PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Curved (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Curved looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Brown
vs
Curved

200 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Curved!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Curved.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown but Curved manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brown's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Curved avoids the head kick by Brown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Curved.
Curved moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Curved stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curved throws a leg kick that is checked

and Brown counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Brown working the head with strikes.
Curved is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Brown misses with the ground and pound.
Brown wants to control but Curved is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Brown's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Curved is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Curved looks gassed!

Brown decides to stand back up. Brown steps back and let's Curved get back to his feet.
Curved takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown misses with a kick to the body
and Curved counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Richard Curved seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Curved misses the target.
Curved misses with a wild body shot.
Curved swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Curved gets caught napping as Brown dives in and scores a takedown. Curved manages to retain guard.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Brown seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown passes Curved's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Curved defending well though.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Curved's head.

Brown is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Curved is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curved pushes Brown off looking to stand but Brown dives back in and keeps control.

Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Curved is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Curved does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Curved pushes Brown off looking to stand but Brown dives back in and keeps control.
Brown is trying to control the action in half guard but Curved is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brown stops Curved from getting back to his feet.

Brown is working for a kimura but Curved is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curved is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brown throwing shots but Curved is blocking nicely.

Brown is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Curved has managed to free his arm - good work.
Curved blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Curved is looking to get back to is feet but Brown passes into side control.
Curved takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Brown dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brown shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Curved defends it nicely.
Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Curved to score with a decent uppercut.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curved throws out the jab.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt - Curved sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Curved sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curved misses with a body shot.
Curved connects with the punch.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Curved.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curved throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Curved throws a leg kick
and Brown counters with a head kick. That will keep Curved thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Curved throws a left and a right that both miss

and Brown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Curved's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
Curved fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Curved throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown shoots for a double leg takedown but Curved sprawls well. He's pushed Brown's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Curved misses with a looping right.
Curved tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curved will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Curved takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice cross by Curved.
Curved tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Curved.
Richard Curved is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curved works the jab nicely.
Curved cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Curved defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Brown.
Brown changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Curved tries to avoid it but Brown manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Curved to the ground. Curved escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Curved lands an overhand right.
Curved scores with a one two! Brown had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Curved's corner calls for a 1-2. Curved obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Curved lands with a good body shot.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brown has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curved lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Brown takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Curved.
Nice sprawl there from Curved as Brown shoots in.
Curved lands a lovely overhand right.
Brown checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curved lands a nice shot to the body.
Curved lands a jab to the nose.
Curved connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Curved showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Curved to score with a decent uppercut.

Brown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brown fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Curved is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Brown has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Brown slows the pace down.
Curved is not content to let Brown control the position.
Curved takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curved keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Brown is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Curved is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curved wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Curved is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Brown advances nicely into full mount.
Brown with good strikes from the mount here!
Brown takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brown breaks from Curved's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brown throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown is working for a guillotine from mount but Curved frees his head quite easily.
The referee warns Curved that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Brown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brown throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Curved in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bobby Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curved trying desperately to get to his feet.
Curved 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.
Brown looking to finish Curved with some ground and pound. This is bad for Curved!
Brown landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curved's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Brown thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Curved is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Brown wants to control the pace but Curved is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Curved really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Brown raining down hammerfists from mount.
Brown won't let Curved get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Brown scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Curved looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown with good strikes from the mount here!
Brown controlling his opponent.
Curved takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown lands a big elbow.
Brown lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown wants to control the pace but Curved is squirming around nicely.
Curved is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brown 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

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