PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Lavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that TJ Lavin was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Brigante
vs
Lavin

182 cm
24
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

-OVERDOSE Factory-

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, TJ Lavin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brigante slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brigante tries to clinch but Lavin is having none of it.
Brigante is looking to clinch but Lavin is avoiding it.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Charles Brigante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brigante lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brigante lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brigante. Lavin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Brigante stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brigante lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Brigante. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brigante.
Brigante is looking to clinch but Lavin is avoiding it.
Lavin swats away the attempt to clinch by Brigante.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brigante.
Brigante slaps away a takedown attempt from Lavin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lavin has a takedown stuffed.
Lavin dives in and grabs Brigante's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brigante pushes down on Lavin's head and hops out.
Charles Brigante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Lavin.
Brigante throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brigante connects with a looping right hand.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch but Lavin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brigante is looking to clinch.
Brigante wants to clinch.
Brigante closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lavin swats away the attempt to clinch by Brigante.
Brigante misses with a series of wild punches.
Brigante scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice takedown defense from Brigante. No joy for Lavin on that attempt.
Brigante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brigante, as that shot connected.
Lavin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lavin is trying desperately to land a takedown but Brigante is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Lavin.
Brigante tries to clinch but Lavin is having none of it.
Lavin swats away the attempt to clinch by Brigante.
Lavin keeps the fight on the outside.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch but Lavin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante tries to clinch but Lavin moves out of range.
Brigante ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lavin moves away.
Brigante lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Brigante 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.

Brigante avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lavin can't keep his opponent in guard - Brigante advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lavin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Lavin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brigante pulls his head out easily.
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.
Lavin moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Brigante dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brigante misses with a two punch combination.
Brigante takes a swing at Lavin's ribcage but misses.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lavin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brigante scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brigante lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lavin's sensitive parts.
Brigante lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante cracks a nice hook into Lavin's ribs.

Lavin gets a takedown into half guard.
Brigante regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Brigante wants to sweep but no luck.

Lavin has gone for a leg lock! Brigante slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lavin's guard.
Brigante trying to control the position from guard on top but Lavin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lavin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brigante defends well.
Lavin is breathing heavily.
Brigante scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brigante postures up and lands a big shot to Lavin's brow.

Lavin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brigante wants to control from the top but Lavin keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante pushing down on Lavin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brigante moves nicely into side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lavin is looking to regain half guard here but Brigante keeps moving and retains side control.
Brigante in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brigante landing strikes.
Lavin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lavin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brigante stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Brigante doesn't manage to clinch there - Lavin circles away.
Lavin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante throws a right and a left that Lavin avoids nicely.
Lavin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brigante counters with a right hand to the body.
Brigante wants to clinch.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Brigante scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lavin in his tracks.
Brigante tries to clinch there but Lavin circles away.
Brigante connects with a jab.

That's four 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.
Brigante ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lavin moves away.
Brigante fails with an attempt to clinch.

Brigante shoots in and bounces Lavin off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.

Lavin working for a triangle but Brigante defends it easily.

Lavin is looking for a triangle but Brigante pushes his legs off easily.
Brigante has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brigante showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brigante distracts Lavin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Brigante dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lavin avoids the body shot from Brigante.
Brigante works Lavin's body with a nice hook.
Brigante throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brigante tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brigante cracks Lavin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brigante misses with a two punch combination.
Brigante wants to clinch up but Lavin keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante tries to clinch but Lavin is having none of it.
Brigante scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Charles Brigante is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brigante cracks Lavin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Brigante wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brigante tries to clinch but Lavin is having none of it.
Lavin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brigante is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Brigante.
Brigante feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lavin's calf.
Charles Brigante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigante moves in looking to clinch but Lavin pushes him off.
Brigante stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brigante lands a jab to the head.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch but Lavin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Brigante closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lavin did well to prevent Brigante getting side control.
Brigante seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brigante is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lavin can do to turn this around?

Lavin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brigante wants to pass the guard but Lavin is defending well.
Lavin tries to get to full guard but Brigante has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lavin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lavin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Lavin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brigante stalling.

Lavin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lavin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brigante counters with a left to the body.
Brigante scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brigante scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brigante wants to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brigante.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lavin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Brigante showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brigante 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Brigante!