PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sensei Biff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sensei Biff will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Francisco
vs
Biff

150 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

220 cm
22
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Falcon Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Erik Francisco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sensei Biff!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Francisco as he avoids it easily.
Francisco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Biff moves away.
Francisco fails to land with a series of punches.
Francisco really is a fat lump.
Biff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Francisco throws out a loose jab but Biff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Biff closes this distance looking for a takedown but Francisco circles away.
Francisco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Biff was well out of range. Poor timing from Francisco.
Francisco shoots in but no luck this time.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.
Francisco displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Biff.
Erik Francisco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sensei Biff.
Francisco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Francisco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Biff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Biff slips a jab and a cross from Francisco.
Francisco swinging wilding here.
Francisco throws the left hand but Biff avoids the punch easily.
Biff throws a right hand that Francisco ducks under and follows up with a left that Francisco also avoids with ease.
Francisco throws a right and a left that Biff avoids nicely.
Biff drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Biff lands a really nice looking cross but Francisco seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Francisco.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Biff sprawls well. Biff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Francisco gets slowly back to his feet.
Erik Francisco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Francisco fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Biff sprawls well initially but Francisco persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Francisco decides to return to a standing position.
Francisco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Biff's waist but Biff gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Francisco off to one side.
Francisco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Francisco misses with a combination
and Biff counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Biff shoots in for a takedown but Francisco shows good takedown defense.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Biff as he avoids it easily.
Francisco looks to score with a jab to the body but Biff is just out of range.
Francisco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Biff counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Francisco misses with a double jab.
Francisco leaves Biff with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice sprawl there from Francisco as Biff shoots in.
Biff shoots in for a takedown but Francisco shows good takedown defense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco misses with a looping left.
Francisco throws a right and a left that Biff avoids nicely.
Francisco misses with a double jab
and Biff counters with a series of strikes. Francisco will be more careful next time no doubt.
Biff changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Francisco tries to avoid it but Biff manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Francisco to the ground. Francisco escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Biff looks gassed!
Biff lands with a thumping leg kick.
Francisco throws a hook but Biff avoids it easily.
Biff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Francisco as he avoids it easily.
Francisco throws a right and a left that Biff avoids nicely.
Biff looks for the body kick but Francisco saw that one coming.
Francisco fails with the takedown.
Francisco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Francisco misses with a wild body shot.
Francisco takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Biff tries to close the distance and clinch but Francisco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Francisco misses with a straight right.
Francisco cracks Biff with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco has a takedown stuffed.
Francisco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Biff swivels and escapes.
Francisco throws a series of punches but Biff moves out of range.
Biff slips under a jab from Francisco.
Biff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Biff has a takedown stuffed.
Francisco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Biff counters with a head kick.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.
Biff shoots in for a double leg but Francisco sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Francisco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Biff shoots in looking for a takedown. Francisco tries to sprawl out of it but Biff keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Francisco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Biff as he avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Francisco.
Biff tries to clinch up.
Biff scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Francisco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Francisco misses with a two punch combination.
Biff tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.
Francisco fails to land with a series of punches.
Biff throws a head kick that half lands.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Biff sprawls well. Biff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Francisco gets slowly back to his feet.
Biff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francisco.
Francisco is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Biff's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Francisco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Biff is trying hard to land a takedown here. Francisco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Francisco shoots in but no luck this time.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Biff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Francisco.
Biff is looking to clinch but Francisco is avoiding it.
Biff tries to clinch up but Francisco circles away and keeps his distance.
Biff shoots in and drives through. Francisco sprawls well.
Francisco throws a left and a right that both miss

and Biff counters by moving into the clinch.
Francisco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Biff keeps control of Francisco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Francisco tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Biff just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Biff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Francisco drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Biff gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Francisco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Biff backwards.

Biff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Francisco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Francisco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Biff is defended easily by Francisco.
Francisco misses the jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Francisco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Biff.
The crowd cheers as Francisco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Biff doesn't seem phased though.
Biff looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Francisco is fending him off so far but Biff persists. Nope, Francisco circles away and we're back to standing.
Francisco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Biff circles away quickly and effectively.
Francisco fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Biff avoids it really well and circles away.
Francisco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Biff counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nice takedown defense from Francisco. No joy for Biff on that attempt.
Francisco shoots in but no luck this time.
Biff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francisco.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Biff closes the distance and clinches up with Francisco, looking for a takedown. Biff pushes Francisco against the ropes but Francisco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Biff staying out of range there.
Francisco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Biff sprawls well. Biff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Francisco gets slowly back to his feet.
Francisco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Francisco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Francisco shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Biff pinned against the cage. Biff gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Francisco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Biff is trying hard to land a takedown here. Francisco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Francisco misses with a combination

and Biff counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Francisco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Biff on the ground.
Francisco tries to get to full guard but Biff has control of the leg.
Biff wants to take a breather but Francisco is having none of it.
Francisco flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Francisco wants to improve his position but Biff is controlling well.
Francisco is working hard here to advance position.
Biff is thwarting Francisco's attempts to control the position.
Biff throwing shots but Francisco is blocking nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Francisco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Biff shoots for a double leg takedown but Francisco sprawls well. He's pushed Biff's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Biff.
Francisco shoots in looking for a takedown. Biff tries to sprawl out of it but Francisco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Biff manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Biff fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Francisco avoids it really well and circles away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Francisco misses.
Francisco defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Biff.
Francisco scores with a nice head shot.
Francisco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Francisco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Biff counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Francisco tries to score a power double leg takedown but Biff sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Francisco somewhat.
Francisco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Biff swivels and escapes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Biff shoots in for a takedown but Francisco shows good takedown defense.
Francisco looks to land a combination but Biff avoids it well.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.

