PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skoal Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's entrance music is Bruiser Brigade. A fine choice. Danny Brown could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Skoal Citrus's chin.

Brown
vs
Citrus

171 cm
24
146 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

168 cm
30
143 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skoal Citrus!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Citrus.
Citrus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Citrus blocks the body kick.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Citrus in a clinch.
Citrus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Citrus misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Citrus.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Citrus is defending well for now.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Citrus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Citrus tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Citrus back against the cage.
Citrus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Citrus struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Citrus misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Citrus working aggressively here.
Citrus can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Citrus.
Citrus tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Citrus back against the cage.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Citrus.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown pushes Citrus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Brown.
Citrus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Citrus misses with a body punch.
Citrus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Citrus managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Citrus blocks an uppercut.
Citrus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Citrus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Citrus pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Citrus.
Citrus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Danny Brown has been cut.
Citrus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Citrus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Citrus backwards.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Citrus blocks an uppercut.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Citrus goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Citrus throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Danny Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Citrus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown throws a low kick but Citrus moves out of range easily.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Citrus throws a low kick but Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown blocks a jab.
Danny Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Citrus checks a low kick from Brown.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Citrus lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Citrus scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Citrus throws out a powerful jab.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Citrus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown looks to throw a body kick
and Citrus counters with a straight right hand.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Citrus.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Citrus takes one on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Citrus throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Citrus misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Skoal Citrus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Danny Brown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brown feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Citrus's calf.
Citrus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brown eats them both and turns towards Citrus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Citrus misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Citrus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Citrus tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Citrus tries to move into range but Brown moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot by Citrus.
Citrus with a hook.
Citrus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown looks for the body kick but Citrus saw that one coming.
Brown blocks a head kick by Citrus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Citrus was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Brown scores with a nice body kick.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danny Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Citrus throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Brown throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brown throws a head kick but Citrus moves out of range.
Citrus misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Citrus lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
Citrus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Citrus scores a takedown into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Poor strikes thrown by Citrus there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Brown is working to get back to half guard.
Citrus lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Citrus has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Brown that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Citrus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Citrus.
Brown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Citrus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Citrus scoring with strikes but Brown is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Citrus wants to control but Brown has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Citrus prevents Brown from standing back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Citrus lands strikes from half guard.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Brown is defending against the submission attempts here by Citrus.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Citrus seems to be looking for submissions.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Citrus lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Citrus is keen to just control but Brown is a slippery customer.
Citrus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Citrus scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Citrus is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown is refusing to be controlled, as Citrus sits in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Citrus thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Citrus there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skoal Citrus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Danny Brown's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Brown.

Citrus tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Citrus lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Citrus.
Citrus misses with a punch to the body.
Citrus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Citrus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Citrus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Citrus misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Citrus misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Skoal Citrus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Citrus throws a head punch that misses.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Citrus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent Citrus's takedown attempt.
Danny Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Skoal Citrus.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown taking a breather.

Citrus pulls guard successfully.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown looking to pass the guard.

Citrus throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Brown escapes and throws Citrus's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Citrus is looking to regain half guard here but Brown keeps moving and retains side control.

Brown stands up and beckons Citrus to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Danny Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus takes one on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
Brown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Citrus takes a step back to recover.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Citrus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Citrus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown moves away from the strike by Citrus.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brown - that will leave a mark!
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Citrus lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brown has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brown and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
No luck for Citrus with that takedown attempt.
Skoal Citrus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brown avoids the body shot from Citrus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown misses with a low kick as Citrus jumps back.
Citrus moves out of range of the leg kick from Brown.
Citrus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Brown.
I think Citrus has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skoal Citrus!