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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Franchise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Bundles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franchise comes to the cage accompanied by Microphone Fiend- Rage Against the Machine. Bundles has chosen It's Tricky by Run DMC as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Franchise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Bundles!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundles moves to clinch but Franchise breaks away
and Franchise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bundles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bundles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bundles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franchise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franchise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Franchise jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Franchise misses with a few strikes there.
Bundles is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Franchise with a body shot.
Bundles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bundles swings wildly with an uppercut but Franchise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bundles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Franchise throws a nice looking combination but Bundles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bundles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franchise walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Franchise takes a swing at Bundles's ribcage but misses.
Franchise shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Franchise takes a swing at Bundles's ribcage but misses.
Bundles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franchise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franchise misses with a body shot.
Franchise throws a shot from downtown. Bundles moves away and avoids it.
Bundles throws a head kick but Franchise moves out of range.
Franchise seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Franchise's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bundles under the eye.
Franchise blocks a head kick by Bundles.
Bundles fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Franchise works over Bundles's head and body with a nice combination.
Franchise scores with a decent looking hook.
Bundles throws a nice head kick!
Franchise just misses with a punch to the body.
As Franchise backs off Bundles throws a huge counter combo but Franchise manages to avoid it all.
Bundles connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Franchise swats away the attempt to clinch by Bundles.
Bundles darts in and clinches Franchise up against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bundles has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bundles.
Franchise misses with a punch on the inside.
Franchise is trying to break free.
Bundles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Bundles.
Franchise wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bundles has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franchise.
Franchise content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bundles tries to land knees in the clinch but Franchise avoids the damage to the body.
Bundles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bundles trying to land knees to the body.
Bundles is working Franchise over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Bundles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bundles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Franchise lands a right hand.
Franchise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bundles avoids it.
Franchise has a couple of punches blocked by Bundles.
Franchise breaks the clinch.
Bundles misses the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bundles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franchise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bundles.
Bundles throws a wild body kick that Franchise sees coming a mile off.
As Bundles looks to move away, Franchise throws a big counter combo but Bundles just gets out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundles walks into a left hand.
Franchise throws a body punch but Bundles moves out of range.
Bundles tries to land a front kick but Franchise steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bundles works over Franchise's head and body with a nice combination.
Bundles has closed the distance and engaged Franchise in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bundles avoiding damage as Franchise throws knees to the body.
Bundles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Franchise.
Bundles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bundles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Franchise avoids the head kick by Bundles.
Bundles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franchise misses with a wild combination.
Franchise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bundles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franchise.
Bundles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body kick there by Bundles.
Bundles defending well as Franchise loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bundles.
Franchise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bundles manages to avoid it.
Franchise throws a body punch but Bundles moves out of range.
Franchise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bundles.
Bundles lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bundles.
Bundles misses with a head kick.
Franchise jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Bundles there.
Bundles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franchise.
Franchise throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bundles! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bundles throws a front kick that sends Franchise stumbling back into the cage.
Bundles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bundles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bundles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franchise.
Bundles throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ray Bundles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Franchise's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Franchise smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Franchise chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bundles can pounce on him.
Franchise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bundles throws a right and a left that Franchise avoids nicely.
Bundles connects with a body shot that sends Franchise's belly button to the back.
The fighters circling - Franchise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bundles misses with a body shot.
Franchise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franchise misses with a series of wild punches.
Bundles moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bundles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bundles manages to break the clinch.
Franchise lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stevie Franchise is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franchise fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bundles gets a clinch.
Franchise breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundles lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for Bundles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Franchise takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Franchise throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bundles tries to clinch up.
A jab from Franchise does it's job there.
Bundles tries to clinch but Franchise is having none of it.
Franchise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bundles moves away.
Franchise is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Bundles throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Franchise throws a jab but it's blocked by Bundles.
A slapping leg kick lands for Franchise.
Bundles closes the distance and pushes Franchise back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bundles struggles to land a body shot inside as Franchise controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Bundles.
Franchise trying to land knees to the body.
Franchise is trying to maintain a safe position but Bundles gets an underhook and turns Franchise into the cage.
Bundles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Franchise manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franchise wants to land a leg kick but Bundles is out of range.
