PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bonecrusher ft. Jadakiss,Cam`Ron,Busta Rhymes - Never scared. 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.

Brown
vs
Parker

225 cm
22
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
22
295 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Matt Parker!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parker drives through with a takedown into guard.
Parker wanted to stand there but Brown had control of the position.
Parker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker wants to stand but Brown has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Parker thows a big elbow that misses.

Brown has his foot on Parker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Parker works his way back into a safe position though.
Parker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Parker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

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

Brown rushes Parker and presses him up against the cage.
Parker is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Parker is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Parker can't break the clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parker misses with the combination.
Brown lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Parker scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Leroy Brown has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Parker looks gassed!
Brown wanted to stand there but Parker had control of the position.
Brown is pushing down on Parker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Parker is fighting to maintain full guard but Brown has managed to sneak the leg through.
Parker wants to get back to his feet.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parker wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Parker punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Brown stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Parker to get to his feet.
Parker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brown throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Parker's waist but Parker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brown off to one side.
Parker lands a big shot that drops Brown! Can he finish him?

Brown is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parker trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Parker preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker wants to stand but Brown has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Brown scores with a nice shot.
Brown has momentary wrist control but Parker slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brown manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brown blocks Parker's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Parker is looking to improve his position but Brown isn't that keen on the idea.

Brown jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Parker manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Parker 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 scores with a couple of short elbows.
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.
Parker takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brown working the head with strikes.
Brown scoring with punches from side control.
Parker wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Parker gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Parker working to try and regain half guard.
Brown wants to control the pace but Parker is squirming around nicely.
Parker is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Parker taking shots to the head.
Parker tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control but Parker is having none of it.
Brown punishing his opponent with strikes.
Parker really wants to buck Brown off and get back to his feet.
Brown scoring with strikes but Parker is staying in there.
Brown blocks Parker's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Brown prevents Parker from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown won't let Parker get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Parker is desperately trying to improve his position but Brown has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Leroy Brown will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Parker shoots in and bounces Brown off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Parker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brown manages to work his way to half guard, despite Parker's best efforts.
Parker is thwarting Brown's attempts to control the position.

Brown pushes Parker off and gets back to his feet.
Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Parker as Brown shoots in.
Parker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brown pinned against the cage. Brown gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Brown throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Parker's waist but Parker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brown off to one side.

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Parker is breathing heavily.

Brown lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Parker punching from the bottom.
Parker wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Parker tries to kick Brown off but Brown keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brown is trying to control the action in half guard but Parker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Parker is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Brown stands up and beckons Parker to join him on the feet.
Brown is looking to clinch but Parker is avoiding it.
Parker throws an off balance right hand
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Parker scores with a takedown into Brown's guard.
Parker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Parker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Parker landing with the ground and pound.
Parker landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker wants to stand but Brown has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Brown wants to stand up but Parker is controlling him.
Parker wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Parker scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Parker preventing the sweep.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parker.
Parker stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Brown controls Parker momentarily but Parker frees himself.

Brown kicks Parker off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker misses with a double jab.
Brown looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick from Parker.
Brown shoots for a takedown but Parker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Parker, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Parker against the cage but Parker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parker takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Matt Parker has been cut.

Brown gets the takedown into side control.

Brown has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Matt Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown lands with a nice combination. Parker backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Parker is rocked!

Parker scores with a takedown into Brown's guard.
Parker is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him?
Parker wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Parker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Brown is proving hard to escape from.
Parker seems to have recovered his senses.
Parker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Parker 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.
Parker tries to stand but Brown is controlling from the bottom.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brown wants to stand and escape but Parker is having none of it.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parker manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown stands up over Parker, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown passes Parker's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Brown scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leroy Brown will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brown slips a straight right by Parker.
Parker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a series of strikes. Parker will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brown tries to clinch but Parker is having none of it.
Parker is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Parker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Brown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brown shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Parker pinned against the cage. Parker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Parker misses with a two punch combination.
Parker tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Parker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Parker throws a left and a right that both miss

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into side control. Parker won't be happy with that.
Parker is trying to improve his position.
Parker pushes Brown away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Brown gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Parker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Brown decides to stand back up. Brown steps back and let's Parker get back to his feet.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Leroy Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Parker misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Brown feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Parker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brown is controlling him.
Parker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Parker wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Parker is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Parker wants to stand but Brown is controlling the position.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Parker is keeping the position for now.
Parker wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Parker slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
Brown scores with a three punch combo!

Brown closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Parker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Parker tries to kick Brown off but Brown keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Parker is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Parker wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Parker is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.
Parker is controlling Brown's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Parker is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands strikes to the head.
Leroy Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brown covers up after that shot from Parker.
A lull in the action here.
Parker doesn't have the hooks in and Brown manages to turn into his guard.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown trying to control but Parker is working from the bottom.
Brown lands a couple of elbows.

Brown gets to his feet. Parker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Brown has managed to clinch.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Parker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brown avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Parker backwards.
A short body shot lands from Parker as the two fighters clinch.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Parker gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.

Parker manages to break the clinch.
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Parker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown is working to avoid the ground and pound but Parker connects with a decent elbow.
Parker grinds an elbow into Brown's temple.
Parker wants to stand but Brown has his arm trapped.

Parker decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Brown tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Parker swivels and escapes.
Parker falls off balance throwing a combination

and Brown counters with a shoot takedown. Parker fights it but they end up in guard.
Parker throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Parker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Matt Parker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Leroy Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

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