PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marion Brasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Brown
vs
Brasco

166 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
23
135 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marion Brasco!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brasco fails with a takedown attempt.
Brasco shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brasco gets slowly back to his feet.
Brasco shoots in but no luck this time.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marion Brasco.
Brown misses with a wild combination.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Brown as he connects with a hook.

Brown closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brown wants to pass to mount but Brasco is defending the position.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brasco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Brown in particular looking to stall.
Brasco trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brasco striking from half guard on the bottom.

Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Brasco is trying to control but can't.
Brown frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brown landing punches.
Brown breaks from Brasco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brasco tries to lock up and control but Brown gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brasco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brasco tries to reverse the position but Brown maintains control.
Brasco taking shots to the head.
Brown looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brown landing strikes from the mount and Brasco is in trouble!
Brasco working to try and regain half guard.
Brasco tries to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown landing punches.
Brasco looks gassed!
Brown lands with some strikes.
Brown dominating with strikes here.
Brown raining down shots from the mount!
Brasco in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown looking for a guillotine from mount but Brasco is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Brown.
Brasco wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brasco really wants to buck Brown off and get back to his feet.
Brown looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brown landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brown jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Brasco is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Brasco and Brown has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Brasco is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Brasco is trying to improve his position.
Brasco is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brown is putting a hurting on Brasco here, landing some big shots from side control.

Brown looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brasco is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Brown's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Brown dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brown throws a series of punches but Brasco avoids them all with ease.
Brasco slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
Brasco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Brasco tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily

and Brown counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brown.
Brown working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brasco's head.
Brown is looking to work some ground and pound but Brasco has wrist control.
Brown won't allow Brasco to sweep him here.
Brown 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.
Brown works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brown takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown is pressing down on Brasco's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brasco is holding on for now.
Brown wants to take a breather but Brasco is having none of it.
Brasco trying to control but Brown postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco wants to get back to full guard.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brasco taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
Brasco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Brown landing punches.
Brasco can't escape the position.
Brown with a couple of short strikes.
Brown is landing with some decent strikes but Brasco is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brasco tries to reverse the position but Brown maintains control.
Brasco is bucking up trying to escape but Brown cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brasco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brasco throwing hammer fists to the chest of Brown. What's that going to do exactly?
Brown working the ground and pound effectively.
Brasco is trying to escape the mount.
Brown has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brasco's face.
Brown scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brasco?
Brasco tries to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice shot to the head.
Brown raining down shots from the mount!
Brasco is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Brown lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Brown lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brasco hang on?
Brasco wants to control but Brown is having none of it.
Jim Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Brown looking to secure an arm triangle but Brasco defends it well.
Brasco is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brasco looks a forlorn figure.

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.
BOOM! Brown connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brasco wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brasco's face.
Brasco is working to get back to half guard.
Brown scoring with strikes but Brasco is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Brown.
Brasco taking shots to the head.
Brown working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brasco can't escape the position.
Brown scoring with strikes but Brasco is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Brown dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brasco tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily
and Brown counters with a left and a right that stings Brasco.

Brasco moves into range and clinches up with Brown.
Brasco has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brasco jumps guard but Brown stands there with Brasco around his waist. Brasco gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brasco wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brasco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A body shot lands from Brown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marion Brasco.
Brasco fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brasco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brasco.
Brasco trying to land knees to the body.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Brasco won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Brasco's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Brown has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Brasco is trying to keep an underhook but Brown manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Brown drops an elbow to the side of Brasco's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brown prevents Brasco from improving his position.

Brown is working for a kimura but Brasco is defending it quite comfortably.
Brown prevents Brasco from improving his position.
Brown scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brasco is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brasco does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Brasco trying to hold on to Brown's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Brasco wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Brown lands a nice shot that snaps Brasco's head back.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brown lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brasco has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brasco and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brown misses with a body shot.

Brown closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jim Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown wants to control the pace but Brasco is squirming around nicely.
Brown lands a big elbow.
Brown takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brown's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Marion Brasco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brasco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

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