PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yougin Kononchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and murphy brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Yougin Kononchuk has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kononchuk
vs
brown

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

215 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yougin Kononchuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, murphy brown!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kononchuk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kononchuk looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

brown 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.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
brown is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

brown stands up and waves to Kononchuk to follow him.
Yougin Kononchuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kononchuk throws a nice looking combination but brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kononchuk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kononchuk has his takedown stuffed

and brown counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kononchuk's guard now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

brown stands up from Kononchuk's guard - brown perhaps looking for a knockout.

brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kononchuk is trying to escape back to his feet but brown uses the scramble to pass into side control.

brown is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kononchuk has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

brown is trying to get an arm triangle but Kononchuk is defending well.
Kononchuk wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Kononchuk's shoulder. That is not cool.

brown decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Kononchuk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and brown counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yougin Kononchuk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
brown won't allow Kononchuk to get back to his feet.
brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

brown gets to his feet. Kononchuk looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kononchuk misses with a takedown

and brown counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kononchuk wants to stand but brown is controlling the position.

Kononchuk is working an open guard so brown takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kononchuk is looking to land body kicks.
Kononchuk misses with a wild combination.

brown gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kononchuk is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

murphy brown dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kononchuk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so brown counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
brown looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown is standing up over Kononchuk. Kononchuk looks to escape but brown dives into side control.

brown is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Kononchuk is trying to escape and brown transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Kononchuk is forced to tap! Nice work there by brown! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). murphy brown!