PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Afa Sila (ranked 11390 p4p, 2109 weight class) and John Brown (ranked 618 p4p, 240 weight class). Sila comes into the arena with Samoa Joe - Destroyer (Entrance Theme) blaring out of the sound system. Brown is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everythang Corrupt. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that John Brown was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sila
vs
Brown

173 cm
48
161
35 - 29 - 0

180 cm
44
166
37 - 46 - 4

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 35 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Afa Sila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 46 - 4, fighting out of Hilo, John Brown!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
Sila is looking to chop away at Brown's legs.
Brown punishes Sila's body with a nice straight punch.
Sila misses with a looping left.
Brown throws a low kick but Sila avoids it.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown is looking to chop away at Sila's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Sila.
A big right from Sila misses.
Sila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Sila moves out of range of the strikes.
Sila throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Sila avoids it.
Donk. Brown catches Sila right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sila tries to land a leg kick but Brown saw it coming and moves away.
Sila steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Sila takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sila gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sila fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brown checks it well.
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Sila checks it.
Sila throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sila.
Brown fakes the leg kick and cracks Sila in the body.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Sila's front leg but catches the back leg as Sila tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Sila down.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Sila is out of range.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Sila avoids it.
Brown has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sila manages to avoid it.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Sila saw that one coming.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fighters circling - Sila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sila tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sila looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sila is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brown has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sila checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sila's sensitive parts.
Sila checks a low kick from Brown.
Brown takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sila cracks Brown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brown misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Sila on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sila is looking to chop away at Brown's legs.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sila throws out the jab.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sila drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sila tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Sila.
Brown is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sila had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sila throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Sila just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sila looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Sila throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Sila tries to score with a low kick but Brown moves his leg out of the way.
Sila defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sila.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown lunges at Sila with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sila's hand.
Sila throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Sila is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Brown's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Brown avoids the body shot from Sila.
Sila attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Sila is looking to counter punch.
Sila misses with a right hand
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sila. Sila circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sila throws a body shot but no joy.
Sila takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sila tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brown swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Sila scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A head kick misses from Brown.
It looked like Sila wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Sila is out of range.
Brown moves away from the strike by Sila.
Brown with a jab.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Sila wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sila throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sila has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brown.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown feints and then cracks Sila's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sila down.
Sila swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Brown dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A jab from Sila misses.
Sila lands with an overhand left.
Sila is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sila misses with an uppercut.
Brown scores with a jab to the jaw.
John Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sila.
Sila throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
Sila scores with a sloppy right hand. Brown should have avoided that one.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sila doesn't seem phased though.
Sila throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brown stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sila scores with a jab to the body.
Brown swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sila doesn't seem phased though.
Brown connects with a single shot there.
Sila looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Sila down.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sila might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown defending well as Sila loads up on a big left hand.
Sila on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Sila is rocked!
Brown moves out of range as Sila throws a body kick.
Sila wants to land a leg kick but Brown is out of range.
Sila throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Brown is looking to slow Sila down with leg kicks.
Brown takes a swing at Sila's ribcage but misses.
Sila fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brown checks it well.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.
That kick from Brown tenderised Sila's leg. Sila is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brown connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sila throws a leg kick that misses.
Brown thinks about the counter body kick.
Sila throws a wild body kick that Brown sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Sila misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sila walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sila misses with a hook.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Sila is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch lands to the side of Sila 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sila.
Sila half committed to a counter leg kick.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Sila throws a big shot that misses.
Brown doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Sila.
Sila seems to have got his legs back now.
Sila is looking to land body kicks.
Sila takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brown connects with a crisp jab.
Sila keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Sila misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sila misses with a looping right.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sila.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Sila avoids a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
Sila misses with a wild body shot.
Sila misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sila throws a body kick that misses.
Sila takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sila misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sila doesn't seem phased though.
Brown throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sila showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Sila avoids the body shot from Brown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown throws a leg kick but Sila moved away.
Sila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sila throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
Sila swings widly with a right hand
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sila.
Sila throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Sila misses with a straight left.
Sila throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brown was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brown throws a leg kick but Sila sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brown lands an overhand right.
Sila avoids a kick to the body.
Brown lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sila misses with an uppercut.
Brown is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sila with a body shot.
Sila throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brown pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sila is out of range and Brown settles back down.
Brown lands with a straight right. Sila didn't see that one coming.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Sila.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sila is out of range.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Sila sees coming a mile off.
Brown checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sila gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sila takes a step back to recover.
Brown looks to land a left hand but Sila moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sila throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sila gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brown.
Brown smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brown connects with the punch.
Brown connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sila throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Sila avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Sila was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brown.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Sila is just out of range.
Brown checks a leg kick.
A jab from Brown finds it's way through Sila's defenses.
Sila throws a head kick that misses.
Good work by Brown as he checks the leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sila misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Afa Sila has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sila misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sila has time to react.
Sila throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sila blocks a head kick by Brown.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Nice cross by Brown.
Brown connects with a single shot there.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Sila throws a leg kick but Brown checks it.
Brown swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sila throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Sila throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sila throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Brown looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sila scores with a nice strike.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sila looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sila blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown with a nice cross.
Sila takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sila stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sila throws a leg kick but Brown checks it.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sila stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brown digs a good hook to Sila's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sila moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sila takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sila misses with a straight left.
Brown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sila will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A lazy body kick from Sila
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown tests Sila's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sila. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Sila's front leg but catches the back leg as Sila tries to avoid it.
Brown lands a nice shot to the body.
Sila takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brown has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Brown!
John Brown took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'All The 6 Title Fights I Fought I Got Robbed, The Judges And Ref Screw Me. Should Be Champ At Panda 1 But It End A Draw Bullshit And Panda 5 Robbed Again, I Outclass Gai And Out Strike Him. The Whole Fight Game Is Corrupt'.
In defeat, Afa Sila stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sorry Bro Gonna Win Next Fight Bro'.