PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Steyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter The Dragon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Steyn
vs
Brown

174 cm
22
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
209 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustav Steyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Harry Brown!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steyn closes the distance and clinches up with Brown, looking for a takedown. Steyn pushes Brown against the cage but Brown circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Steyn closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brown to the mat! Brown manages to get full guard.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Steyn from controlling successfully.
Steyn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Steyn trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Steyn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Steyn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Steyn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brown is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brown prevents Steyn from improving his position.

Steyn manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Steyn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steyn looks like he's trying to stand up.
Steyn is breathing heavily.
Brown wants to control but Steyn is keeping him busy.
Steyn is trying to get back to full guard.

Brown seems to be working for a kimura but Steyn defends the submission attempt.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Steyn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steyn tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Brown wants to pass to mount but Steyn is defending the position.
Brown lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Brown throws a strike but Steyn manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Brown tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gustav Steyn!