Post by The Sandman on Aug 22, 2021 4:19:22 GMT -5
ManMMA Middleweight Championship
Israel Adesanya is the favourite fighter of the crowd at SkyDome (Toronto, Ontario).
Rich Franklin is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Israel Adesanya glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
And here we go with the title fight!
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Rich Franklin comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
Israel Adesanya comes with a 3 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Franklin and The Last Stylebender move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Israel Adesanya tries a middle kick
Franklin blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Rich Franklin throws a combo
Israel Adesanya ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Franklin swings again, only to get countered once more! Franklin is looking bad here!
Franklin's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Israel Adesanya!
Franklin is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Franklin has a small cut in his Right cheek
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
The Last Stylebender leads with a punch
Rich Franklin avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Rich Franklin charges at The Last Stylebender throwing flurries left and right.
Not many punches are hitting, but the ones that land are huge shots! The Last Stylebender is rocked!
The Last Stylebender is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Israel Adesanya fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Franklin launches a hook to the body
Bang! The Last Stylebender stops that one with his ribs!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
The Last Stylebender and Franklin circle around the center of the cage.
Rich Franklin fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
A punch from Rich Franklin
grazes The Last Stylebender's left cheek.
The Last Stylebender's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Israel Adesanya goes with a looping right hand while Rich Franklin jumps back and jabs
The Last Stylebender only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Franklin pushes Israel Adesanya and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Some nice shots from Israel Adesanya
that stun Franklin.
Israel Adesanya takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
The Last Stylebender moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Franklin's thigh!
Israel Adesanya is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The Last Stylebender is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Israel Adesanya fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Rich Franklin! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Middle kick from The Last Stylebender.
Franklin receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Crushing shot to Franklin's body! He's holding his side
Israel Adesanya takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Rich Franklin has seen better days.
Rich Franklin is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Israel Adesanya throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Franklin's chin! That stops Franklin in his tracks!
Franklin's Right eye is beginning to swell
Israel Adesanya has found an opening in the defense of Franklin, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Franklin's ribs.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The Last Stylebender steps backwards away from Rich Franklin. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Israel Adesanya charges at Franklin throwing flurries left and right.
Not many punches are hitting, but the ones that land are huge shots! Franklin is rocked!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Terrible one sided match... Franklin was not ready to fight a fighter of Israel Adesanya caliber.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Franklin steps forward
Israel Adesanya catches him with an uppercut to the face!
The Last Stylebender launches a furious low kick!
Franklin receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Israel Adesanya fakes a punch and launches himself over Rich Franklin
Great move by The Last Stylebender who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Israel Adesanya slightly pushes Franklin into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
A left hook from Franklin
falls short.
The Last Stylebender tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Rich Franklin throws a combo
Israel Adesanya ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Franklin swings again, only to get countered once more! Franklin is looking bad here!
The Last Stylebender and Franklin circle around the center of the cage.
The Last Stylebender moves backwards and Rich Franklin is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The Last Stylebender steps backwards away from Rich Franklin. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Brilliant combination from Israel Adesanya
that forces Franklin to try and defend better.
Franklin has a small cut in his Mouth
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Solid kick to the leg from Israel Adesanya
that visibly pains Franklin.
Franklin seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
An overhand right from Israel Adesanya that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Franklin's stops that one with his face! How is Franklin standing?!
Franklin's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Rich Franklin's Nose
Rich Franklin seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Israel Adesanya!
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Israel Adesanya tries a middle kick
Franklin blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Franklin was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Israel Adesanya by TKO (Middle kick) at 2:29 Round 2
Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Israel Adesanya
Punches 21/27 (78%)
Kicks 7/7 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Israel Adesanya wins the Middleweight title!
Wow, so Franklin tried to storm out of the game and throw damage, and he landed some of that, but Adesanya got some aggressive attacks going and landed a lot of them, and just….pow. Was Izzy motivated by being traded as a #1 contender in a title fight, or was he just always this damned good? I would say time will tell, but that won’t answer shit.
Congrats to Izzy for being our 5th-ever champion! Long may he reign!