Francisco gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sensei Biff dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Francisco misses with a combination
and Biff counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Biff looks to land a combination. Francisco sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Francisco fails with the takedown.
Francisco misses with a double jab
and Biff counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Francisco has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Francisco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Biff shoots in and drives through. Francisco sprawls well.
Erik Francisco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Francisco stuffs the takedown.
Francisco throws a combination that misses
and Biff counters with a head kick.
Francisco darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Francisco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Biff tries to close the distance and clinch but Francisco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice sprawl there from Biff as Francisco shoots in.
Francisco closes this distance looking for a takedown but Biff circles away.
Biff tries to clinch there but Francisco circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Biff.
Jab by Francisco.
Francisco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Biff's head.
Biff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Francisco.
Francisco tries to bum rush Biff with a series of wild strikes but Biff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Biff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Francisco takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A combination from Francisco does no damage.
Francisco throws an overhand right that lands on Biff's shoulder, as Biff tries to avoid the shot.
Biff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Francisco.
Francisco looks to score with a jab to the body but Biff is just out of range.
Biff doesn't manage to clinch there - Francisco circles away.
Biff lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Biff.
Francisco leaves Biff with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Francisco throws a series of punches but Biff moves out of range.
Biff takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biff doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Francisco throws a combination that misses

and Biff counters by clinching up.
Francisco wants to get back to striking at distance but Biff won't allow it.
Biff takes a shot to the head.
Francisco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Francisco changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Biff fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Francisco throws a nice looking combination but Biff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sensei Biff seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Biff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Francisco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Francisco throws a jab but it's blocked by Biff.
Biff tries to score a power double leg takedown but Francisco sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Biff somewhat.
Francisco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Biff takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Francisco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Francisco misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco looks for a takedown but Biff sprawls well.
Francisco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Biff swivels and escapes.
Francisco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Biff misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Francisco thows a body shot but no joy.
Francisco shoots for a takedown but Biff saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Biff shoots for a takedown but Francisco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Francisco stuffs the takedown attempt from Biff. Biff gets slowly back to his feet.
Francisco throws the left hand but Biff avoids the punch easily.
Francisco tries for a takedown but Biff sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Francisco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Biff dodges the punch combination from Francisco.
Biff tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Biff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Francisco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Francisco throws a series of punches but Biff avoids them all with ease.
Biff defending well as Francisco loads up on a big left hand.
Francisco tries for a takedown but Biff sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Biff fails to land the takedown.
Francisco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Francisco throws a jab but it's blocked by Biff.
Francisco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No joy there for Francisco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Biff defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Francisco.
Francisco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Biff misses with a jab, cross combination.
Francisco throws a left and a right that both miss

and Biff counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Biff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Biff tries a knee to the head but Francisco blocks it.
Francisco wants a takedown but no success here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Biff decides to pull guard.
Francisco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Francisco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Francisco postures up in Biff's guard and throws a big left but Biff blocks it.
Francisco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Biff works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Francisco would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Biff tries to strike from the bottom.
Francisco with a flurry of punches that miss.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Biff slaps away a takedown attempt from Francisco, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck for Biff with that takedown attempt.
Francisco throws a hook to the side of Biff's head but Biff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Biff.
Nice uppercut lands for Francisco. That snapped Biff's head back.
A swing and a miss from Francisco.
Biff slips a straight right by Francisco.
Francisco throws a big shot that misses.
Francisco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Biff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Biff displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Francisco.
Francisco just misses with a punch to the body.

Biff closes the distance and clinches.
Biff stops a takedown attempt from Francisco.
Biff lands with a right to the head.

Biff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Francisco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Biff shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Francisco as he jumps to the side.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Francisco misses with a straight right.
Francisco misses with a combination
and Biff counters with a body kick.
Francisco misses with a double jab
and Biff counters with a low kick, right behind Francisco 's knee.
Francisco throws a series of punches but Biff moves out of range.
Francisco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Biff counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Francisco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Francisco throws a nice looking combination but Biff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Biff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Francisco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Francisco misses.
Biff lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Francisco leaves Biff with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Francisco fails with the takedown.
Biff blocks a jab.
Biff misses with a series of wild punches.
Francisco just misses with a punch to the body.
Francisco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Biff lands a front kick.
Francisco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Biff swivels and escapes.
Biff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Francisco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Biff looks for a takedown but Francisco sprawls well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Francisco is defended easily by Biff.
Biff ducks under a wild hook from Francisco.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Biff moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Biff tries to clinch but Francisco moves out of range.
Francisco lands a jab to Biff's midsection.
Francisco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Biff on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A slow jab from Francisco misses its intended target.
Biff slips a jab from Francisco.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Francisco.
Biff has a takedown stuffed.
Biff does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Biff slaps away a takedown attempt from Francisco, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Biff fails with a takedown attempt.
Biff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francisco.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sensei Biff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Biff has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Sensei Biff!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Sensei Biff!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Sensei Biff!

Sensei Biff wins by unanimous decision!