PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dameko Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Love (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!

Brewer
vs
Love

187 cm
24
245 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

193 cm
24
260 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dameko Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Love!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brewer throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Love or perhaps it was just good defense by Brewer which made him look bad.
Brewer throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.

Brewer looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Love scores with a few weak punches.

Brewer gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Brewer tries to clinch up but Love circles away and keeps his distance.
Love with a poor takedown
letting Brewer counter with a right hand.

It looks like Brandon Love has been cut.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Love shoots in and bounces Brewer off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Brewer throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brewer wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.
Love chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love throwing strikes from guard but Brewer blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.
Love working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Love working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brewer's head.
Love working some strikes from top position.
Brewer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brewer is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Love dives into side control.
Love prevents Brewer from escaping the position.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brewer on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Love in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brewer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Love on the ground.
Brewer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brewer is working to avoid the ground and pound but Love connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brewer is pushing Love's head away, looking to escape. Love manages to hold on to the position though.
Brewer manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brewer pushes Love off looking to stand but Love dives back in and keeps control.
Brewer is looking to improve his position.
Brewer is breathing heavily.
Love thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brewer could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Love is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brewer defends it well.
Love scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Love is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brewer defends it well.
Brewer looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Love there.
Brewer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brewer is trying to stand back up but Love is controlling him
Brewer trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Brewer actively working from the bottom here.
Love working over Brewer with some ground and pound. Brewer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brewer has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brewer is looking to escape.
Love scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Love is thwarting Brewer's attempts to control the position.
Brewer is trying to stand back up but Love is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love prevents Brewer from improving his position.
Love winds up and cracks Brewer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Love throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Love working Brewer over with strikes.
Love throwing shots but Brewer is blocking nicely.
Love lands strikes from half guard.
Brewer looks like he's trying to stand up.
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brewer moves into full guard.
Brewer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brewer tries to get out of the position.
Brewer wants to stand and escape but Love is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Brewer gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Brewer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brewer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brewer.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brewer has him pressed against the ropes.
Brewer fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brewer jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Brewer is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Love's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Love looking for submissions off his back.
Brewer wants to stand up but Love has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brewer is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Love is looking for a sweep. Brewer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.
Brewer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brewer is just content to waste time from the top position. Love takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brewer with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer counters with a single leg into guard. Love didn't expect that.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.

Love isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Brewer stacks Love on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Brewer!
Brewer wants to stand but Love has his arm trapped.
Brewer throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Love throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Love manages to get back to half guard.
Love misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Love tries to get to full guard but Brewer has control of the leg.
Brewer wants to stand up but Love has a hold of him and won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Love shoots and misses
and Brewer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Brewer scores a takedown into full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love landing with some feeble shots from his back... He should probably try escaping the position instead.
Love flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Brewer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brewer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love tries to reverse the position but Brewer maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Brewer cracks Love with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Brewer wants to control the pace but Love is squirming around nicely.
Brewer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Love is looking to improve his position but Brewer isn't that keen on the idea.

Brewer wants to finish this one by submission but Love is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Brewer.
Brewer trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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.
Brewer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Love regains half guard.

Love looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brewer tries to stand and escape but Love is controlling the position.
Brewer prevents Love from improving his position.
Brewer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brewer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brewer prevents Love from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dameko Brewer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Love's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brewer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.

Brewer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brewer showed some decent athleticism there.
Dameko Brewer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brewer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Love looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brewer wants to stand but Love has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Love is looking for a sweep. Brewer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Love throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Brewer wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love punching from the bottom.
Brewer is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love drops his hands momentarily and Brewer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Love misses with a takedown
and Brewer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Love thinking.
Brewer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brewer misses with a straight left.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brewer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.
Love trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Brewer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brewer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Brewer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Love's head.

Love is looking for a triangle but Brewer pushes his legs off easily.
Brewer is looking to stand up but Love won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Love clinches up against the ropes.

Love breaks from the clinch.
Brewer shoots in for a double leg but Love sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Love has his takedown stuffed

and Brewer counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Love's guard now.
Dameko Brewer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Love.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brewer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brewer wants to get up but he can't break Love's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Love throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Love throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Brewer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Brewer wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Love misses with a takedown attempt

and Brewer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brewer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Love backwards.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer misses with a head kick.
Love tries to clinch but Brewer is having none of it.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brewer.
No luck for Love with that takedown attempt.
Love misses with a takedown

and Brewer counters by clinching up.
Brewer lands with a short shot to the head.

Brewer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brewer closes the distance and clinches.
Love has Brewer pressed against the ropes, preventing Brewer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Brewer with that takedown attempt.
Love blocks a jab.
Love tries for a takedown but Brewer circles away easily
and Brewer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Brewer. No joy for Love on that attempt.
Brewer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
Brewer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Love on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries a head kick but it misses.
Love dives in and grabs Brewer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brewer pushes down on Love's head and hops out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Love is looking to clinch but Brewer is avoiding it.
Love moves in looking to clinch but Brewer pushes him off.
Love avoids the head kick by Brewer.
Love shoots in but no luck this time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brewer.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Brewer circles away.
Brewer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Love avoids it really well and circles away.
Brewer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Brandon Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love with a poor takedown
and Brewer counters with a left and a right that stings Love.
Brewer fails with a takedown attempt.
Love shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brewer pinned against the cage. Brewer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Love shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Brewer to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dameko Brewer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brewer 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dameko Brewer!