PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cornelius Lycett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Lycett
vs
Brown

170 cm
22
142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
130 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Cornelius Lycett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Brown!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to clinch but Lycett is having none of it.
Lycett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Lycett avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.

It looks like Cornelius Lycett has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brown being controlled against the cage.
Lycett has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Lycett drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brown pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Lycett circles away.

Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lycett fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cornelius Lycett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lycett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lycett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Lycett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lycett is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lycett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lycett managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lycett is breathing heavily.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Lycett won't want to take too many of those.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lycett.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lycett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lycett takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown working Lycett over with knees to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lycett's face.

Cornelius Lycett's cut is getting worse.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lycett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lycett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lycett's face.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lycett is defending well for now.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Lycett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lycett jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. Lycett gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lycett swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Vince Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick from Lycett.

Brown clinches up against the cage.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Lycett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brown lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown working Lycett over with knees to the body.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Lycett shrugs off.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Lycett takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Lycett shrugs off.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cornelius Lycett's cut.
That's time! Lycett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown stuffs the takedown.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.

Brown has managed to clinch.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Lycett won't want to take too many of those.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown stops a takedown attempt from Lycett.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cornelius Lycett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lycett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lycett takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Lycett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lycett's face.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Lycett shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lycett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Lycett lands a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to stand up but Lycett isn't so interested in that idea.

Brown pushes Lycett off and gets back to his feet.
Lycett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Brown gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Lycett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Brown working Lycett over with knees to the body.
Lycett wants a takedown.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Lycett has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lycett's face.
Lycett tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brown smiles and moves away.
Lycett shoots for a double leg takedown but Brown sprawls well. He's pushed Lycett's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Lycett circles away.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lycett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lycett keeps the fight on the outside.

Brown forces Lycett back against the cage and clinches.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lycett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Lycett jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. Lycett gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Brown clinches.
Lycett is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cornelius Lycett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brown tries to clinch up.
Vince Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lycett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brown swivels and escapes.
Brown tries to clinch but Lycett moves out of range.
Brown tries to clinch but Lycett moves out of range.
Brown wants to clinch up but Lycett keeps it at a distance.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Lycett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lycett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lycett gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Lycett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Lycett in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown working Lycett over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Lycett dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lycett takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown working Lycett over with knees to the body.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Lycett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Lycett has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cornelius Lycett. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lycett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lycett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Lycett blocks it.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Lycett avoids the damage to the body.
Lycett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lycett is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lycett tries to pull guard but Brown holds him up against the cage and eventually Lycett drops back down to his feet.
Brown prevents the takedown attempt.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lycett.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lycett.
Lycett tries to score a body lock takedown but Brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Lycett in his tracks for a moment.
Brown lands an elbow just above Lycett 's eye.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Lycett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lycett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Lycett shrugs off.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vince Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lycett tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Lycett avoids the damage to the body.
Lycett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vince Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Lycett tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown prevents a body shot from Lycett.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Lycett won't want to take too many of those.
Cornelius Lycett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Lycett won't want to take too many of those.
Lycett goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brown prevents it.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Lycett is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lycett's defenses.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vince Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vince Brown!