PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Faure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Emanuel - The Hey Man. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Travis Faure enters the cage!

Brown
vs
Faure

183 cm
24
195 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

192 cm
23
198 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Faure!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faure misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Faure with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Faure misses with a body shot
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faure gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Mark Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Faure.
Faure shoots and misses
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Faure looks gassed!

Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Faure.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a nice low kick that buckles Faure's knee momentarily.
Brown throws a front kick that sends Faure stumbling back into the cage.
Faure with a lazy takedown attempt

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Brown.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Faure with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a solid body kick.

Brown drives through and clinches with Faure against the cage.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faure takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brown keeps Faure at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Brown lands a leg kick that knocks Faure off balance momentarily.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brown.
Faure misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Faure takes a step back to recover.
Faure takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick from Brown lands but Faure takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown rushes Faure and presses him up against the cage.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Brown.
Faure has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Brown.
Faure tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brown.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Faure.
Brown listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Faure in a clinch.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Faure shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faure gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
A good leg kick by Brown.
Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brown throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Faure with a poor takedown

and Brown moves into the clinch.
Come on Brown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a good low kick that Faure was not able to check.
Faure on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faure tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily
and Brown counters with a nice body kick.
Faure is trying desperately to land a takedown but Brown is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Faure.
Faure takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Faure shoots and misses
and Brown makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Faure really felt that one!
Brown is looking to slow Faure down with leg kicks.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Brown forces Faure back against the cage and clinches.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faure stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brown thumps Faure with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faure has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brown.

Brown rushes Faure and presses him up against the cage.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Faure's front leg but catches the back leg as Faure tries to avoid it.

Brown clinches.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Faure shrugs it off though.
Travis Faure is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Brown lands a jab to the nose.
Faure takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Faure tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Faure misses with a takedown
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Faure is breathing heavily.
Faure misses with a takedown attempt

and Brown moves into the clinch.
Mark Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Faure.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Faure gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brown counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Faure on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Faure's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brown lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Faure crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Faure gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Faure manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brown - that will leave a mark!
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Faure moves out of range easily.
Faure steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brown. That one must have hurt.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Faure chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown works Faure's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown lunges at Faure with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Faure's hand.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brown feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Faure's calf.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Faure looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Faure's front leg but catches the back leg as Faure tries to avoid it.
A cross from Brown lands.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faure can do to turn this around?
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Faure shrugs it off though.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Faure crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Faure gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Faure manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Faure is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Faure's sensitive parts.
Brown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Faure takes a step back to recover.
Brown's corner calls for a 1-2. Brown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Travis Faure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Faure.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
Faure takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Faure on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Brown breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a front kick.
Mark Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faure closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brown lands a high kick!
Faure misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Faure 's knee.
Nice body kick from Brown.
Brown scoring well with a low kick there.
Faure sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Brown feints and then cracks Faure's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Faure down.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Faure misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown connects with a jab.
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faure with a poor takedown
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown throws a nice head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Faure takes a kick to the side of the head.
Faure takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown connects with a high kick.

Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Faure takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faure shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brown counters with a thumping low kick.
Mark Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Faure.
Brown thows a body kick. Faure tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lets loose with a powerful body kick. Faure will feel that in the morning.
Brown looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That kick from Brown tenderised Faure's leg. Faure is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Faure shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mark Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Faure shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Brown scores with a nice body kick.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Faure gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brown scores with a shot to the body.
Brown connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Faure momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Brown - just one landing.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Faure takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Faure on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown lands a two punch combo.
Faure misses with a takedown attempt

and Brown counters by clinching up.

Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Faure's sensitive parts.
Faure with a poor takedown
and Brown counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Brown scores with a head kick. Faure tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Faure down.
Faure with a poor takedown
and Brown counters with a head kick.

Faure gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Faure takes one to the side of the head.
Faure shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a big head kick but Faure shrugs it off.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Brown gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Faure shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a thumping low kick.
Brown bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
Brown bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Faure misses with a takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a nice kick to the body.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown rushes Faure and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faure sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faure takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brown lands with an uppercut that bounces Faure off the cage and back into rage.
Faure with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a big head kick but Faure shrugs it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Travis Faure has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown scores with a leg kick.
Faure on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Brown.
Faure doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown counters with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24

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