PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Toinby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toinby has chosen Captured as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Toinby

174 cm
21
168 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
166 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Toinby!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toinby shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brown pinned against the cage. Brown gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Brown.
A lull in the action here.
Toinby is looking to reverse the position.
Brown working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toinby misses with a strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Toinby takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Toinby looks gassed!

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brown performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Toinby wants to get back to his feet.
Toinby throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Toinby misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Toinby is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Brown jumps into side control!
Toinby is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toinby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brown decides to stand back up.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toinby tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Toinby tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with a one-two to the body.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown throws a series of strikes that have Toinby backpedaling.
Bobby Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Brown instigates a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Toinby stops a takedown attempt from Brown.
Brown goes for a takedown in the clinch but Toinby prevents it.

Brown gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Toinby is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown stalling.
Toinby moves into full guard.
Brown showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Toinby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Brown tries for a takedown but Toinby circles away easily
and Toinby counters with a head kick.
Brown throws a lazy head kick

and Toinby counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Toinby wants to stand but Brown has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Toinby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brown is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Toinby throws a big right hand that misses.
Toinby trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Toinby gets to his feet - Brown follows without any prompting.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Toinby wants to break free but Brown has control.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Toinby lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent Toinby's takedown attempt.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toinby swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.

Brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Toinby tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Brown is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Toinby is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toinby manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brown's best efforts.
Toinby tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Bobby Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Brown in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toinby is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Toinby has a hand on Brown's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Brown takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Toinby for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bobby Brown will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Toinby tries to clinch

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Toinby wants to get back to his feet.
Brown lands with a punch from half guard.
Toinby wants to control but Brown passes into side.

Brown stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bobby Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown tries to clinch up

and Toinby counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Toinby.

Brown wants the takedown. Toinby is fighting it off but Brown persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Toinby's guard against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toinby throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Toinby is striking from the bottom but Brown uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toinby is trying to stand.
Toinby is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Toinby is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him

Brown escapes and gets back to his feet.
Toinby closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brown jabs Toinby right on the nose. Toinby blinks but takes it well.

Brown pushes Toinby up against the cage in a clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Horrible takedown by Brown or perhaps it was just good defense by Toinby which made him look bad.
Toinby throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Toinby. No joy for Brown on that attempt.

Toinby closes the distance and clinches.
Toinby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown stops a takedown attempt from Toinby.
Toinby is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Toinby dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Toinby has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Toinby is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bobby Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Toinby.
Toinby tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.

Brown pulls Toinby into guard.
Toinby trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toinby looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brown trying to control but Toinby is working from the bottom.
Toinby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brown's guard.
Toinby missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Toinby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Toinby working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Brown manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Richard Toinby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Toinby counters with a single leg into guard. Brown didn't expect that.

Brown pushes Toinby off and gets back to his feet.

Brown looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Toinby is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Brown pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Brown!