PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rousimar Pellegrino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brown might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Straight Outta' Compton - NWA. Pellegrino has chosen Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots as his entrance music. Bobby Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brown
vs
Pellegrino

202 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rousimar Pellegrino!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pellegrino wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ground and pound from Brown.
Pellegrino wants to control but Brown is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brown controlling the action here.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brown wants to control but Pellegrino is keeping him busy.
Pellegrino wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is keen to just control but Pellegrino is a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Brown closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pellegrino to the mat! Pellegrino manages to get full guard.
Pellegrino wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Pellegrino is looking for a triangle but Brown pushes his legs off easily.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pellegrino on the ground.
Pellegrino looks gassed!
Brown slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Pellegrino keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellegrino controls Brown momentarily but Brown frees himself.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pellegrino swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Brown stands up from Pellegrino's guard - Brown perhaps looking for a knockout.
Brown wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.

Pellegrino scores a takedown into full mount!

Pellegrino is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brown can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Brown tries to hold on but Pellegrino pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pellegrino wants to finish this one by submission but Brown is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pellegrino.

Pellegrino is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Brown is surviving well by controlling Pellegrino's body position as best he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pellegrino trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pellegrino takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Brown trying to control but not successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pellegrino.

Brown defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Pellegrino's arms.
Brown can't escape the position.
Pellegrino punishes Brown with strikes from the back mount.
Brown is taking damage to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino is hanging on to Brown's back as he tries to escape.
Pellegrino has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Brown's body.
Pellegrino keeps control of the position as Brown tries to break free.
Pellegrino landing with strikes.

Pellegrino is looking for the choke from the back position but Brown is controlling his hands well.
Brown tries to break free.
Brown has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Brown trying to control but not successfully.
Brown tries to roll but Pellegrino sticks to his back.
Brown controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
I really don't envy Brown right now.

Pellegrino patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Pellegrino is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Brown defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Pellegrino trying to control momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pellegrino has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Brown has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Brown manages to reverse the position and now he's in Pellegrino's guard. Nice work there by Brown.
Pellegrino is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pellegrino has his hands on Brown's head, controlling the position.
Pellegrino is trying to control the position but Brown postures up.
Pellegrino lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brown!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Pellegrino's attempts to control the action.
Pellegrino content just to control the position here.
Pellegrino prevents Brown from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rousimar Pellegrino dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brown with a poor takedown

and Pellegrino counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Brown is defending against the submission attempts here by Pellegrino.

Pellegrino is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brown doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pellegrino.
Pellegrino tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brown tries to roll over but Pellegrino keeps him under control.
Brown flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown wants to get back to full guard but Pellegrino has mounted him!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pellegrino mounts Brown! Really nice guard pass there!
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pellegrino throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown trying to control but Pellegrino postures up.
Brown makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brown.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Pellegrino is proving a slippery customer.
Pellegrino is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Pellegrino has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pellegrino wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.

Pellegrino is working for a kimura but Brown is defending it quite comfortably.
Pellegrino tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is refusing to be controlled, as Pellegrino sits in half guard.
Pellegrino prevents Brown from improving his position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pellegrino shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pellegrino looking to control but Brown is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Pellegrino looking for a guillotine from mount but Brown is having none of it.
Brown is trying to escape the mount.

Pellegrino wants to finish this one by submission but Brown is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino avoids the attempt from Brown to control.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino looking to control but Brown is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brown manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pellegrino content to control rather than advance.
Brown flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Pellegrino wants to work for an arm triangle but Brown is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brown manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pellegrino stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Pellegrino stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pellegrino content to stall in guard here.
Pellegrino trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Pellegrino is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brown looking to control.
Pellegrino stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rousimar Pellegrino has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Brown misses with a takedown

and Pellegrino counters with a single leg into guard. Brown didn't expect that.
Brown wants to sweep but no luck.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pellegrino manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown with a nice head shot there.

Pellegrino looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brown landing some decent shots from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Pellegrino working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brown controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rousimar Pellegrino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pellegrino decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Brown is trying to stand.
Brown tries to roll over but Pellegrino keeps him under control.

Pellegrino is looking for a kimura but Brown is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pellegrino to get the leverage.
Brown wants to improve his position but Pellegrino is controlling well.
Pellegrino with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Brown is defending against the submission attempts here by Pellegrino.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brown is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pellegrino's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pellegrino's back!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown scores with strikes from the back.
Brown doesn't have the hooks in and Pellegrino manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellegrino wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pellegrino passes Brown's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Brown won't allow Pellegrino to pass to mount.
Brown manages to get to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brown holds on and takes a little breather.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pellegrino slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pellegrino prevents Brown from escaping the position.
Pellegrino working away.
Pellegrino slows the pace down.
Brown is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Pellegrino is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Brown wants to control but Pellegrino is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pellegrino looking for a guillotine from mount but Brown is having none of it.
Brown flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Pellegrino is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Brown has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Brown prevents Pellegrino from taking his back.

Pellegrino looking for a guillotine from mount but Brown is having none of it.

Brown has left one of his arms exposed and Pellegrino doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Brown screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rousimar Pellegrino!