PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between James Franks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alzra Necromancer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Franks
vs
Necromancer

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
Intelligent

Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Franks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alzra Necromancer!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Franks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Necromancer wants to get back to striking at distance but Franks won't allow it.
Necromancer can't break the clinch.
Necromancer tries to land knees in the clinch but Franks avoids the damage to the body.
Franks stalling.
Franks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Necromancer's efforts to push away.

Franks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Franks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Franks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franks looks to land a combination. Necromancer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Franks has Necromancer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Necromancer can't break the clinch.
Franks utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Necromancer is trying to break the clinch but Franks is controlling him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Franks prevents Necromancer from breaking the clinch.
Necromancer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Franks avoids it.
Franks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Franks for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Franks gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Franks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franks is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Necromancer misses.
Franks avoids the head kick by Necromancer.
Necromancer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franks manages to avoid it.
Franks blocks the body kick.
Franks throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Necromancer takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Franks explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Necromancer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Franks scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Franks tries to clinch but Necromancer moves out of range.
Franks throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franks fakes the leg kick and cracks Necromancer in the body.
Necromancer looks to land a body kick but Franks moved away.
Necromancer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Necromancer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Necromancer pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Franks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Necromancer can't break the clinch.
Necromancer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Necromancer has a couple of punches blocked by Franks.

Franks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Necromancer misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks staying out of range there.

Franks rushes Necromancer and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Franks unloads a knee to the mid-section. Necromancer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Franks works on Necromancer's body with a couple of short punches.
Necromancer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Franks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Necromancer.
Franks scores with a one two! Necromancer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Franks lands with a kick to the temple. Necromancer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Franks dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Necromancer takes one to the side of the head.
Necromancer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
James Franks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franks throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Necromancer's head.

Franks rushes Necromancer and presses him up against the ropes.

Franks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franks moves out of range as Necromancer throws a body kick.
Necromancer throws a leg kick but Franks sees it coming and moves out of range.

Franks closes the distance and clinches.

Franks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A right-left combo lands from Franks.
Franks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James Franks is winning the standup battle so far.

Necromancer gets tackled into the ropes by Franks. Franks maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Franks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Franks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Necromancer, pushing him back against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Franks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Franks breaks from the clinch.
Franks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Franks. Necromancer shrugs it off though.
Franks tries to clinch up.
Franks avoids the body shot from Necromancer.
Franks lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Necromancer backs up against the ropes.
Franks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Franks checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Necromancer misses with a straight left.
Necromancer throws a low kick but Franks moves out of range easily.
Necromancer misses with a low kick as Franks jumps back.
Necromancer throws a head kick but Franks moves out of range.
Necromancer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franks blocks the body kick.
Franks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Necromancer misses with a series of wild punches.
Necromancer throws a push kick but Franks slaps the foot to one side.
Necromancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franks moves in looking to clinch but Necromancer pushes him off.
Necromancer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Franks goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Necromancer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Franks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Necromancer.
Necromancer misses with the combination.
A jab from Necromancer misses.

Franks forces Necromancer back against the ropes and clinches.

Franks breaks from the clinch.
Necromancer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Franks moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks lands a nice shot to the body.

Franks breaks the clinch.
Franks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franks lands with a kick to the temple. Necromancer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Necromancer misses with a two punch combination.
Franks tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Necromancer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Franks darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Necromancer throws a body kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Franks scores with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Franks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Necromancer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Franks dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Necromancer looks to land a combination but Franks avoids it well.
Franks wants to clinch.
Necromancer looks to land a right hand but Franks moved out of range.

Franks gets a clinch.
Necromancer tries to break the clinch but Franks is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Franks.
Franks connects with a knee to the head.
Necromancer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Franks breaks the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Franks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Franks has closed the distance and engaged Necromancer in a clinch.

Franks manages to break the clinch.
Franks works Necromancer's body with a nice hook.
Franks dodges the punch combination from Necromancer.
Franks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Necromancer has time to react.

Franks rushes Necromancer and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Franks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Franks fails with an attempt to clinch.

Franks has Necromancer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Necromancer is trying to push Franks away but Franks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franks prevents Necromancer from breaking the clinch.
Necromancer being controlled against the ropes.
Necromancer tries to work over Franks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Franks is working Necromancer over against the ropes.
Franks is stalling here.
A frustrated look appears on Necromancer's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Franks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Franks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franks scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Franks clinches up with Necromancer and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franks lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Franks.
Franks taking a breather.

Franks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Necromancer can do to turn this around?
A bone on bone clash there as Franks blocks the leg kick.
Franks blocks the body kick.
Necromancer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Franks was well out of range. Poor timing from Necromancer.
Some bone on bone action there as Franks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Franks is looking to clinch but Necromancer is avoiding it.
Necromancer looks to score with a jab to the body but Franks is just out of range.
Necromancer throws a leg kick
and Franks counters with a head kick. That will keep Necromancer thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franks throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Franks!

Necromancer is rocked!
Franks throws a switch kick that catches Necromancer on the top of the head and drops him to the canvas! Necromancer looks hurt - I'm not sure he's going to get back up! The referee starts the count but calls it off at seven as Necromancer flops around on the canvas, clearly in no position to continue! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). James Franks!
During a confident post fight interview, James Franks thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.