Madness DeLuna vs Jones PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Bonzela Franco (ranked 24796 p4p, 4494 weight class) and Second Wife (ranked 643 p4p, 510 weight class). Pedro Bonzela Franco looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Bonzela Franco
vs
Wife

180 cm
19
257
2 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
275
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Bonzela Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Second Wife!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wife tries to sprawl but Bonzela Franco drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wife avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bonzela Franco.

Bonzela Franco seems to be working for a kimura but Wife defends the submission attempt.
Wife wants to get back to his feet.
Bonzela Franco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bonzela Franco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wife defending well though.
Wife is trying to stand up here but Bonzela Franco is controlling him well.
Bonzela Franco is pressing down on Wife's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wife is holding on for now.
Wife really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bonzela Franco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wife looks like he's trying to stand up.

Bonzela Franco is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wife doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bonzela Franco.
Bonzela Franco definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wife looks like he's trying to stand up.

Bonzela Franco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wife looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bonzela Franco moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bonzela Franco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wife working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Wife.
Wife lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bonzela Franco is breathing heavily.
Bonzela Franco blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wife creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wife lands a left hand.
Wife lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wife.
Wife scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bonzela Franco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wife lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wife lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wife softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wife lands an uppercut.
Wife has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bonzela Franco seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wife can turn it around.
Wife throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonzela Francos head.
Wife lands a shoulder strike.
Wife throws a big uppercut that drops Bonzela Franco! More strikes from Wife and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bonzela Franco lies dazed against the cage as Wife celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Second Wife!
A very excited looking Second Wife made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
39%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Eagle (ranked 4051 p4p, 5471 weight class) and Troy Nguyen (ranked 493 p4p, 577 weight class). Eagle comes to the cage accompanied by Pay money To my Pain - Weight of my pride. David Eagle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eagle
vs
Nguyen

182 cm
20
175
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
174
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Eagle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eagle looks to clinch
and Nguyen counters with a straight right hand.
Eagle throws a big shot that misses.
Eagle misses with a lunging right hand
and Eagle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nguyen moves out of range as Eagle strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nguyen! But no joy.
Eagle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nguyen throws a big counter head kick but Eagle avoids it with no problem.
Eagle takes a swing at Nguyen's ribcage but misses.
Nguyen thinks about the counter body kick.
Eagle misses with an uppercut
and Nguyen counters with a body kick.
Eagle misses with a lunging right hand
and Nguyen counters with a massive head kick! KABOOM! Eagle is out cold! A devastating KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Troy Nguyen!
After winning the bout, Troy Nguyen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frankie DeLuna (ranked 2316 p4p, 3373 weight class) and Jaguar Jones (ranked 143 p4p, 195 weight class). Frankie DeLuna could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jaguar Jones's chin.

DeLuna
vs
Jones

191 cm
20
126
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
135
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

HARDCORE Threads

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frankie DeLuna!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaguar Jones!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeLuna lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Jones is rocked!
Jones looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
DeLuna throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Jones stumbling backwards into the cage! Jones bounces back off the cage towards DeLuna, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! DeLuna lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! DeLuna celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frankie DeLuna!
Frankie DeLuna retains his bantamweight title!