PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Curmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Brando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Brando has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Curmi
vs
Brando

186 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cody Curmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Brando!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curmi throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Brando misses.
Curmi moves in looking to clinch but Brando pushes him off.
Brando misses with a left hand

and Curmi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Curmi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brando.
Brando on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Curmi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Curmi.

Brando manages to pull guard.
Curmi wants to control from the top but Brando keeps moving.
Curmi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brando looking for a guillotine here but Curmi defends easily.

Curmi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brando has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Curmi has managed to get both his arms back between Brando's legs - danger averted.
Curmi trying to control but Brando is working from the bottom.
Curmi postures up.
Brando tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brando is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cody Curmi.
Curmi tries to close the distance and clinch but Brando swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brando fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curmi manages to avoid it.

Brando shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brando showed some decent athleticism there.
Curmi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brando on the ground.
Brando is looking to advance position but Curmi won't allow it.
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 loving this. Great action here.
Brando wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curmi keeps working.

Brando looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curmi is looking to improve his position.
Brando trying to control the pace.
Curmi trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brando seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brando seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Curmi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

James Brando has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brando with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Brando shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Curmi's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brando looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Brando trying to control but Curmi is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Brando dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Curmi moves into the clinch successfully.
Curmi is looking to control Brando's arms but Brando gets an underhook and turns him. Now Curmi has his back to the ropes.
Brando is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Curmi is stalling here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Curmi lands a good knee to the midsection. Brando won't want to take too many of those.
Curmi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brando takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brando is breathing heavily.
Curmi connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like James Brando has been cut.
Curmi looking to throw knees to the head but Brando is blocking nicely.
Cody Curmi has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brando takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Curmi.
Curmi working Brando over with knees to the body.
Curmi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curmi trying to control the position but instead, Brando has worked for underhooks and has pushed Curmi into the ropes.
Curmi landing knees to the body.
Curmi scores with a knee to the head.
Curmi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Curmi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Curmi drops Brando with a big knee straight up the middle! Brando is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Brando is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brando tries to keep at a distance but Curmi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Curmi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curmi crunches a lovely knee into Brando's ribcage.
Curmi controlling the action here for a moment.
Curmi lands a good knee to the midsection. Brando won't want to take too many of those.
Curmi lands an elbow inside.
Curmi crunches a lovely knee into Brando's ribcage.
Brando takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up James Brando's cut even more.
A knee to the head by Curmi.
Curmi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curmi lands an elbow inside that Brando shrugs off.
Curmi stalling the fight.
Curmi landing knees to the body.
Curmi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curmi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Curmi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Curmi wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Curmi obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brando takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above James Brando's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Curmi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brando can do to turn this around?
Curmi crunches a lovely knee into Brando's ribcage.

Curmi drops Brando with a big knee straight up the middle! Brando is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Brando is still on wobbly legs! Can Curmi finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brando keeps the fight on the outside.

Curmi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brando, pushing him back against the ropes.
Curmi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Curmi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brando's face.
Curmi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brando in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Curmi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brando lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Curmi is pushing Brando up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brando seems to have recovered his senses.
Curmi landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Curmi trying to control the position but instead, Brando has worked for underhooks and has pushed Curmi into the ropes.
Brando takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Curmi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Brando'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Curmi moves into the clinch.
Brando tries to stall but Curmi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Curmi is looking to control Brando's arms but Brando gets an underhook and turns him. Now Curmi has his back to the ropes.
Curmi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brando blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curmi lands an elbow just above Brando 's eye.
Curmi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Curmi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brando lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Curmi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brando's defenses.
Curmi looking to stall.
Curmi lands an elbow just above Brando 's eye.
Brando takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curmi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Curmi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Curmi looking to throw knees to the head but Brando is blocking nicely.
Brando wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brando being controlled against the ropes.
Curmi lands a nice knee to the body.
Curmi lands a nice knee to the body.
Curmi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

James Brando's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Curmi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Curmi connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curmi lands an elbow inside that Brando shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Curmi obliges.
Curmi is trying to stall.
Curmi landing knees to the body.
Curmi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee calls for Curmi to work.
Curmi with a knee to the head.
Curmi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Curmi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Brando's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cody Curmi!