PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Briar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Megaphny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Briar
vs
Megaphny

195 cm
20
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
275 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mathew Briar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kirk Megaphny!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Briar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Briar digs a good body shot into Megaphny's ribs.
Briar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A looping hook to the body misses from Briar. Megaphny does a little dance to reset his feet.

Briar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Briar tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Briar stands up.
Briar shoots in but Megaphny avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Briar scores with a one two! Megaphny had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Megaphny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Briar.
Briar clobbers Megaphny with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Megaphny throws a hook to the side of Briar's head but Briar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Briar lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briar dives in and grabs Megaphny's left leg, looking for a takedown. Megaphny pushes down on Briar's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mathew Briar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Megaphny ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Briar is breathing heavily.
Megaphny tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slow jab from Megaphny misses its intended target.
Briar misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Briar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Briar misses with a looping left.
Megaphny misses with a head kick.
Mathew Briar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Briar misses.
Some wild striking there from Briar.
Briar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Megaphny as he jumps to the side.
Briar checks a low kick from Megaphny.
Briar shoots for a takedown but Megaphny saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Briar takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Mathew Briar has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Megaphny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Briar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Briar shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny misses with a head kick.
Megaphny misses with a double jab.
Briar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Megaphny.
Briar misses the body punch

and Megaphny counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Megaphny is looking to stand up but Briar won't let him.
Briar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Megaphny is one step ahead there.
Megaphny lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Megaphny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Briar is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Briar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Megaphny is in close to Briar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Briar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Megaphny's guard.
Briar wants to control from the top but Megaphny keeps moving.
Briar stopping the sweep attempt from Megaphny.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny keeping moving, preventing Briar from controlling successfully.
Briar lands a couple of digs.
Briar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Briar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Megaphny is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Briar lands a couple of digs.

Briar stands up and waves to Megaphny to follow him.
Briar jabs at Megaphny's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Briar has a takedown stuffed.
Briar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Briar scores with a decent looking hook.
Good shot there by Briar.
Briar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Megaphny defends it nicely.
Briar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Briar scores with a hook to the body. Megaphny takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab by Briar.
Briar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Megaphny. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Briar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Megaphny circles away quickly and effectively.
Briar lands a nice shot to the body.

Briar looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Briar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Briar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mathew Briar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Briar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Briar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Megaphny looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Briar tries to clinch up but Megaphny circles away and keeps his distance.
Mathew Briar is winning the standup battle so far.
Briar digs a good hook to Megaphny's body.
Briar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Briar fails to land with a series of punches.
Briar cracks Megaphny with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Briar lands with a nice combination. Megaphny backs away looking to recover.

Briar pushes Megaphny up against the cage in a clinch.
Megaphny avoids the elbow strike from Briar, against the cage.

Briar is trying to trip Megaphny. He has hold of a leg but Megaphny is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Briar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Briar wants to control from the top but Megaphny keeps moving.
Megaphny is breathing heavily.

Briar drops back looking for a leg! Megaphny is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Megaphny manages to kick Briar off! Briar jumps back into Megaphny's guard.
Briar trying to control but Megaphny is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Megaphny controls Briar momentarily but Briar frees himself.
Briar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Megaphny works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Briar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Briar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Briar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Briar preventing the sweep.
Megaphny keeping moving, preventing Briar from controlling successfully.
Mathew Briar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Briar is working Megaphny over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Briar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Megaphny not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

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.

Megaphny is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Briar defends well.
Briar wants to control from the top but Megaphny keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Megaphny swings for the body but Briar moves out of range.
Megaphny fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Briar checks it well.
Briar shoots in but Megaphny avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Briar tests Megaphny's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Megaphny closes the distance and clinches up with Briar, looking for a takedown. Megaphny pushes Briar against the cage but Briar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Briar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Briar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Briar has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny has given up his back here. Will Briar look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Briar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Briar is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Megaphny has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Megaphny rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Megaphny is refusing to be controlled, as Briar sits in half guard.
Briar moves into full mount! Megaphny won't be happy about that!
Briar with a couple of short strikes.

Briar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Megaphny manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Megaphny!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Briar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Megaphny is desperately trying to improve his position but Briar has a good base and remains in mount.
Briar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Briar works his way to his opponent's back.

Briar is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Briar wants to control the position but Megaphny frees himself and scrambles - Briar manages to regain control in side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Briar goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Megaphny rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Briar's guard! Nice work there by Megaphny!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Briar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mathew Briar's cut.
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.

