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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Leighton (ranked 5281 p4p, 5543 weight class) and Jeffrey Franklin (ranked 484 p4p, 492 weight class). Leighton's entrance music is Bulls on Parade. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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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 Helsinki, Gregory Leighton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeffrey Franklin !
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Leighton or perhaps it was just good defense by Franklin , which made it look bad.
Franklin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Leighton kicks off Franklin and gets to his feet.
Leighton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Leighton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Franklin sprawls well. Franklin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Leighton gets slowly back to his feet.
Leighton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Leighton showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leighton controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin has hold of Leighton's hands but Leighton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Leighton is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Franklin !
Leighton content just to control the position here.
Leighton has control of Franklin 's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Franklin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leighton tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Leighton is landing with some decent strikes but Franklin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Franklin is trying to reverse the position but instead Leighton has taken his back - oops!
Leighton scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
It looks like Jeffrey Franklin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leighton working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Franklin is doing well to defend. Leighton seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Franklin is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gregory Leighton!
Gregory Leighton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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