striking lands with a thumping leg kick.
Striking scores with a nice body kick.
Striking tries to land a front kick but Franklyn steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Striking wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striking checks a low kick from Franklyn.
Franklyn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Franklyn dodges the punch combination from Striking.
Franklyn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Striking moves out of range as Franklyn strikes.
Striking fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Striking turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Striking throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Striking pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And Franklyn responds with a good body kick, but Striking manages to step out the way in time.
Striking throws a leg kick which misses Franklyn's front leg but catches the back leg as Franklyn tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Striking checks a leg kick nicely.
Stryker Striking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franklyn misses with a low kick.
Franklyn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklyn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Striking throws a low kick but Franklyn avoids it.
Striking tried to score with a low kick but Franklyn checks it.
Striking misses with a kick to the body.
Striking tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Franklyn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franklyn wants to land a leg kick but Striking is out of range.
Franklyn takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Striking throws a sloppy head kick and Franklyn moves out of range easily.
And Franklyn responds with a good body kick, but Striking manages to step out the way in time.
Franklyn misses with a hook
and Striking counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Striking moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Striking lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Striking scoring well with a low kick there.
Striking lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklyn moves out of range as Striking throws a body kick.
Good leg kick by Striking there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Striking chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Franklyn - that will leave a mark!
Striking throws a nice head kick!
Striking moves to clinch but Franklyn breaks away
and Franklyn counters with a body kick.
Striking lands a front kick.
Franklyn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franklyn. Striking does a little dance to reset his feet.
Franklyn throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Striking's head.

It looks like Stryker Striking has been cut.

Striking closes the distance and clinches.
Franklyn can't break the clinch.
Striking is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franklyn is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stryker Striking should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Stryker Striking's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Striking tries to work over Franklyn's front leg with a kick but Franklyn checks it.
Striking fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franklyn manages to avoid it.
Franklyn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Striking scores with a push kick.
Franklyn misses with a body kick.
Franklyn moves out of range of the body kick.
Franklyn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Franklyn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Striking's calf.
Franklyn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stryker Striking is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Striking there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Franklyn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Striking throws a push kick but Franklyn slaps the foot to one side.
Franklyn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franklyn throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striking connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Franklyn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Striking tries to score with a low kick but Franklyn moves his leg out of the way.
Franklyn counters with a body kick.
Striking keeps Franklyn at a distance using the push kick.
Striking lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklyn's sensitive parts.
Striking finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Franklyn shapes to counter with a head kick.
Striking throws a right and a left that Franklyn avoids nicely.
Franklyn is looking to land body kicks.
Striking looks to land a body kick but Franklyn moved away.
Franklyn swings widly with a right hand
and Striking counters with a nice body kick.
Striking wants to slow Franklyn down by chopping away at his legs.
Franklyn throws a fast counter high kick but Striking manages to duck under it in time.
Striking just misses with a punch to the body.
Striking throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Franklyn tenderised Striking's leg. Striking is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Striking misses.
Franklyn looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Striking looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Franklyn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franklyn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Striking throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Striking fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Franklyn.
Striking throws a sloppy head kick and Franklyn moves out of range easily.
Striking throws a head kick that misses.
Franklyn misses with a head kick.
Franklyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franklyn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Striking is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from Franklyn.
Franklyn misses with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Striking. That's going to slow Franklyn down.
Striking buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Striking thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Franklyn if he has to take too many more of those.
Striking lets loose with a powerful body kick. Franklyn will feel that in the morning.
Franklyn misses with a head kick.
Striking pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Franklyn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Striking swings for the body but Franklyn moves out of range.
Striking lands with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striking looks to score with a jab to the body but Franklyn is just out of range.
Striking throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Striking thuds his shin into the meat of Franklyn's side.
Franklyn has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Striking.
Striking tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklyn swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Striking rushes Franklyn and presses him up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Striking's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Striking lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Franklyn blocks the low kick.
Striking lands with a nice body kick.
Striking is looking to land body kicks.
Striking throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Franklyn counters with a body kick.
Franklyn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stryker Striking dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stryker Striking's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Franklyn misses with a body kick.
Striking fakes the leg kick and cracks Franklyn in the body.
Nice body kick from Striking.
Striking throws a push kick but Franklyn slaps the foot to one side.
Franklyn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Striking lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Striking is looking to wear down Franklyn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Striking keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crunch! Striking slams his shin into Franklyn's torso.
Striking connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Striking throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Striking thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Franklyn if he has to take too many more of those.
Franklyn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Striking lands with a nice body kick.
Striking scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklyn connects with a leg kick. Striking looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Striking throws a body shot but no joy.
Franklyn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Franklyn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Striking lands with a kick to the ribs.
Striking lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Striking.
Franklyn blocks a head kick by Striking.
Franklyn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Striking.
Striking throws a body punch but Franklyn moves out of range.
Striking moves out of range of the leg kick from Franklyn.
Franklyn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Striking with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklyn thows a leg kick but Striking checks it
and Striking counters with a nice low kick that buckles Franklyn's knee momentarily.
Franklyn blocks a head kick by Striking.
Striking lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Striking checks a leg kick.
Striking lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklyn's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franklyn scores with a kick to the midsection.
Franklyn takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Striking gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Striking is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franklyn can do to turn this around?
Franklyn tries to circle away but Striking has him pinned against the ropes.
Franklyn is trying to break the clinch but Striking is controlling him.

Striking breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Striking checks a leg kick.
Striking scoring well with a low kick there.
Striking tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Striking moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromFranklyn.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Striking missing with knees to the body.
Ben Franklyn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stryker Striking is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franklyn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Striking is trying to stall.
Striking slows down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striking trying to land knees to the body.
Striking misses with a knee to the head.
Franklyn managing to block the knees to the body from Striking.
Franklyn wants to stall.

Striking's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stryker Striking showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Striking has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stryker Striking!