PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Brand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Toaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toaster is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gangsters paradise. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Brand
vs
Toaster

190 cm
25
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

225 cm
27
210 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Toaster!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toaster fails to land with a series of punches.
Brand throws a series of punches but Toaster moves out of range.
Brand tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Toaster counters with a series of strikes that sends Brand to the canvas! Toaster follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Brand is rocked!

Brand is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Toaster takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brand is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Toaster wants to break free but Brand has control.
Toaster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brand pressing his opponent against the cage.

Toaster escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Toaster misses.
Toaster throws a lazy right hand but Brand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brand moves out of range of the strikes.
Toaster throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brand sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Toaster and Brand goes tumbling to the canvas! Toaster follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Oh Brand is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toaster tries to stand but can't do so whilst Brand controls his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Toaster's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Toaster's back!
Brand seems to have got his legs back now.
Brand gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Brand throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

Brand looking for the choke from the back.
Brand missing with strikes.
Brand is looking to control Toaster but Toaster is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Brand controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brand lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Toaster.
Brand lands a shot to the head.
Brand missing with strikes.
Toaster looks gassed!
A lull in the action here.
Brand missing with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand misses with an elbow to the head.
Brand has good solid back control here.
Toaster is covering up but some of the strikes from Brand are getting through and doing damage.
Toaster has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Brand.
Brand is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Brand misses with punches from the back.
Brand cracks Toaster with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Toaster from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brand missing with strikes from the back.
Toaster has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Brand.
Brand is looking to control Toaster but Toaster is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Brand thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Even with his hooks in, Brand manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brand somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Morgan Brand will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice body kick there by Brand.
Morgan Brand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toaster has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brand.
Toaster is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brand moves in looking to clinch but Toaster pushes him off.
Brand looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brand moves in looking to clinch but Toaster pushes him off.
Toaster throws a lazy uppercut
and Brand counters with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brand misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Brand misses the target.
Brand tries to clinch up but Toaster circles away and keeps his distance.
Brand tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brand slips under a jab.
Brand misses with a wild body shot.
Toaster is breathing heavily.
Brand closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Toaster counter with a right hand.
Brand tries to clinch but Toaster is having none of it.
Toaster keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Toaster eats them both and turns towards Brand to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Frank Toaster seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brand tries to clinch but Toaster moves out of range.
Brand scores with a head kick.
Brand thumps Toaster with a low kick.
Brand tries to clinch up but Toaster circles away and keeps his distance.
Brand lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brand doesn't manage to clinch there - Toaster circles away.
Toaster swats away the attempt to clinch by Brand.
Toaster takes a swing at Brand's ribcage but misses.
Brand doesn't manage to clinch there - Toaster circles away.
Brand tries to clinch but Toaster is having none of it.
Toaster looks to throw the jab but Brand is out of range.
Brand moves in looking to clinch but Toaster pushes him off.
Brand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toaster.
Brand fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Toaster misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brand darts in trying to clinch
and Toaster counters with a right hand to the body.
Brand throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brand wants to clinch up but Toaster keeps it at a distance.
Brand looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Toaster bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toaster moves out of range of the body kick.
Toaster throws a looping overhand right but Brand ducks down to avoid it.
Brand tries to close the distance and clinch but Toaster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brand closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the liver by Toaster. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Toaster misses.
Brand pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Toaster swings for the body but Brand moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brand slips a straight right by Toaster.
Brand tries to close the distance and clinch but Toaster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toaster throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brand wants to clinch
and Toaster counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brand thinking.
Toaster rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brand counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brand. Toaster does a little dance to reset his feet.
Toaster misses with a looping left.
Toaster misses with a hook.
Brand tries to clinch up.
Toaster circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toaster misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Toaster. Those never looked like landing.
Toaster throws a big shot that misses.
Toaster throws a body punch but Brand moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brand tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Toaster counters with a stiff right hand.
Brand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toaster swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brand ducks under a wild hook from Toaster.
Toaster swings for the body but Brand moves out of range.
Brand is looking to clinch but Toaster is avoiding it.
Toaster waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brand.
Brand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toaster moves away.
A left and a right from Toaster both land. Nice combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brand looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brand wants to clinch but Toaster slips to the side
and Toaster counters with a nice body shot.
Brand is looking to clinch but Toaster is avoiding it.
Toaster misses the shot to the body.
Toaster misses with an uppercut. Brand saw that one coming.
Brand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toaster swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toaster throws a hook to the side of Brand's head but Brand sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brand tries to clinch up
and Toaster counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Morgan Brand 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 hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brand tries to close the distance and clinch but Toaster swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brand ducks under a wild hook from Toaster.
Brand throws a poor cross that misses
and Toaster counters with a stiff right hand.

Brand forces Toaster back against the cage and clinches.
Toaster has Brand pushed against the cage.
Toaster is trying to stall.
Brand wants to stall.
Brand connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toaster's face.

Brand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brand tries to clinch up.
Toaster moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brand uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Toaster.
Brand is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Toaster.
The fighters circle momentarily. Toaster darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand wants to clinch
and Toaster counters with a straight right hand.
Brand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brand slips a straight right by Toaster.
Brand wants to clinch.
Toaster looks to throw the jab but Brand is out of range.
Brand steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toaster.
Brand plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Toaster fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brand on the side of the head.
Toaster circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brand wants to clinch but Toaster slips to the side
and Toaster counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toaster lands a slapping body shot.
Brand misses with a head kick.
Brand is looking to clinch.
Frank Toaster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Toaster dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toaster closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brand slips a jab from Toaster.
Brand is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brand fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Toaster as he connects with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Toaster misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brand.
Toaster misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brand looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toaster throws a big shot that misses.
Toaster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brand wants to clinch but Toaster slips to the side
and Toaster counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toaster cracks Brand with an open hand slap.
Brand takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toaster is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Toaster connects with the punch.
Brand throws an overhand right that lands on Toaster's shoulder, as Toaster tries to avoid the shot.
Toaster swinging wildly here.
Brand defending well as Toaster loads up on a big left hand.
Toaster misses with a body shot.
Brand throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice uppercut there from Toaster.
Toaster scores with a nice head shot.
Brand tries to clinch but Toaster moves away
and Toaster counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Toaster does no damage.
Toaster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brand uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toaster.
Toaster bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brand's head backwards.

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.
Toaster missing with a left hand there. Brand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Toaster throws a looping overhand right but Brand ducks down to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Toaster.
Brand blocks a jab.
Brand moves in looking to clinch but Toaster pushes him off.
Brand doesn't manage to clinch there - Toaster circles away.
Toaster lands with an uppercut that bounces Brand off the cage and back into rage.
Toaster lands a body shot.
Toaster misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Brand.
Toaster scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Brand rushes Toaster and presses him up against the cage.
Toaster dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A knee to the head by Brand.
Morgan Brand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brand looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Toaster lands a left hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Toaster comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brand has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Morgan Brand!