Bundles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bundles tries to land a front kick but Franchise steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bundles connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Franchise throws a poor cross that misses
and Bundles counters with a left to the body.
Ray Bundles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bundles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bundles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Franchise's hands.
Bundles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bundles misses with a head kick.
Franchise catches Bundles with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bundles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franchise.
Bundles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franchise manages to avoid it.
Ray Bundles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franchise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bundles.
Bundles lands with a kick to the temple. Franchise shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bundles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bundles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Bundles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franchise throws a body kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Bundles.
Some wild striking there from Bundles.
Bundles takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bundles misses with a body shot.
Bundles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Franchise throws a lazy right hand but Bundles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Franchise dodges the punch combination from Bundles.
Nice shot lands for Bundles.
Bundles wants to clinch but Franchise slips to the side
and Franchise counters with a stiff right hand.
Bundles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franchise swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bundles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundles checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bundles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bundles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bundles feints a jab promting Franchise to slip. Bundles then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Franchise slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bundles instigates a clinch.
Franchise avoids a wild elbow strike from Bundles.
Bundles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Franchise backwards.
Franchise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bundles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Franchise fails to land.
Franchise breaks the clinch.
Bundles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franchise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bundles throws a series of punches but Franchise avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Franchise misses its intended target.
Franchise tries a head kick but it misses.
Franchise throws a body punch but Bundles moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Bundles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Franchise looks to land a right hand but Bundles moved out of range.
Franchise takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Franchise moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bundles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Franchise manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Bundles tenderised Franchise's leg. Franchise is trying to keep his angry face on.
Franchise just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bundles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bundles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bundles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bundles catches Franchise with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Decent striking displayed by Franchise there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franchise misses with an uppercut. Bundles saw that one coming.
Franchise takes a swing at Bundles's ribcage but misses.
Bundles avoids the body shot from Franchise.
Franchise throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bundles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bundles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franchise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franchise chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bundles can pounce on him.
Franchise misses with a wild body shot.
Bundles unleashes a big counter combination but Franchise bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bundles, right into the meat.
Franchise misses with a hook
and Bundles counters with a right hand to the body.
Franchise takes a swing at Bundles's ribcage but misses.
Bundles clinches.
Bundles lands a nice elbow.
Bundles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bundles tries a body shot but Franchise blocks it.
Franchise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bundles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Franchise is looking for a counter combo.
Bundles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bundles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bundles attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bundles throws a series of punches but Franchise avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundles throws a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franchise throws a big shot that misses.
Bundles wants to clinch.
Bundles moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both fighters circling a little - Bundles finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bundles defending well as Franchise loads up on a big left hand.
Bundles throws a series of strikes that have Franchise backpedaling.
Bundles moves out of range of the body kick.
Franchise loads up on a big right hand but Bundles slips the punch.
Franchise misses with a double jab
and Bundles counters with a stiff right hand.
Bundles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bundles tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bundles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franchise lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bundles circles away quickly and effectively.
Bundles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bundles throws a combination that misses
and Franchise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bundles slips under a jab from Franchise.
Franchise with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Franchise's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Franchise duly obliges.
Stevie Franchise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franchise throws an overhand right that lands on Bundles's shoulder, as Bundles tries to avoid the shot.
Despite the aggression on Bundles's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A lazy left from Franchise finds it's target.
Bundles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franchise.
Franchise just misses with a punch to the body.
Bundles is looking for the big counter here.
Bundles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franchise misses with a looping left.
Nice shot by Bundles.
Franchise is rocked!
Some wild striking there from Bundles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundles dodges the punch combination from Franchise.
Bundles clinches with his opponent.
Bundles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Franchise has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Franchise's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Bundles as the two fighters clinch.
Bundles taking a breather.
Franchise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bundles avoids it.
Bundles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bundles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Franchise.
Bundles clinches.
Bundles managing to block the knees to the body from Franchise.
Franchise wants to break free but Bundles has control.
Ray Bundles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Franchise displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bundles up against the cage.
Ray Bundles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Bundles scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Bundles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bundles 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Bundles!
Post fight, an emotional Ray Bundles said '"I've been working on my ground game, because I know Franchise is a purple belt and I've struggled against high level BJJ guys in the past. Just happy to get my first win in Omega Fighting. I'm ready for my next challenge."'.
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