PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Fransua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fransua comes to the cage accompanied by Costello - Profite. Brown has chosen Mass Cage Murder as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Fransua
vs
Brown

175 cm
24
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

182 cm
24
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Fransua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Brown!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a sloppy head kick

and Fransua counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fransua prevents Brown from improving his position.
Fransua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Fransua sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fransua connects with a nice short shot to Brown's temple.
Fransua thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
Fransua tries to pass to full mount but Brown defends it.
Still in half guard, Fransua seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fransua blocks the strikes from Brown.
Fransua sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Fransua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fransua is thwarting Brown's attempts to control the position.
Fransua takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brown is looking to control Fransua's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brown avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fransua seems to be working for a kimura but Brown defends the submission attempt.

Brown looking for submissions off his back.
Brown blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fransua.
Fransua winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Fransua.
Fransua takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fransua wants to free his trapped foot but Brown is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fransua scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brown trying to control but Fransua postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fransua is stalling here. Brown is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Fransua seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Brown has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fransua is trying to get back to his feet.

Brown working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown wants to control but Fransua is keeping him busy.
Fransua is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brown is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown in side control, throwing shots but Fransua defends.
Brown tries to score with some ground and pound. Fransua controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Brown trying to control the action but Fransua is working from the bottom.
Brown wants to stand but Fransua is controlling his arm.
Brown working the ground and pound but Fransua is defending the strikes.
Fransua tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Fransua is breathing heavily.
Fransua prevents Brown from getting a body triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Fransua knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Fransua for a finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fransua is trying to stand back up.
Brown missing with punches from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Brown has managed to slip his arm under Fransua's chin. This could be all over... yep, Fransua is tapping out! Submission win for Brown.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricky Brown!
Ricky Brown seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.