Koscheck vs. Franklin

[The Sandmen]

Josh Koscheck looks very relaxed.
Rich Franklin doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
Josh Koscheck comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.

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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!


Rich Franklin goes with a looping right hand while Josh Koscheck jumps back and jabs
Franklin only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.


Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.


Rich Franklin paws at Koscheck.
Koscheck swings ineffectively.
Poorly executed technique. Rich Franklin looks to counter!
A furious flurry of punches from Rich Franklin
puts Koscheck in a world of hurt!


The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Franklin studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.


As the fight continues it seems that Rich Franklin is taking the best of the fight.
Rich Franklin fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Koscheck's chin


Rich Franklin tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!


Franklin looks to be in very good shape.
Nice punches from Rich Franklin.
Koscheck staggers backwards. Franklin wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!


The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Koscheck fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Franklin sprawls and remains on his feet.


These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.


Koscheck wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Franklin doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards


Josh Koscheck goes with a looping right hand while Rich Franklin jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Franklin seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.


Franklin is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Rich Franklin attempts a sweep single...
Josh Koscheck was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.


Josh Koscheck goes for the suplex...
Wow, incredible!


Josh Koscheck is in open guard over Franklin
Koscheck delivers a few accurate elbows!
Franklin is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
There is a laceration on Rich Franklin's Mouth

Winner is Josh Koscheck by TKO (Stoppage - cut Mouth) at 2:39 Round 1

Statistics: Josh Koscheck
Punches 5/11 (45%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 11 s

Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 16/23 (70%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 11 s


...a mouth cut? Seriously? Phoenix is going to LOVE this one. At least it wasn't against my fighter this time.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Yep. Especially when Franklin was actually winning this til the suplex. :-/ It's getting too easy for the fighters to get cut now. Not pleased at all.

[The Sandmen]

They go in spurts. We hadn;t had a cut for a long-ish time, now 2-3 back to backish. It's a stinger.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

2 things with this one though:
1) This wasn't in under 30s
2) This wasn't for the title.

This was atleast halfway through the 1st round and Koscheck had enough time and enough opportunity to do some effective damage to cause a cut, despite the fact that Rich looked like he was getting the better of Josh to start with.

[The Sandmen]

Cool. So Carano is more efficient at fucking up someone's eyesight. GOOD JOB GIRL!

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 3, 2014 21:53:43 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Cool. So Carano is more efficient at fucking up someone's eyesight. GOOD JOB GIRL!

Nah... the simlator's just fucked and bias towards strikers.

[xx - Team GAP]

only way well-rounded fighters win is if they have decent striking first

[The Sandmen]

Jan 4, 2014 16:08:35 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

only way well-rounded fighters win is if they have decent striking first

Mark Coleman disagrees with you. Aoki, Megumi Fujii, etc.

Man, you and PHX - you guys just grab at whatever straws you want to go on about, while ignoring what ACTUALLY happens, and making up your own worlds. Kinda weird, guys, but if it makes you happy, carry on.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 4, 2014 20:14:33 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Jan 4, 2014 16:08:35 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

only way well-rounded fighters win is if they have decent striking first

Mark Coleman disagrees with you. Aoki, Megumi Fujii, etc.

Man, you and PHX - you guys just grab at whatever straws you want to go on about, while ignoring what ACTUALLY happens, and making up your own worlds. Kinda weird, guys, but if it makes you happy, carry on.

Funny that... I tend to think the exact same about your more often than not.

[The Sandmen]

Difference being, as demonstrated above, I use real happenings to back my stuff up. You just pull the ol' Pee Wee Herman, and move on.

This is where you say, "I know you do, but what am I", and it goes on and on and on. Post count or no post count, I am bored with this thread, so I go now. Good win by Koscheck here.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 4, 2014 22:36:06 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Difference being, as demonstrated above, I use real happenings to back my stuff up. You just pull the ol' Pee Wee Herman, and move on.

This is where you say, "I know you do, but what am I", and it goes on and on and on. Post count or no post count, I am bored with this thread, so I go now. Good win by Koscheck here.

And look who now resorts to name calling... : Thing is that you use "real happenings" as ways to back your points up but you're always the first to say that "this isn't real life". So really, you're just contradiction of yourself when you only bring up these points when it suits you, but you ignore them when it doesn't. Things don't work like that man... atleast they shouldn't, in a fair and unbiased environment.

[The Sandmen]

Good win by Koscheck here.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jan 5, 2014 2:35:52 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Good win by Koscheck here.

Shitty avoidance by The Sandmen here.

[The Sandmen]

Good moving on by The Sandmen. Good win by Koscheck, over a quality opponent. I wonder if this affects Ferocity's presumable disgruntlement of getting rid of Franklin after 9 seasons, only then having him win a title.

[xx - Team GAP]

look sandmen.. up untill this season my team has sucked.. i have had nothing and i mean nothing happening with my team that i could stop being frustrating with.. last season i pumped my fighters with alot of stand up fighting skills and guess what? they are winning now... (i'm not talking about new acquirings i got for this season either)

The simulator likes strikers.. it does..
Mark Coleman, Has good amount of striking ability
Aoki,Has good amount of striking ability
Megumi Fujii, Has good amount of striking ability

whether they were pumped up with points or just built that way each of these guys has the ability to fight on their feet. true they also may have ground skills making them "well-rounded" but it's the striking ability that allows them to be good... I don't see a single fighter with very little points in striking stats (punches, Kicks, clinch striking) doing very well.