PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Brighton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brighton comes into the arena with Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade blaring out of the sound system. Pires has chosen Tier - Rammstein as his entrance music. Nick Brighton has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brighton
vs
Pires

200 cm
25
200 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

183 cm
24
193 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Brighton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augusto Pires!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brighton.
A good leg kick by Brighton.
Pires fails to land with a series of punches.

Brighton moves into the clinch.
Brighton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Brighton.
Pires looks gassed!
Brighton lands a nice shot to the body.
Brighton lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brighton lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Augusto Pires has been cut.
Nice body punch from Brighton.
Brighton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Brighton.
Brighton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brighton scores with a knee to the head.
Brighton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brighton leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Brighton lands an elbow inside that Pires shrugs off.
Brighton is working Pires over against the ropes.
Brighton lands a body shot.
Brighton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pires blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brighton lands a knee to the body.
Brighton lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Brighton.
Brighton landing knees to the body.
A short right from Brighton on the inside.
Pires takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brighton presses Pires against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brighton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brighton tries to land knees in the clinch but Pires avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Brighton.
A short uppercut from Brighton.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brighton.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brighton pushes Pires back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Brighton gets through Pires's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brighton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Brighton.
A hook to the body from Brighton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brighton with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brighton fails to land.
Brighton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brighton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brighton throws an elbow that misses.
Brighton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pires tries to break free but Brighton pushes him back against the ropes.
Brighton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pires's elbow.
Brighton landing knees to the body.
Pires is looking to break free of the clinch but Brighton has double underhooks.
Brighton gets through Pires's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pires prevents a body shot from Brighton.
Brighton has Pires pressed against the ropes, preventing Pires from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brighton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Brighton breaks from the clinch.
Brighton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pires throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pires tries to bum rush Brighton with a series of wild strikes but Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brighton lands with an uppercut that bounces Pires off the ropes and back into rage.
Pires blocks a jab.
Pires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brighton misses with a straight right.
Pires bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brighton lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pires takes a step back to recover.
Brighton lands a leg kick that knocks Pires off balance momentarily.
Brighton thumps Pires with a low kick.
Pires throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brighton. That's going to slow Pires down.
Brighton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pires will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brighton.
A good leg kick by Brighton.
Nick Brighton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brighton throws a jab when Pires was well out of range.
Brighton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pires moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brighton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pires avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pires swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brighton.
Jab by Brighton.
Pires ducks under a wild hook from Brighton.
Pires tries to move into range but Brighton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brighton tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brighton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brighton throws a hook to the side of Pires's head but Pires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pires uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brighton.
Brighton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pires moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brighton tries to work over Pires's front leg with a kick but Pires checks it.
Pires throws a right and a left that Brighton avoids nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pires lands with a hook. Brighton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pires misses with the combination.

Brighton rushes Pires and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pires's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pires managing to block the knees to the body from Brighton.
Brighton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brighton scores with a knee to the head.
Brighton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pires is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Brighton.
Brighton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pires's efforts to push away.
Brighton pushes Pires back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pires dodges an elbow strike from Brighton.
Pires wants to break free but Brighton has control.
A left hand lands to the body for Brighton.

That's six 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.
A nice left hand lands by Brighton.
Brighton is working Pires over against the ropes.
Brighton lands a nice shot to the body.
Brighton lands with a left to the head.
Brighton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pires in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brighton lands with a left to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brighton obliges.

Brighton manages to break the clinch.
Brighton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pires checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brighton dodges the punch combination from Pires.
Pires lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pires misses with a series of wild punches.
Brighton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pires cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pires throws a right and a left that Brighton avoids nicely.
Brighton moves in looking to clinch but Pires pushes him off.

Brighton rushes Pires and presses him up against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brighton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brighton lands a left hand.
Brighton lands an elbow just above Pires 's eye.
Nice body punch from Brighton.
Pires tries to circle away but Brighton has him pinned against the ropes.
Brighton lands a shoulder strike.
Brighton digs a right hand into Pires's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pires's gas tank.
Brighton lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brighton.

