PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Mma (ranked 1657 p4p, 2607 weight class) and Edgy Brah (ranked 215 p4p, 332 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mma
vs
Brah

182 cm
32
190
24 - 14 - 0

181 cm
39
186
21 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeff Mma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edgy Brah!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brah is looking to clinch.
Brah cracks Mma with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brah takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mma misses with an uppercut. Brah saw that one coming.
Brah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mma connects with a single shot there.
Mma swats away the attempt to clinch by Brah.
Brah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brah looks to throw the jab but Mma is out of range.

Brah gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Brah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mma takes one to the side of the head.
Mma throws a body kick that misses.

Brah has Mma up against the cage in a clinch.
Brah has Mma pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mma manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brah drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Mma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Brah closes the distance and clinches.

Brah breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Mma lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brah doesn't seem phased though.
Mma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brah shapes to counter with a head kick.
Mma scores with a jab to the body.

Mma gets tackled into the cage by Brah. Brah maintains the clinch.

Brah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Mma.
Mma lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brah takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brah has closed the distance and engaged Mma in a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brah has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mma lands a hook that snaps the head of Brah backwards.

Brah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brah misses with a hook.
Mma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brah manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Brah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Mma wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mma misses the jab.
Mma takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mma lands a body shot.
Brah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brah misses with an uppercut. Mma saw that one coming.
Mma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brah was well out of range. Poor timing from Mma.
Mma works Brah's body with a nice hook.
Mma connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mma clobbers Brah with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brah on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mma connects with the punch.
Brah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mma scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mma is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice body kick from Mma.
Brah looks winded!
Mma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brah gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jeff Mma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mma lands with an uppercut that bounces Brah off the cage and back into range.
Brah walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mma jabs at Brah's body.
Mma scores with a nice head shot.
Mma thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brah if he has to take too many more of those.
Mma scores with a jab.
Brah throws a head kick that misses

and Brah is countered with a crisp right hand from Mma that sends him to the canvas! Mma follows him to the mat into side control.

Brah is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Mma decides to stand back up. Mma steps back and let's Brah get back to his feet.
Brah is still on wobbly legs! Can Mma finish him?
Mma throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Mma and Brah goes tumbling to the canvas! Mma follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mma stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Brah to get to his feet.

Mma throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Brah tumbling to the canvas!

Mma stands up and waves to Brah to follow him.
A left lands for Mma.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Mma engages and cracks Brah with a massive lead left hook - Brah tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Mma is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jeff Mma!
Jeff Mma was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.