PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malo The Samoan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Samoan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Samoan Song. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brown's choice of entrance music: Dope - I'm Back. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Samoan
vs
Brown

189 cm
28
223 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
24
217 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Malo The Samoan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Brown!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Samoan misses with a series of wild punches.
The Samoan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Samoan misses with a series of wild punches.
The Samoan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Samoan throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
The Samoan moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
The Samoan fails to land with a series of punches.
The Samoan throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
The Samoan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Samoan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malo The Samoan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Samoan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Samoan misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from The Samoan.
The Samoan is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from The Samoan misses the target.
The Samoan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Brown is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so The Samoan is just riding it out for now. Brown eventually gives up the hold.
Brown throwing shots but The Samoan is blocking nicely.
The Samoan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Brown seems to be looking for submissions.
The Samoan is trying to control but can't.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Samoan wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Samoan is defending against the submission attempts here by Brown.
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. Brown connects with a nice short shot to The Samoan's temple.
The Samoan trying to control but Brown postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Brown seems to be working for a kimura but The Samoan defends the submission attempt.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Brown has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can The Samoan defend it? Brown steps over the head and cranks it - The Samoan is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Brown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Brown!
After the fight, Mark Brown was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.