PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chingis Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan comes to the cage accompanied by You Can't Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies. Brown comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Crystal Fighters 'Xtatic Truth' (Last Japan Remix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chan
vs
Brown

173 cm
21
167 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
22
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chingis Chan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Brown!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Chan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown tries to bum rush Chan with a series of wild strikes but Chan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Chan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chingis Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chan circles away quickly and effectively.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan tries a head kick but it misses.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chan scores with a leg kick.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Chan fakes the leg kick and cracks Brown in the body.
Chan tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chingis Chan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brown throws a head kick that misses
and Chan counters with an inside leg kick.
Brown tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chan counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Brown is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daniel Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chan.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brown crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Chan - the referee stops the clock and Brown gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Chan. Brown manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Chan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

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.
A head kick from Chan lands but Brown takes it in his stride.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan lands a high kick!
Chan throws a head kick that Brown semi-blocks.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown tries to move into range but Chan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chingis Chan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chan is looking to clinch.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brown if he has to take too many more of those.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan lands with a kick to the temple. Brown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Chan misses with a head kick.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brown if he has to take too many more of those.
Brown takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chan tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Chan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
Chan feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chan looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick
and Chan counters with a head kick. That will keep Brown thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chan counters with a big head kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chan wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chan works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chan thuds his shin into the meat of Brown's side.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chingis Chan clearly takes that 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.

Chan tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chan.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Chan is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chan. That one must have hurt.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chingis Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chan counters with a good, hard body kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Brown is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chan counters with a head kick.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chan lands with a nice body kick.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Brown blocks a head kick by Chan.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chan.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chan counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chingis Chan had his way with Daniel Brown in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters with a two punch combo.
Brown is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Chan tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.

That's two 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.
Brown misses with a double jab
and Chan counters with a body kick that stops Brown in his tracks momentarily.
Chan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Chan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan throws a head kick that Brown semi-blocks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Chan backing up. Chan nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan scores with a head kick.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chan lands a head kick!
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chan tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Chan looks to clinch
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Chan backing up. Chan nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Daniel Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan wants to clinch.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chingis Chan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chan.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Brown.
Well Chan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 49:46
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chingis Chan!
Chingis Chan retains his welterweight title!