PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Papa Doc (ranked 4702 p4p, 5571 weight class) and Peter Franger (ranked 513 p4p, 542 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Doc
vs
Franger

188 cm
18
177
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
180
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Papa Doc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Franger!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Franger circles away quickly and effectively.
Doc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franger manages to avoid it.
As Doc backs off Franger throws a huge counter combo but Doc manages to avoid it all.
Franger slips a jab and a cross from Doc.
Franger is looking for the big counter here.
Franger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Doc.
Franger tries a quick counter leg kick but Doc is wise to it.
Doc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franger appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Franger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doc.
Doc throws a one two combo.

It looks like Peter Franger has been cut.
Franger walks into a straight right hand from Doc.
A punch combination from Doc misses.
Doc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Franger feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doc throws a nice looking combination but Franger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franger flicks out a counter leg kick but Doc steps away.
Doc throws a right and a left that Franger avoids nicely.
Doc scores with a jab to the body.
Doc cracks a nice hook into Franger's ribs.
Doc misses with a series of wild punches.
Doc connects with a crisp jab.
Doc connects with a crisp jab.
No joy there for Doc, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doc backing away here, and Franger unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Doc throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Franger moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Doc blocks an elbow strike.
Doc blocks an elbow strike.
Doc takes an elbow to the forehead.
Come on Franger - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Doc blocks the elbow strike.
Franger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Franger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Franger.
Franger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Franger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doc's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Franger just misses with a elbow thrown towards Doc's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franger misses with an elbow over the top.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger has him pressed against the cage.
Franger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Doc avoids a wild elbow strike from Franger.
Doc looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Doc tries to break free but Franger pushes him back against the cage.
Franger has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Doc seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Franger can turn it around.
Doc tries to break the clinch but Franger is controlling the position.
Franger lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Franger throws an elbow but misses.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger is controlling him.
Franger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Franger lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Franger throws an elbow but misses.
Franger throws an elbow but it misses.
Franger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doc's efforts to push away.
Franger keeps control of Doc as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger has him pressed against the cage.
Franger prevents Doc from breaking the clinch.
Franger misses with an elbow strike.
Doc wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doc blocks an elbow strike.
Doc avoids the elbow strike from Franger, against the cage.
Franger throws an elbow that misses.
Doc is trying to break free.
Franger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franger misses with an elbow over the top.
Franger misses with an elbow over the top.
Doc wants to get back to striking at distance but Franger won't allow it.
Franger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger is controlling him.
Doc is looking to break free of the clinch but Franger has double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Doc dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Franger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Franger gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Doc working hard to break the clinch.
Franger throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Franger throws an elbow but misses.
Franger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franger lands an elbow inside that Doc shrugs off.
Franger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Doc up against the cage.
Doc blocks an elbow strike from Franger.
Franger prevents Doc from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doc's defenses.
Doc is trying to break free.
Peter Franger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Doc wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franger has him pressed against the cage.
Franger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Franger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franger throws an elbow but it misses.
Doc has had enough of the clinch but Franger keeps him there for the moment.
Doc is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Doc avoids the elbow strike from Franger, against the cage.
Doc wants to break free but Franger has control.
Doc wants to break the clinch but can't.
Franger has Doc pressed against the cage, preventing Doc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Doc dodges an elbow strike from Franger.
Doc tries to break free but Franger pushes him back against the cage.
Franger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Franger lands a damaging elbow.
Doc has had enough of the clinch but Franger keeps him there for the moment.
Franger misses with an elbow over the top.
Franger misses with an elbow strike.
Franger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doc's efforts to push away.
Franger pushes off an throws an elbow but Doc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franger looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Doc breaks from the clinch.
Doc looks to land a combination but Franger avoids it well.
Franger was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Franger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doc.
A punch combination from Doc misses.
Doc backing away here, and Franger unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Franger moves away from the strike by Doc.
Doc scores with a three punch combo!
Franger walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doc misses with a two punch combination.
Franger feints a counter leg kick.
Doc throws a right hand that Franger ducks under and follows up with a left that Franger also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franger slips a jab and a cross from Doc.
Franger feints a counter leg kick.
Doc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franger tries a quick counter leg kick but Doc is wise to it.
Franger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Doc.
Papa Doc is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Doc, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Doc misses.
Franger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doc.
Franger flicks out a counter leg kick but Doc steps away.
Papa Doc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doc misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franger blocks a jab.
Franger flicks out a counter leg kick but Doc steps away.
Doc misses with a body shot.
Doc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franger appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A big right from Doc misses.
Doc throws a hook but Franger blocks it.
Doc looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doc darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Franger avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Doc does no damage.
Franger flicks out a counter leg kick but Doc steps away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Papa Doc dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Franger's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Franger closes the distance and pushes Doc back into the cage.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger has him pressed against the cage.
Doc is looking to break free of the clinch but Franger has double underhooks.
Franger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Doc dodges an elbow strike from Franger.
With the fighters up against the cage, Franger throws an elbow but misses.
Doc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Doc has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Doc is trying to break the clinch but Franger is controlling him.
Doc is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franger can do to turn this around?
Franger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doc blocks an elbow strike.
Franger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Doc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doc's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Franger.
Doc can't break the clinch.
Doc tries to break free but Franger pushes him back against the cage.
Franger lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Doc's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Franger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Franger.
Doc avoids a wild elbow strike from Franger.
Doc blocks the elbow strike.
Franger leaning his opponent against the cage.
Franger stalling.
Franger throws an elbow that misses.
Doc blocks the elbow strike.
Franger looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franger has Doc pressed against the cage, preventing Doc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Doc blocks an elbow strike from Franger.
Nice elbow from Franger.
Franger pushes off an throws an elbow but Doc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Doc wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Franger misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Franger throws an elbow but misses.
Doc is trying to push Franger away but Franger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Franger throws an elbow that misses.
Franger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Franger throws an elbow but it misses.
Doc wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Franger has him pressed against the cage.
Doc looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Doc tries to break the clinch but Franger is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doc tries to circle away but Franger has him pinned against the cage.
Franger keeps control of Doc as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franger lands an elbow just above Doc 's eye.
Franger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Doc blocks an elbow strike.
Doc avoids the elbow strike from Franger, against the cage.
Doc wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doc avoiding damage as Franger throws knees to the body.
Franger misses with an elbow over the top.
Doc is trying to force a seperation but Franger has the dominant position.
Doc takes an elbow to the forehead.
Franger lands an elbow inside.
Franger keeps control of Doc as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Franger lands an elbow that stopped Doc in his tracks for a moment.
Doc takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Franger pushes off an throws an elbow but Doc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Doc avoiding damage as Franger throws knees to the body.
Franger lands an elbow just above Doc 's eye.
Franger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doc's defenses.
Franger throws an elbow but it misses.
Franger lands a nice knee to the body.
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!
Franger misses with an elbow strike.
Doc is trying to force a seperation but Franger has the dominant position.
Doc wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Papa Doc is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Doc wants to get back to striking at distance but Franger won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franger pushes off an throws an elbow but Doc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Franger missing with knees to the body.
Peter Franger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franger misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Franger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Doc 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!