Brighton manages to break the clinch.
Pires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pires rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brighton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brighton connects with a high kick.
Sloppy strikes from Pires. Those never looked like landing.
Pires throws a series of punches but Brighton moves out of range.
Brighton dips to his left and cracks Pires with an uppercut!
Brighton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pires works over Brighton's head and body with a nice combination.
Brighton throws a head kick that half lands.
Pires bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brighton's head.
Brighton dodges the punch combination from Pires.
Some wild striking there from Pires.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pires swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brighton tries to clinch but Pires is having none of it.
Brighton feints and then cracks Pires's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pires down.
Brighton lands a leg kick that knocks Pires off balance momentarily.
Pires takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pires will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pires takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Brighton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pires swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pires uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brighton.
Pires fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch but Pires swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pires swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brighton counters with a two punch combo.
Brighton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pires counters with a three punch combo that has Brighton backing up. Brighton nods at Pires to acknowledge the strikes.
Brighton throws a hook to the side of Pires's head but Pires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pires throws a series of punches but Brighton avoids them all with ease.
Brighton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pires counters with a left and a right that stings Brighton.
Brighton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brighton throws a big shot that misses.
Brighton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pires throws a series of punches but Brighton moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brighton throws a combination that misses
and Pires makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pires swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pires jabs Brighton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pires misses with a series of wild punches.
Pires slips a straight right by Brighton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Brighton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Brighton misses with a combination
and Pires counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brighton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pires paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brighton throws a jab but it's blocked by Pires.
Brighton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brighton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pires cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pires misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brighton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pires closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brighton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pires connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pires's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pires duly obliges.
Brighton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pires counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pires misses with a series of wild punches.
Pires blocks a jab.
Pires getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pires closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pires.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brighton misses with a double jab
letting Pires counter with a right hand.
Pires throws a series of punches but Brighton avoids them all with ease.
Brighton misses with a double jab
and Pires counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pires throws a right hand that Brighton ducks under and follows up with a left that Brighton also avoids with ease.
Pires lands a body shot.
Pires misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brighton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pires can do to turn this around?
Pires lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pires.
Pires misses with a double jab
and Brighton counters with a two punch combo.
Pires punishes Brighton's body with a nice straight punch.
Brighton dodges the punch combination from Pires.
Pires tries to bum rush Brighton with a series of wild strikes but Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brighton throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pires.
Brighton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Pires does no damage.
Brighton lands with a good body shot.
Brighton misses with a body punch
and Pires counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brighton misses with a low kick.
Pires tries to bum rush Brighton with a series of wild strikes but Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Pires, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nick Brighton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brighton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brighton. Pires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pires throws a series of strikes that have Brighton backpedaling.
Pires is working the combinations to good effect here.
Brighton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pires counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Pires. Those never looked like landing.
Pires misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Brighton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brighton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pires throws a nice looking combination but Brighton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brighton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brighton misses with a low kick.
Pires throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brighton throws a nice looking combination but Pires bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brighton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brighton.
Brighton slips a jab and a cross from Pires.
Brighton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pires counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brighton tries to clinch up.
A combination from Pires does no damage.
Pires misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pires's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pires duly obliges.
Pires throws a one two combo.
A punch combination from Pires misses.
Pires takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pires slips under a jab.

Brighton has closed the distance and engaged Pires in a clinch.
Pires tries to circle away but Brighton has him pinned against the ropes.

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.
Brighton connects with a knee to the head.
Brighton lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Brighton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Pires. Those never looked like landing.
Brighton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pires lands with a nice combination. Brighton backs away looking to recover.
Pires slips under a jab from Brighton.
Nick Brighton is winning the standup battle so far.
Brighton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pires's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brighton. Pires does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pires misses with a combination
and Brighton counters with a low kick, right behind Pires 's knee.
Pires ducks under a wild hook from Brighton.
Brighton swinging wildly here.
Pires throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pires lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brighton circles away quickly and effectively.
Pires scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brighton scoring well with a low kick there.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brighton.
Brighton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pires tries to bum rush Brighton with a series of wild strikes but Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brighton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pires circles away quickly and effectively.
Brighton tries to bum rush Pires with a series of wild strikes but Pires uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Brighton misses.
Brighton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pires misses with the combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pires darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brighton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brighton throws a series of punches but Pires avoids them all with ease.
Pires moves out of range as Brighton strikes.
Pires goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pires slips under a jab from Brighton.
Nice jab there from Pires.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brighton throws a leg kick but Pires moved away.
Pires throws a right and a left that Brighton avoids nicely.
Pires scores with a decent looking hook.
Pires gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pires ducks under a wild hook from Brighton.
Nice jab there from Pires.
Pires bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pires throws a nice looking combination but Brighton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brighton throws a leg kick which misses Pires's front leg but catches the back leg as Pires tries to avoid it.
Brighton throws a low kick, looking for Pires's leg but Pires calmly moves out of range.
Pires gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brighton.
Brighton lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brighton throws a body punch but Pires moves out of range.
Pires circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pires misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Pires.
Pires closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pires thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pires rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brighton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Pires.
Brighton plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Brighton gets a clinch.
Brighton lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Brighton.
Pires takes a shot to the head.
Brighton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Augusto Pires's cut even more.
Brighton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brighton misses with a knee to the head.
Brighton lands with a right to the head.
Brighton is leaning against Pires and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brighton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pires's defenses.
Brighton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pires lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brighton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Piress head.
Brighton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pires blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brighton working aggressively here.
Brighton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brighton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pires.
Pires is looking to break free of the clinch but Brighton has double underhooks.
Pires is trying to break the clinch but Brighton has him pressed against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brighton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brighton lands a nice elbow.
Brighton swings wildly with an uppercut but Pires uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brighton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brighton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pires is looking to break free of the clinch but Brighton has double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pires can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Brighton.
Brighton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brighton prevents Pires from breaking the clinch.

Brighton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nick Brighton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pires throws a one two combo.
Pires swinging wildly here.
Pires tries to bum rush Brighton with a series of wild strikes but Brighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brighton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brighton lands a jab to the nose.
Brighton throws a hook to the side of Pires's head but Pires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brighton swinging wildly here.
Brighton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brighton connects with the punch.
Pires misses with a wild combination.
Augusto Pires has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Brighton does it's job there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Brighton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brighton 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Nick Brighton!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Nick Brighton!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Nick Brighton!

Nick Brighton wins by unanimous decision!