PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Flint Marko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Brewster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brewster has chosen Way of the Fist as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marko
vs
Brewster

181 cm
23
193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

175 cm
28
194 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Determined

L.A. Elite Clothing Co

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flint Marko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chad Brewster!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewster throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Marko looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Brewster!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Brewster is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Marko breaks from Brewster's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Marko controlling from the full mount.
Brewster gets back to half guard.
Marko throwing shots but Brewster is blocking nicely.
Brewster wants to improve his position but Marko is controlling well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brewster is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marko trying to control from half guard but Brewster is working away.
Marko lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marko trying to control from half guard but Brewster is working away.
Brewster on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brewster wants to improve his position but Marko is controlling well.
Marko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marko is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brewster is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marko scores with a couple of nice shots.

Brewster looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brewster manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marko trying to control but Brewster is working from the bottom.
Marko throws a big elbow that misses.
Marko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brewster is keeping the position for now.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marko avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Marko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marko won't allow Brewster to sweep him here.

Brewster escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marko gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brewster's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Brewster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Marko wants to control from the top but Brewster keeps moving.
Marko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brewster looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marko is one step ahead there.
Marko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marko landing with the ground and pound.
Brewster keeping moving, preventing Marko from controlling successfully.
Marko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brewster has his foot on Marko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Marko works his way back into a safe position though.

Brewster throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marko is working Brewster over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marko is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Marko is in close to Brewster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marko trying to control but Brewster is working from the bottom.
Brewster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Marko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Marko looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brewster wants to improve his position but Marko is controlling well.
Marko content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brewster looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Marko lands with a punch from half guard.
Marko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewster wants to control but Marko passes into side.
Brewster regains half guard.
Marko controlling the pace.
Marko throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brewster does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Flint Marko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brewster has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marko is working away from the top position though.
Brewster on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brewster is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewster moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Marko controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Brewster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brewster keeping moving, preventing Marko from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Brewster looking for a guillotine here but Marko defends easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brewster's head.
Marko stopping the sweep attempt from Brewster.
Brewster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brewster is trying to keep Marko in close.
Marko is in close to Brewster's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Brewster is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marko trying to control the position from guard on top but Brewster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewster trying to keep a closed guard but Marko is proving a slippery customer.

Brewster has an active guard here but Marko has managed to pass into half guard.
Marko trying to pass the guard but Brewster defending well.
Marko is looking to take a break and control but Brewster is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marko drops an elbow to the side of Brewster's head.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marko moves nicely into side control.
Brewster is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flint Marko dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Brewster misses with a body shot.
Brewster fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marko is out of range.
Chad Brewster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Marko shoots in and bounces Brewster off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brewster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brewster 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.
Marko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Brewster looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Marko sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marko seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Marko stopping the sweep attempt from Brewster.
Brewster trying to control the position.
Brewster keeping moving, preventing Marko from controlling successfully.
Marko makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chad Brewster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brewster throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marko connects with a couple of short punches.

Brewster has his foot on Marko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Marko works his way back into a safe position though.
Marko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marko preventing the sweep.
Brewster avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marko throwing strikes but missing.
Marko cracks Brewster with a solid left hand.
Brewster looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brewster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Marko is in close to Brewster's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewster wants to sweep here but Marko controlling him for the moment.
Marko chips away with some ground and pound.
Marko scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Brewster working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marko manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marko is in close to Brewster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marko stands up over Brewster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marko is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Marko chips away with some ground and pound.
Marko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marko with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marko throwing strikes from guard but Brewster blocks nicely.
Brewster throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Marko scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brewster's head.
Marko stopping the sweep attempt from Brewster.
Marko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marko wants to control from the top but Brewster keeps moving.
Marko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brewster can do to turn this around?
Marko passes Brewster's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Flint Marko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marko moves nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flint Marko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marko 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flint Marko!
A very excited looking Flint Marko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.