PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Kane (ranked 6055 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rei Francisco (ranked 4844 p4p, 0 weight class). Rei Francisco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tom Kane's chin.

Kane
vs
Francisco

185 cm
24
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rei Francisco!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Kane backs off Francisco throws a huge counter combo but Kane manages to avoid it all.
Kane shoots and misses
and Francisco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tom Kane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kane shoots and misses
and Francisco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kane misses with a takedown
and Francisco counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Kane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kane tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Francisco counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danga de danga de dang - Francisco scores with a four punch combination!
Francisco missing with a left hand there. Kane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kane closes this distance looking for a takedown but Francisco circles away.
Francisco appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francisco connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kane. Kane circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kane tries to clinch but Francisco moves away
enabling Francisco to counter with a crisp jab.
Rei Francisco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane throws a leg kick
and Francisco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kane gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Francisco circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Francisco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick by Kane misses
and Kane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Francisco keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kane with a poor takedown
and Francisco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kane is breathing heavily.
A head kick by Kane misses
and Francisco scores with a counter punch that sends Kane to the canvas! Francisco smells blood - he's punishing Kane with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Kane has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rei Francisco!
A relieved looking Rei Francisco thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.