PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Avassalador ft. Globus - Sou Foda. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brown
vs
Do

185 cm
21
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Do!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Do pushes him off.

Brown fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Do, pushing him back against the cage.
Brown stalling.
Do is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brown pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Do can't break the clinch.
Do is trying to break free.
Brown keeps control of Do as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Do throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
A hook to the body from Brown.
Do tries to pull guard but Brown won't allow it.

Do's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
John Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Do avoids the body shot from Brown.
Do uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.

Brown changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Do looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Do trying to control but Brown flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown scores with punches and elbows.
Brown is not going to allow Do to sit and survive in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an elbow to the head.
Brown has Do flattened out and is raining down punches.
Do is covering up but some of the strikes from Brown are getting through and doing damage.
Brown is looking to control Do but Do is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Brown throwing sloppy strikes.
Brown punishes Do with strikes from the back mount.
Do is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands punches and elbows.
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.
Do trying to control the hands but Brown won't let him.
Do wants to get back to his feet.
Do 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.
Do covering up well under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Brown dominated that 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.

Do tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.

Brown gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Do's face as Brown controls the position.
Do stops Brown from passing to mount.
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 working the ground and pound from side control.
Do taking a bit of punishment here - Brown scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do is trying to get back to half guard.

Brown has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Brown throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Do tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Brown is in Do's guard.
Do working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Brown loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Rex Do hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Do takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Do steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Do.
Do takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown thuds his right hand into Do's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Do pushes him off.
Do misses with a hook.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Do throws a combination. Brown tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brown moves out of range of the leg kick from Do.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Do at a distance.
Do lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brown misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an uppercut.
Brown is looking to wear down Do with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Do is trying to control Brown's posture but Brown avoids it.
Brown throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Brown has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Do!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Brown dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brown tries to score a power double leg takedown but Do sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brown somewhat.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Do looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Do looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Do scores with a decent looking hook.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Brown throws a hook but Do blocks it.
Brown cracks Do with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Do displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Do throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Do throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Do walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Do misses with a series of wild punches.
Do slips a straight right by Brown.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Do.

Brown closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Brown lands in his opponent's guard.
Brown is working Do over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to get back to his feet but Brown passes into half guard.
Brown uses his free foot to push down on Do's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Do.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a big shot to the head and Do winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Brown!