PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Randee Holloman (ranked 4707 p4p, 4672 weight class) and Mike Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Island Boy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Holloman
vs
Brown

183 cm
22
155
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Underpant Gnomes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Randee Holloman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Brown!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.

Holloman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holloman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Brown after a bit of a struggle.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holloman has him pressed against the cage.
Brown is trying to push Holloman away but Holloman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown is trying to break free.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.

Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.

Brown breaks the clinch.
Holloman takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown avoids the head kick by Holloman.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holloman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Holloman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.

Holloman is rocked!
Holloman blocks a head kick by Brown.
Oh Holloman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Holloman throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Brown tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Holloman is in Brown's guard.
Holloman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Holloman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Holloman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Holloman passes Brown's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Holloman seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holloman controlling the action here.
Holloman will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Holloman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloman is controlling the pace.
Holloman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holloman drops an elbow to the side of Brown's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holloman lands strikes from half guard.
Holloman stalling.
Holloman'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.
Holloman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloman works his foot free and advances to mount.
Holloman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brown taking shots to the head.
Holloman lands with some strikes.
Holloman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Holloman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown taking shots to the head.
Holloman controlling the pace for now.
Brown is bucking up trying to escape but Holloman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Holloman controlling from mount.
Holloman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brown's face.
Holloman controlling the position easily from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Holloman has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holloman.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Holloman gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Holloman is controlling the position.
Holloman is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Brown gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to break free.
Holloman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown tries to break free but Holloman pushes him back against the cage.
Holloman prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Holloman keeps him there for the moment.
Brown trying to stall but Holloman improves his position.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown can't break the clinch.

Holloman has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Brown regains guard immediately.
Holloman working some strikes from top position.
Holloman lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloman works over Brown with some ground and pound from guard.
Holloman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Holloman seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Brown for as long as he can get away with.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Holloman.
Brown has momentary wrist control but Holloman slips an elbow through the middle.
Brown being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Holloman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Holloman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Holloman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Brown manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Holloman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Holloman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Randee Holloman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holloman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Holloman controlling from the top position.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Holloman.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Holloman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Holloman is looking to work some ground and pound but Brown has wrist control.
Holloman seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Holloman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Randee Holloman dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Holloman keeps him there for the moment.
Brown is trying to break free.
Holloman is looking to take this one to the mat.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holloman has him pressed against the cage.

Holloman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Holloman changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brown looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
An elbow from Holloman crashes against the mat.
Holloman misses with the ground and pound.
Holloman slows the pace down.
Holloman advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holloman unloading with bombs!
Holloman breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Holloman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.
Holloman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Holloman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.
Holloman controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloman raining down shots from the mount!
Holloman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Holloman.
Holloman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mike Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holloman landing strikes from the mount.
Holloman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Holloman lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloman breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Holloman controlling from the full mount.
Holloman working Brown over with strikes here.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holloman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Holloman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brown's face.
Holloman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brown hang on?
Holloman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brown?
Holloman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holloman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brown hang on?
Holloman landing shots from mount.
Brown is bucking up trying to escape but Holloman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Holloman cracks Brown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holloman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Holloman lands a couple of good shots and Brown has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Holloman scores with punches and elbows.
Holloman is landing with strikes. Brown can't take much more of this.

Brown is rocked!
Holloman just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Further stalling from Holloman.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randee Holloman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Holloman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randee Holloman!
Mike Brown spoke after the fight, saying 'You can’t get away from yourself, but you can get yourself out of the way'.