PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blade Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalema Kirunda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirunda has chosen The Hellacopters - In The Sign of Octopus as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Kirunda

190 cm
27
200 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

188 cm
33
185 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blade Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kalema Kirunda!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirunda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown scores with a jab.
Kirunda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kirunda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kirunda takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Kalema Kirunda has been cut.
Kirunda doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Brown stuns Kirunda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Kirunda pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kirunda.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirunda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirunda scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kirunda missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kirunda counters with a nice body shot.
Brown lands with an uppercut that bounces Kirunda off the cage and back into range.
Kirunda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brown checks it well.
Kirunda misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Kirunda. Those never looked like landing.
Brown lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kirunda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown scores with a jab to the jaw.

That has opened up Kalema Kirunda's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown connects with a nice looking jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Kirunda shrugs it off though.
Kirunda keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirunda was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Kirunda throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
A jab from Brown misses.
Kirunda misses with a low kick.
Kirunda lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown clinches up with Kirunda and pushes him back against the cage.
Kirunda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kirunda blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Kirunda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Kirunda avoids the damage to the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kirunda misses with a punch to the body.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Kirunda is blocking nicely.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Kirunda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kirunda avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Kirunda stalling against the cage.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Kirunda avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirunda blocking some punches.
Kirunda avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Kirunda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kirunda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Kirunda avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kirunda blocks it with crossed arms.
Kirunda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kirunda is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kirunda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kirunda.
A short right from Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blade Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kalema Kirunda's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kirunda moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Kirunda pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kirunda in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Kirunda leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirunda.
Kirunda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kirunda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kirunda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirunda.
Kirunda blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirunda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Kirunda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Kirunda.
Brown blocks a body shot from Kirunda.
Kirunda leaning his opponent against the cage.
Blade Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kirunda's brow.
Kirunda managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Kirunda is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirunda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kirunda's brow.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kirunda's face.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kirunda's brow.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kirunda.
Kirunda is stalling here.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kirunda is defending well for now.
Kirunda blocking some punches.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kirunda misses with a knee to the head.
Kirunda looking to stall.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirunda blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Kirunda trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kirunda into the cage.
Kirunda throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Brown.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Kirunda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kirunda misses with a body punch.
Kirunda misses with an elbow strike.
Brown prevents a body shot from Kirunda.
A short right from Kirunda on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirunda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Kirunda lands with a light punch inside.
Kirunda dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Kirunda is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Brown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.

The cut above Kalema Kirunda's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kirunda is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Kirunda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kirunda takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blade Brown dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kalema Kirunda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kirunda gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Kirunda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kirunda will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brown up against the cage.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Kirunda tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Kirunda lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kirunda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Kirunda avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
Kirunda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirunda avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Kirunda stalls.
Kirunda avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Kalema Kirunda's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kirunda avoids it.
Kirunda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Kirunda is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Kirunda.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Kirunda misses with a punch on the inside.
Kalema Kirunda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blade Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kirunda's face.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Kirunda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kirunda trying to land knees to the body.
Kirunda is trying to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Kirunda avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Kirunda tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Kirunda lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirunda misses with a knee to the head.
Kirunda avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kirunda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Kirunda lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Kirunda leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kirunda lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kirunda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kirunda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Kirunda won't want to take too many of those.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kirunda blocks it.
Kirunda throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kirunda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Kirunda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Kirunda avoids the damage to the body.
Kirunda holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Brown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Kirunda won't want to take too many of those.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Brown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Kirunda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kirunda blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blade 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

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