PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McBrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Mustang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

McBrain
vs
Mustang

175 cm
21
182 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

181 cm
20
177 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce McBrain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roy Mustang!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBrain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mustang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McBrain looks to land a right hand but Mustang moved out of range.
McBrain lands with a hook. Mustang tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McBrain throws a combination that misses
and Mustang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bruce McBrain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mustang checks the leg kick.
Mustang throws a jab when McBrain was well out of range.
McBrain slaps away a takedown attempt from Mustang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mustang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McBrain to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mustang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McBrain.
No luck for Mustang with that takedown attempt.
Mustang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mustang's sensitive parts.
Mustang moves away from the strike by McBrain.
McBrain leaves Mustang with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bruce McBrain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Mustang.
Mustang drops his hands momentarily and McBrain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McBrain punishes Mustang's body with a nice straight punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McBrain, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mustang avoids the body shot from McBrain.
McBrain throws a shot from downtown. Mustang moves away and avoids it.
McBrain uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Mustang is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustang fails with the takedown.
Mustang shoots in looking for a takedown but McBrain manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mustang's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mustang fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

McBrain bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Mustang! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Mustang is still in real trouble! Can McBrain finish him?
McBrain engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mustang seems to have recovered his senses.
McBrain trying to control but Mustang is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bruce McBrain wasn't doing enough on the ground.
McBrain connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mustang. Mustang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McBrain tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mustang is able to avoid easily.
McBrain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McBrain digs a good body shot into Mustang's ribs.
A jab from McBrain finds it's way through Mustang's defenses.
Mustang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McBrain.
Mustang is trying desperately to land a takedown but McBrain is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Mustang.
Mustang misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mustang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McBrain to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBrain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustang shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as McBrain sprawls well. McBrain wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mustang gets slowly back to his feet.
Mustang with a lazy takedown attempt

and McBrain counters with a big uppercut that knocks Mustang off his feet! McBrain dives into side control looking to finish!
Mustang looks gassed!
McBrain controls the position.
Mustang is looking to regain half guard here but McBrain keeps moving and retains side control.
McBrain is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The strikes coming from McBrain are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce McBrain dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from McBrain. Mustang does a little dance to reset his feet.

Mustang scores a takedown into full mount!
Mustang controlling his opponent.
Mustang sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mustang fails to move to back control.
Mustang trying to control but McBrain is having none of it.
McBrain tries to reverse the position but Mustang maintains control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McBrain tries to hold on but Mustang postures up.
Mustang wants to take his opponent's back but McBrain doesn't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrain is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mustang manages to capitalize on a mistake by McBrain to take his back!
McBrain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mustang can do to turn this around?

McBrain defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Well, with Mustang on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before McBrain is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
McBrain wants to escape the position.
McBrain trying to control the action but Mustang just sinks the hooks in.

McBrain fending off the submission attempt from Mustang.
McBrain looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBrain is really stuck here.
Mustang doesn't have the hooks in and McBrain manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McBrain wants to pass the guard but Mustang is keeping the position.
McBrain has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mustang wants to hit a switch here but McBrain passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mustang there!
Mustang tries to hold on but McBrain postures up.
Mustang slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
McBrain wants to advance to full mount but Mustang doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Mustang is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mustang looking for a guillotine here but McBrain defends easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mustang is pulling down on McBrain's head to control his posture.
McBrain passes Mustang's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McBrain is keen to just control but Mustang is a slippery customer.
Mustang gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustang tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Mustang is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
McBrain tries to free his leg and advance position but Mustang is retaining full guard.

McBrain got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mustang has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, McBrain has managed to get both his arms back between Mustang's legs - danger averted.
McBrain trying to control the position from guard on top but Mustang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McBrain knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mustang on the ground.
McBrain won't allow Mustang to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McBrain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McBrain is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Mustang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

McBrain keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McBrain misses with a low kick.
McBrain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mustang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McBrain.
McBrain misses with a hook.
McBrain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mustang.
McBrain scores with a body shot.
Mustang shoots in but no luck this time.
Mustang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mustang manages to avoid it.
McBrain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circling - McBrain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McBrain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustang moves away.

McBrain cracks Mustang with a big right hand and Mustang goes down!
McBrain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McBrain's corner is telling him to maintain position.
McBrain looking to sit in guard and control but Mustang gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mustang trying to control the position from guard on top but McBrain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McBrain is keeping the position for now.
Roy Mustang has got the better of the ground game so far.
McBrain wants to sweep here but Mustang controlling him for the moment.
Mustang trying to control the position from guard on top but McBrain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mustang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McBrain is keeping the position for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Mustang scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBrain can't do much from the bottom here.
McBrain sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Mustang is thwarting McBrain's attempts to control the position.
McBrain regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mustang trying to control the position from guard on top but McBrain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mustang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McBrain is keeping the position for now.
McBrain wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Mustang is now in half guard.
Mustang with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mustang is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, McBrain has managed to free his arm - good work.
McBrain trying to control from the bottom.
McBrain is trying is best to control the position here.
Mustang is pressing down on McBrain's thigh, looking to free his foot. McBrain is holding on for now.

Mustang seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. McBrain is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Roy Mustang!