PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rade Franjic (ranked 4725 p4p, 5368 weight class) and Thomas Rose (ranked 520 p4p, 543 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Franjic
vs
Rose

195 cm
20
265
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
272
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rade Franjic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Rose!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose moves out of range of the strikes.
Rose let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Franjic takes a swing at Rose's ribcage but misses.

Rose pushes Franjic up against the cage in a clinch.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Franjic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franjic can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Rose.
Rose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Franjic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Franjic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rose pushes Franjic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Franjic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Franjic's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franjic wants to get back to striking at distance but Rose won't allow it.
Franjic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franjic misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Franjic fails to land.
Rose lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rose misses with some punches.
Franjic is looking to break free of the clinch but Rose has double underhooks.
Rose works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rose.
Rose gets through Franjic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rose is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Franjic is defending well for now.
Rose lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Franjic avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Franjic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Franjic can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.
Rose unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franjic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franjic is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franjic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
Rose blocks a body shot from Franjic.
Rose misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Franjic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Franjic controls the action.
Franjic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rose.
Franjic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rose using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franjic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franjic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rose crunches a lovely knee into Franjic's ribcage.
Rose working Franjic over with knees to the body.
Franjic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rose landing knees to the head.
Rose stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rose pushes Franjic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Franjic can't find room to land a body shot as Rose controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose scores with a shoulder strike.

Franjic is rocked!
Rose lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Franjic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Franjic has a couple of punches blocked by Rose.
Rose creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Franjic with a big uppercut! Franjic tries to clinch up but Rose pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Franjic to the mat! Franjic covers up and Rose unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Thomas Rose!
Thomas Rose thanked the fans post fight for their support.