PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Duff (ranked 20880 p4p, 552 weight class) and John Brown (ranked 1783 p4p, 208 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Duff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe. Brown has chosen Somebody Gonna Get It as his entrance music. Danny Duff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Duff
vs
Brown

172 cm
31
156 lbs
11 - 18 - 0

180 cm
43
166 lbs
35 - 44 - 3

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Duff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 44 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, John Brown!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Duff has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Danny Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brown drives through with a takedown into Duff's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Duff is wriggling around but Brown manages to pass to half guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brown trying to control from half guard but Duff is working away.
Brown prevents Duff from standing back up.
Duff has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brown prevents Duff from standing back up.
Brown working Duff over with strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Duff is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Duff taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Duff is trying to stand.
Brown working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Brown working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Duff is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brown drops an elbow to the side of Duff's head.

Brown is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Duff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Brown sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Duff wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Brown in particular looking to stall.
Duff is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him
Brown is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown working Duff over with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duff is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him
Brown is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brown working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brown sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Duff pushes Brown off looking to stand but Brown dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brown controlling the pace.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Brown seems content to control.
Duff pushes Brown off looking to stand but Brown dives back in and keeps control.
Brown moves into full mount! Duff won't be happy about that!
Duff is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown raining down hammerfists from mount.
Brown has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Duff's face.
Brown looking to finish Duff with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duff!
Duff tries to buck Brown off but he can't manage it.
Brown working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown cracks Duff with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Duff trying desperately to get to his feet.
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Duff looks a forlorn figure.
Duff takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brown scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Duff?
Brown pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Brown raining down shots from the mount!

Duff is rocked!
Duff takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Brown's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Brown!
Post fight, an emotional John Brown said 'Gap Turner Let Fight Again Boy, I Want My Rematch. Cmon Aleksander Pawik Book It And Gap Turner Stop Ducking Boy'.