PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Brannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brannigan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: QOTSA - 'You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire'. Alex Brannigan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mark Brown's chin.

Brown
vs
Brannigan

180 cm
22
217 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
205 lbs
13 - 2 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Brannigan!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown blocks the body kick.
Brannigan throws a leg kick that misses.
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Brannigan counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.
Brown closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brannigan circles away.
Brown throws a sloppy body shot
and Brannigan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brown tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brannigan is able to avoid easily.
Brannigan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown misses with a body punch
and Brannigan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brown fails with the takedown.
Brannigan is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Brannigan.
Brown swings for the body but Brannigan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brannigan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brannigan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brannigan tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Alex Brannigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brannigan swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Brannigan instigates a clinch.
Brannigan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brannigan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A hook to the body from Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brannigan lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Mark Brown has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brannigan obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Brannigan, against the cage.
Brannigan lands a nice uppercut.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brannigan lands an elbow inside.
Brannigan missing with knees to the body.
Brannigan misses with some punches.
Brannigan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brannigan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Brannigan lands a damaging elbow.

Mark Brown's cut is getting worse.
Brannigan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown tries to work over Brannigan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brannigan tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Brannigan wants to stall.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Brannigan.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brannigan lands with a left to the head.

Mark Brown's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Brannigan missing with knees to the body.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Brannigan controls the action.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, Mark Brown's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brannigan throws an elbow but misses.
Brannigan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brown lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brannigan throws an elbow that misses.
Brannigan is trying to maintain a safe position but Brown gets an underhook and turns Brannigan into the cage.
Brannigan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Brown. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

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.
Brannigan just leaning against Brown, taking a breather.
Brannigan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brannigan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mark Brown's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alex Brannigan!