PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ramba Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macho Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macho Franco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Boy
vs
Franco

157 cm
24
144 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

170 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ramba Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Macho Franco!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boy wants to clinch up but Franco keeps it at a distance.
Boy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Franco throws out the jab.
Boy moves in looking to clinch but Franco pushes him off.
Boy tries to clinch there but Franco circles away.
Franco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boy wants to clinch up but Franco keeps it at a distance.
Boy moves in looking to clinch but Franco pushes him off.

Boy rushes Franco and presses him up against the cage.
Franco tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Franco jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Boy walks away with a smile on his face. Franco gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boy tries to clinch but Franco is having none of it.
Boy slaps away a takedown attempt from Franco, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ramba Boy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macho Franco.

Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Franco tries to break the clinch but Boy is controlling the position.
Franco takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Macho Franco has been cut.
Franco is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franco's face.
Boy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franco's face.
Nice elbow from Boy.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Franco avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy trying to stall but Franco improves his position.
Boy gets underhooks to prevent Franco's takedown attempt.
Franco throws a punch but it's blocked by Boy.
Boy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Franco tries a knee to the head but Boy blocks it.
Franco can't break the clinch.

Franco pulls guard effortlessly.
Franco has a closed guard, preventing Boy from standing up.
Franco wants to get back to his feet but Boy is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Franco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Franco looking for a sweep. Not yet Franco, not yet.
Franco looking to control.
Franco bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Boy's guard.
Franco wants to control from the top but Boy keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boy has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Franco off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Franco looks for a takedown but Boy sprawls well.
Franco misses with a body kick.

Boy has closed the distance and engaged Franco in a clinch.
Franco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Boy looking to throw knees to the head but Franco is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Boy.
Franco drops down looking for an ankle pick but Boy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Franco looks gassed!

Boy moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boy lands a good knee to the midsection. Franco won't want to take too many of those.
Boy blocks an elbow strike.
Boy lands a knee to the head.
Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franco avoids it.
Franco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Franco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Franco wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Boy misses with a knee to the head.

Franco manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Franco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Franco thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Boy preventing the sweep.
Franco is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Boy tries to stand but Franco is controlling from the bottom.
Franco pulls Boy in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Franco trying to strike off his back.
Franco manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Boy manages to get himself to full guard.
Boy keeping full guard, as Franco tries to pass.
Franco forces his way into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramba Boy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Macho Franco's cut.
That's time! Boy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Franco misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Franco closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Franco passes to side control.
Franco is putting a hurting on Boy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Boy is trying to buck Franco off.

Franco stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Franco throws a punch but it's blocked by Boy.
Franco is trying to push Boy away but Boy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Franco tries to pull guard but Boy holds him up against the cage and eventually Franco drops back down to his feet.
Franco tries to pull guard but Boy holds him up against the cage and eventually Franco drops back down to his feet.
Ramba Boy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macho Franco.
Franco drops down looking for an ankle pick but Boy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Boy is looking to clinch.
Franco shoots in for a takedown but Boy shows good takedown defense.
Franco dives in and grabs Boy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Boy pushes down on Franco's head and hops out.
Franco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boy's waist but Boy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Franco off to one side.
Boy tries to clinch there but Franco circles away.
Boy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boy moves in looking to clinch but Franco pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy slaps away a takedown attempt from Franco, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ramba Boy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boy tries to clinch up but Franco circles away and keeps his distance.
Boy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Boy wants it to stay on the feet.
Franco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franco keeps the fight on the outside.
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boy tries to clinch but Franco moves out of range.
Boy stuffs the takedown attempt from Franco. Franco gets slowly back to his feet.
Boy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Franco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boy tries to clinch but Franco is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy tries to clinch but Franco moves out of range.

Franco moves into the clinch successfully.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
Boy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franco blocks it with crossed arms.
Franco wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.

Franco manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Franco is pulling down on Boy's head to control his posture.
Boy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boy postures up.
Boy wants to stand but Franco has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Franco kicks Boy off and gets to his feet.

Franco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy has Franco pressed against the cage, preventing Franco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Franco swings wildly with an uppercut but Boy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Franco wants a takedown.
Boy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boy.
Franco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Franco tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Boy smiles and moves away.
Boy clinches but Franco breaks the clinch

and Franco decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Boy's guard.
Franco trying to control the position from guard on top but Boy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Franco controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Macho Franco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Macho Franco's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Franco has managed to clinch.
Boy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boy lands a knee to the head.

Franco gets control of Boy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Franco will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Franco is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Franco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Franco is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franco is pulling down on Boy's head. It's preventing any offense from Boy, at least for the moment.
Boy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Boy won't allow Franco to sweep him here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco trying to keep a closed guard but Boy is proving a slippery customer.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Macho Franco wasn't active enough on the ground.
Boy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ramba Boy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franco shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Boy as he avoids it easily.
Ramba Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franco circles away from the clinch attempt

and Franco counters with a single leg into guard. Boy didn't expect that.
Boy keeping moving, preventing Franco from controlling successfully.
Boy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Franco is controlling him.
Franco slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Franco is in close to Boy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Franco looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Franco gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Franco forces Boy back against the cage and clinches.
Franco tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Boy just stands there and leans against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Boy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Franco wants to break free but Boy has control.
Franco fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ramba Boy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macho Franco.
Boy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Franco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Franco fails to pull guard.

Franco works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Franco controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Franco decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Franco shoots in for a takedown but Boy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Boy tries to clinch up

and Franco counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Boy's guard now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Macho Franco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Franco has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Macho Franco!