PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between mr brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). brown comes into the arena with yes blaring out of the sound system. Costa has chosen Stratovarius - Dreamweaver as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that mr brown has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily mr brown seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

brown
vs
Costa

182 cm
24
176 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

181 cm
23
183 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, mr brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Costa!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa blocks a jab.
Costa misses with the combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Costa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Costa.
brown misses the jab.
brown misses the jab.
Costa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
brown missing with a left hand there. Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Costa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but brown manages to avoid it.
Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown misses with a wild body shot.
brown thows a body shot but no joy.
brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costa.
brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Costa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Costa throws a body punch but brown moves out of range.
Costa misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Costa tenderised brown's leg. brown is trying to keep his angry face on.
Costa thows a body shot but no joy.
Costa misses with a wild body shot.

Costa has managed to clinch.

Costa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costa cracks brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costa swings and misses with a shot to the body

and brown counters with a single leg into guard. Costa didn't expect that.
Costa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Costa is keeping the position for now.
Costa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Costa misses with a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
brown is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown is working hard here to advance position.
Costa trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
brown regains half guard.
brown trying to hold on to Costa's head to control him but Costa postures up.
Costa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. brown defending well though.
Costa is just content to waste time from the top position. brown takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jose Costa will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

brown misses the body punch
and Costa counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from brown misses.
brown misses with a straight right.
Costa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Costa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Costa throws a big shot that misses.
brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Costa throws a leg kick but brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Costa stuffs the takedown attempt from brown. brown gets slowly back to his feet.
Costa catches brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Costa lands with a cross.

It looks like mr brown has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
brown swings for the body but Costa moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown moves forwards but Costa connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Costa clinches with his opponent.
brown tries to pull guard but Costa holds him up against the cage and eventually brown drops back down to his feet.
Costa stalling the fight.
brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
brown fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mr brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
brown misses with a body punch.
brown tries to circle away but Costa has him pinned against the cage.
brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costa lands a body shot in the clinch.

brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Costa has managed to clinch.
brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa slowing the pace effectively.
Costa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt brown or not.
A body shot lands from Costa.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa is leaning against brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Costa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
brown gets underhooks to prevent Costa's takedown attempt.

brown decides to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
brown being controlled here, momentarily.
brown trying to control the position.
brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Costa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Costa stands up over brown, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa trying to control but brown is working from the bottom.
Costa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

brown working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Costa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Costa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Costa slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
brown tries to get to full guard but Costa has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
brown is looking to get back to full guard here but Costa has managed to pass to side control instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Costa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on mr brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

brown fails to land the takedown.
Costa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
brown throws a lazy right hand but Costa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Costa throws a low kick, looking for brown's leg but brown calmly moves out of range.
Costa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of brown's head.
Costa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck brown on the side of the head.
brown lands a two punch combo.
Costa connects with a right hand. brown shakes it off.
brown missing with a left hand there. Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
brown thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costa.
Costa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by brown.
brown moves out of range of the body kick from Costa.
brown lands with a good body shot.
Costa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but brown manages to avoid it.
Costa lands a jab-cross combination.
Costa wants to clinch up but brown keeps it at a distance.
Costa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jose Costa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
brown scores with a one two! Costa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
brown thuds his right hand into Costa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa misses with a looping left.
brown misses with a straight right.
brown missing with a left hand there. Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costa misses with a jab to the body

and brown counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
brown content to control rather than advance.
Costa trying to control from the bottom.
brown tries to pass to full mount but Costa defends it.
Costa is staying active underneath brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Costa wants to improve his position but brown is controlling well.
brown is looking to advance position but Costa won't allow it.
Costa is not content to let brown control the position.
Costa keeping control of the position.

mr brown has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Costa slips a jab from brown.
Jose Costa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jose Costa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Costa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
brown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
mr brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Costa scores with a body shot.
brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Costa to score with a decent uppercut.
brown throws a shot from downtown. Costa moves away and avoids it.
brown throws a big shot that misses.
brown checks a low kick from Costa.
Costa moves out of range as brown strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costa misses with a jab to the body

and brown counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Costa!
brown is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
mr brown showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Costa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Costa!