PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Brody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Love
vs
Brody

190 cm
20
237 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonny Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Brody!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Love moves into the clinch successfully.
Love looking to stall.
Brody is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Brody shoots in.
A big right from Love misses.
Love tests Brody's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Frank Brody has been cut.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Brody clinches but Love breaks the clinch

and Love counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brody won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Brody is avoiding damage well.
Brody can't do much from the bottom here.
Love controls the position.
Love has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Brody's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brody tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Love wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Love slows the pace down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brody looking for a sweep but Love has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Love controlling the pace for now.
Brody regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brody is trying to get back to full guard.

Love is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brody doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Love.
Brody has his hands clasped together around Love's back. He's all about the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brody gets full guard.
Love sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Love's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Brody's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Love closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brody to the mat! Brody manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love stands and throws Brody's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Brody tries to improve position but can't.

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

Love is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Brody is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Brody wants to control but Love postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brody tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Love easily slips into full mount!
Love can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Brody is looking to escape.
Brody tries to hold on but Love pushes him away.
Love controlling from the full mount.

That's two 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.
Brody sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Love is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jonny Love just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Brody throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brody off to one side.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt

and Love counters with a shoot takedown. Brody fights it but they end up in guard.

Love has gone for a leg lock! Brody slips out almost immediately though and dives into Love's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brody wants to stand and escape but instead Love has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Love wants to control from the top but Brody keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brody pulls Love in to control the position.
Brody wants to sweep here but Love controlling him for the moment.
Love's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Brody tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Brody has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Brody's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brody misses with the body kick

and Love counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Brody is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brody bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Love's guard.
Brody is fighting to break Love's control of his arms but Love is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Brody pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Brody takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Brody wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Love is pulling down on Brody's head. It's preventing any offense from Brody, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brody can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brody postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Love keeping moving, preventing Brody from controlling successfully.
Brody trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brody has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Love is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brody tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jonny Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frank Brody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Brody moves out of range as Love strikes.

Love darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Brody is concentrating on defense, preventing Love from advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brody wants to get back to his feet.
Love is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brody is looking for a sweep. Love is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brody wants to control but Love is keeping busy.
Frank Brody has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonny Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brody strikes from the bottom but Love passes into mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Love!