Megaphny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Briar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Megaphny gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Briar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Megaphny has control of Briar's left arm, preventing Briar from doing any damage.
Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Megaphny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Megaphny has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Briar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Briar postures up.
Briar trying to control the position from guard on top but Megaphny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Megaphny takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Briar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Megaphny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Megaphny keeping moving, preventing Briar from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Briar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Megaphny doesn't seem bothered though.
Briar lands a right hook to the body.
Briar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Briar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Briar misses with a takedown attempt - Megaphny sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Briar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Megaphny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Briar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Megaphny avoids the body shot from Briar.
Megaphny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Briar slips a jab from Megaphny.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Megaphny takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Briar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Megaphny keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Briar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Megaphny can do to turn this around?
Briar connects with a single shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Briar looks to land a combination but Megaphny avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Briar.
Megaphny defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Briar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mathew Briar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Briar clinches with his opponent.
Briar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Megaphny gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Megaphny lands a body punch in the clinch.
Briar can't get the takedown.
Megaphny stalling.
Megaphny swings wildly with an uppercut but Briar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Briar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Megaphny drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Megaphny avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Briar can't get the takedown.
Megaphny scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Megaphny.
Briar wants a takedown but no success here.
Megaphny pushes Briar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Briar looking for a takedown.

Megaphny breaks from the clinch.
Megaphny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Briar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Briar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Briar moves out of range of the strikes.
Briar tries to bum rush Megaphny with a series of wild strikes but Megaphny uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Briar lands a nice hook to Megaphny's body. Megaphny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Briar lands with a nice combination. Megaphny backs away looking to recover.
Briar swinging wildly here.
Megaphny leaves Briar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Megaphny uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briar shoots in but Megaphny avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Megaphny with a nice cross.
Megaphny has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Megaphny takes a swing at Briar's ribcage but misses.
Megaphny drops his hands momentarily and Briar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Megaphny misses with an uppercut. Briar saw that one coming.
Megaphny throws a leg kick but Briar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Briar looks for a takedown but Megaphny sprawls well.
Megaphny scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A cross from Briar lands.
A leg kick checked by Briar.
Briar throws a right and a left that Megaphny avoids nicely.
Megaphny is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Briar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Briar clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Mathew Briar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A big left from Megaphny misses.
Briar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Megaphny gets a clinch.
Megaphny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briar tries to score a body lock takedown but Megaphny shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Megaphny pushes Briar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Megaphny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Briar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Megaphny fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Briar tries to close the distance and clinch but Megaphny swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mathew Briar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Megaphny misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Briar.
Briar slips under a jab.
Briar looks for a takedown but Megaphny sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mathew Briar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Briar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Briar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Briar connects with the punch.
Megaphny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Megaphny misses with an uppercut.

Briar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Megaphny tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Briar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Megaphny explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Danga de danga de dang - Briar scores with a four punch combination!

Briar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Megaphny keeping moving, preventing Briar from controlling successfully.

Briar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Briar wants to stand but Megaphny is controlling his posture from full guard.
Megaphny keeping moving, preventing Briar from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Briar trying to control but Megaphny is working from the bottom.

Briar drops back looking for a leg! Megaphny is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Megaphny manages to kick Briar off! Briar jumps back into Megaphny's guard.
Megaphny utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Briar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Briar thows a body shot but no joy.
Briar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Megaphny.
Megaphny looks to score with a jab to the body but Briar is just out of range.
Megaphny has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Megaphny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Briar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Briar takes a swing at Megaphny's ribcage but misses.
Megaphny throws out a leg kick but Briar moves out of range and Megaphny only half commits.
Megaphny misses with an uppercut.
Briar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Briar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Megaphny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Megaphny fails with a takedown attempt.
Briar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Megaphny is fending him off so far but Briar persists. Nope, Megaphny circles away and we're back to standing.
Megaphny throws a hook but Briar blocks it.
Briar throws a nice looking combination but Megaphny bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Briar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Megaphny counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Briar thinking.
Briar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Briar tests Megaphny's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Briar blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Megaphny tries to clinch but Briar moves out of range.
Briar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Megaphny pinned against the cage. Megaphny gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Briar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Briar lands a slapping body shot.
Megaphny clobbers Briar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Briar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Briar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Briar ducks under a wild hook from Megaphny.
Briar moves out of range as Megaphny strikes.
Good leg kick by Megaphny there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Briar.
A swing and a miss from Megaphny.

Briar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mathew Briar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mathew Briar's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Briar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Megaphny is looking for a sweep.
Briar advances nicely into full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Megaphny wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Briar is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Megaphny with him. Megaphny is trying to defend but Briar has an arm under the chin now! Megaphny grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mathew Briar!
Mathew Briar retains his heavyweight title!