PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Kjellstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kjellstrom
vs
Brown

197 cm
31
265 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

187 cm
24
266 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bjorn Kjellstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Brown!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kjellstrom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kjellstrom tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown tries to clinch up but Kjellstrom circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown misses with a double jab

and Kjellstrom counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kjellstrom.
Brown stops a takedown attempt from Kjellstrom.
Kjellstrom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kjellstrom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kjellstrom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kjellstrom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kjellstrom throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Kjellstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kjellstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kjellstrom fails to land.
Brown wants to stall.
Kjellstrom letting Brown take a breather here.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Brown tries to stall but Kjellstrom uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kjellstrom lands a shoulder strike.
Brown looks gassed!
A shot in the inside from Kjellstrom.
Kjellstrom lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kjellstrom.
Kjellstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjellstrom throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Kjellstrom gets an underhook and turns Brown into the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Kjellstrom.
Kjellstrom scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Kjellstrom working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Jack Brown has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Kjellstrom tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kjellstrom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown blocking some punches.
A short left from Kjellstrom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjellstrom is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Brown is defending well.
Kjellstrom taking a breather.
Kjellstrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kjellstrom displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the ropes.
Kjellstrom misses with a punch on the inside.
Kjellstrom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kjellstrom misses with the head strike.
A short right from Kjellstrom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjellstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Kjellstrom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kjellstrom looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bjorn Kjellstrom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kjellstrom misses with a punch on the inside.
Kjellstrom throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Kjellstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kjellstrom.
Kjellstrom stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kjellstrom throws a head punch that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown prevents a body shot from Kjellstrom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kjellstrom misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Kjellstrom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kjellstrom forces Brown back against the ropes and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Brown blocking some punches.
Kjellstrom effectively controlling the action here.
Kjellstrom works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Kjellstrom goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kjellstrom wants to clinch.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bjorn Kjellstrom is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Kjellstrom clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown taking a breather.
Kjellstrom lands a shoulder strike.
Kjellstrom lands a shoulder strike.
Kjellstrom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bjorn Kjellstrom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kjellstrom working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kjellstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kjellstrom misses with some punches.
Kjellstrom misses with the head strike.

Kjellstrom has hold of one of Brown's legs. Brown is fighting the takedown attempt but Kjellstrom gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Kjellstrom lands a couple of digs.

Kjellstrom thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kjellstrom is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kjellstrom loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kjellstrom tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Kjellstrom sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brown's guard.
Kjellstrom trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it.
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.
Kjellstrom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kjellstrom is working for a submission of some sort.
Brown won't allow Kjellstrom to pass to mount.
Kjellstrom passes the guard and advances to mount!

Kjellstrom jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Brown manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjellstrom throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Kjellstrom wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brown, who protects the arm well.

Kjellstrom tries for a kimura but Brown is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kjellstrom working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjorn Kjellstrom dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kjellstrom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kjellstrom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown throws a series of punches but Kjellstrom moves out of range.
Kjellstrom throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Kjellstrom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kjellstrom wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Kjellstrom works over Brown's head and body with a nice combination.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Kjellstrom's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brown under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Kjellstrom has knocked Brown down with a huge combo! Kjellstrom steps away and waves a wobbly Brown back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kjellstrom moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Kjellstrom tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kjellstrom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Brown is rocked!

That has opened up Jack Brown's cut even more.
Kjellstrom tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Kjellstrom finish him?
Kjellstrom will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kjellstrom throws out the jab.
Kjellstrom tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jack Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kjellstrom swinging wildly here.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kjellstrom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kjellstrom tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kjellstrom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kjellstrom gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kjellstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kjellstrom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kjellstrom misses with some punches.
Kjellstrom misses with the head strike.
Kjellstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjellstrom swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kjellstrom tightens his grip and picks Brown up, before dumping him to the ground. Brown manages to land in guard.
Kjellstrom trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kjellstrom drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Brown manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kjellstrom has Brown in his guard.

Kjellstrom is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brown defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kjellstrom is looking for a triangle but Brown pushes his legs off easily.

Kjellstrom looking for a guillotine here but Brown defends easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kjellstrom looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bjorn Kjellstrom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kjellstrom 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bjorn Kjellstrom!
In his post fight interview, Bjorn Kjellstrom started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.