Xiaolin’s Fight REVIEW- Franklin vs. Dewees UFC 44
Let’s go back a little farther for this one than my last couple of reviews… UFC 44, Franklin/Dewees.
Dewees starts out with a nice kick that misses, then tries a front leg front kick that also misses, but chases Franklin into the fence. A bit of a struggle, then Dewees gets it to the ground- a place Franklin obviously doesn’t want to be in this fight, injury or not. But Franklin catches Dewees in half-gaurdwhile Dewees tries a couple of what looked like guillotine chokes that didn’t quite work. The last guillotine Dewees tries allows Franklin to gain top position, and Dewees doesn’t close guard so Franklin, after a couple punches, stands up an backs out, making him stand up.
A few standing shotsz are thrown, Frankin gets Dewees with a nice kick and forces Dewees into the fence this time. Dewees throws some knees in an attempt to do some damage, but if there was any, Franklin didn’t show it at all. Then, a bit of a small struggle to try and make space fails, and they trade shots for awhile- Dewees driving his heel into Franklin’s leg and Franklin throwing some knees. Then Dewees throws some knees that seemed to lack anything close to any power. Franklin, meantime, is throwing some punches I most definately don’t want to be on the recieving end of.
Franklin throws a big, jumping knee and then a nice flurry of hard punches that stun Dewees good. After they stand up, Franklin lands some more hard knees to the face and a punch or two thrown in for good measure. Knocks Dewees down and tries to finish, but he really doesn’t want to be on the ground, so he allows Dewees back up.
After they get back up, Franklin nails him with a good punch that knocks him down and then kick to the body. Follows down and throws a few shots, good knee to the body, and after a few more knees, the fight is over.
Result: Franklin by ref stoppage.
