PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brown
vs
Galvao

184 cm
20
191 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marvin Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Galvao!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown looks to land a combination but Galvao avoids it well.
Marvin Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A combination from Galvao does no damage.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown staying out of range there.
Galvao stuffs the takedown.
Galvao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Galvao stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown takes one to the side of the head.
Galvao ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown fails to land the takedown.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Galvao lands a jab-cross combination.

Galvao drops Brown with a beautiful combination! Brown stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Galvao is looking for the KO!

It looks like Marvin Brown has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Galvao on that attempt.
Galvao moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Galvao lands a left and a right that send Brown crashing to the mat, dazed. Galvao thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Brown is rocked!

Galvao gets a big slam - oh, Brown is out! Brown is out! That's a nasty KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Andre Galvao!