PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Farnsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Fuchs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuchs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fly me to the moon. Fuchs has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Franz Fuchs acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Farnsworth
vs
Fuchs

186 cm
22
206 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Farnsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Franz Fuchs!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farnsworth drops Fuchs with a big left hand and mounts him. Fuchs is in big trouble!

Fuchs is rocked!

It looks like Franz Fuchs has been cut.
Fuchs looks gassed!
Fuchs is looking to get to half guard.
Fuchs is still in real trouble! Can Farnsworth finish him?
Farnsworth controlling from the full mount.
Fuchs seems to have recovered his senses.
Farnsworth has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Xavier Farnsworth just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A nice inside leg kick there by Farnsworth. That's going to slow Fuchs down.
Xavier Farnsworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farnsworth misses with a wild combination.
Farnsworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Farnsworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Farnsworth fails to land with a series of punches.
Fuchs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farnsworth.
Farnsworth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farnsworth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fuchs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fuchs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Farnsworth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuchs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Farnsworth throws a head kick but Fuchs moves out of range.
Farnsworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuchs misses with a takedown attempt - Farnsworth sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fuchs shoots in and drives through. Farnsworth sprawls well.
Xavier Farnsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franz Fuchs.
Farnsworth swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Farnsworth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fuchs.
Fuchs keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Farnsworth misses with a two punch combination.

Fuchs decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fuchs lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Farnsworth kicks off Fuchs and gets to his feet.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Farnsworth! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Xavier Farnsworth!