PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Hernandez (ranked 4344 p4p, 5338 weight class) and Jaylen Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hernandez
vs
Brown

193 cm
25
210
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
220
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jaylen Brown!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hernandez half committed to a counter leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hernandez.
Brown tries to work over Hernandez's front leg with a kick but Hernandez checks it.
Hernandez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Brown shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hernandez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Brown controls the position.

Brown is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hernandez has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown controls the position.
Hernandez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hernandez tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to move to full mount but Hernandez actually manages to regain half guard.
Brown controlling the pace.
Brown is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hernandez reverses the position - he's now on top in Brown's guard.
Hernandez wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

Brown had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hernandez defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown looking for a guillotine here but Hernandez defends easily.
Hernandez stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Brown working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Hernandez from controlling successfully.

Brown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brown tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown controls Hernandez momentarily but Hernandez frees himself.
Brown pulls Hernandez in close to prevent any damage.

Brown throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hernandez uses it to pass to side control.

That's four 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.
Hernandez wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Brown wants to control but Hernandez postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaylen Brown dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hernandez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
Brown tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hernandez defends well and Brown ends up having to push Hernandez into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hernandez misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Hernandez.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Hernandez landing knees to the head.
Brown looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.
Brown tries to stall but Hernandez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown is breathing heavily.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hernandez misses with a knee to the head.
Hernandez blocks an uppercut.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hernandez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hernandez is keeping busy.
Hernandez landing knees to the head.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hernandez.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brown tries for a takedown but Hernandez manages to get underhooks.
Diego Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaylen Brown.
Hernandez with a knee to the head.
Brown tries to pull guard but Hernandez won't allow it.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown wants to stall.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown avoiding damage.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diego Hernandez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Hernandez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Brown avoiding damage as Hernandez throws knees to the body.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hernandez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown slowing the pace effectively.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown lands an uppercut.
Hernandez misses with a knee strike.
Brown looking to slow down the pace here.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Hernandez controls his hands.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hernandez prevents a body shot from Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hernandez misses with a knee to the head.
Brown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown tries to stall but Hernandez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hernandez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Hernandez avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Hernandez blocks an uppercut.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Hernandez controls his hands.
Hernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Hernandez blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Hernandez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hernandez slips a straight right by Brown.
Hernandez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Hernandez throws a quick counter head kick but Brown was just out of range.
Brown throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hernandez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Brown is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hernandez throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Hernandez tried to counter with a leg kick but Brown avoided it.
Jaylen Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hernandez throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
Hernandez checks a low kick from Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Brown misses

and Hernandez counters by clinching up.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown tries to work over Hernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hernandez after a bit of a struggle.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown wants a takedown but no success here.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hernandez misses with a knee to the head.
Hernandez lands a knee to the head.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hernandez up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to control Hernandez's arms but Hernandez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Diego Hernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaylen Brown.
Brown tries to pull guard but Hernandez won't allow it.
Hernandez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown is trying to stall.
Hernandez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown is pushing Hernandez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown jumps guard but Hernandez stands there with Brown around his waist. Brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown is trying to stall.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jaylen Brown.
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hernandez counters with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brown swings for the body but Hernandez moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Hernandez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brown.
Hernandez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Hernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hernandez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Hernandez!
Diego Hernandez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.