PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Unang Zemin (ranked 2045 p4p, 1443 weight class) and Hoodoo Brown (ranked 128 p4p, 94 weight class). Zemin comes to the cage accompanied by 부모님 은혜. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Zemin
vs
Brown

169 cm
24
135
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
145
3 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Unang Zemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hoodoo Brown!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Darius Henderson and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zemin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Zemin defends it well.
Zemin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Zemin is looking to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brown has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Brown shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Zemin is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throwing shots but Zemin is blocking nicely.
Brown prevents Zemin from standing back up.
Zemin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brown scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brown is nestled in close to Zemin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zemin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Zemin taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is nestled in close to Zemin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brown passes to side control.
Brown lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zemin down.
Brown working the ground and pound.
Zemin wants to get back to his feet.
Brown is putting a hurting on Zemin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zemin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zemin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Brown has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Brown looks up at the clock and then as Zemin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Brown smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Brown has hold of Zemin's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Zemin tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Brown cranks the arm and Zemin screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Zemin, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Hoodoo Brown!
A relieved looking Hoodoo Brown thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.