PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mac Intosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Brona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Intosh
vs
Brona

184 cm
26
196 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

TGC WEAR

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mac Intosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DJ Brona!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brona shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Intosh looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brona slips a nice elbow through Intosh's hands, connecting with Intosh's forehead.

Brona wants to work for an arm triangle but Intosh is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brona is looking to take a break and control but Intosh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Intosh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brona scores with a couple of nice shots.

Intosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Brona.
Brona is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Brona is working for a kimura but Intosh is defending it quite comfortably.

Intosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Brona.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brona is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Intosh looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brona working over Intosh with some ground and pound. Intosh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Brona there.

Brona is working for a submission of some sort.

Intosh kicks Brona off and gets back to his feet.
Brona shoots in but no luck this time.
Intosh tries to clinch but Brona is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Intosh displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Intosh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Intosh throws out a leg kick but Brona moves out of range and Intosh only half commits.
Brona shoots in looking for a takedown. Intosh tries to sprawl out of it but Brona keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Intosh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Intosh moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Intosh!
Intosh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Brona dives in and scores a takedown into Intosh's guard.
Brona scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Brona trying to control the position from guard on top but Intosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Intosh wants to stand but Brona is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brona drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Brona jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Brona lands a couple of elbows.
Brona passes Intosh's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Brona is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Intosh has managed to free his arm - good work.
Intosh wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Intosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Brona.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brona stops Intosh from getting back to his feet.
Brona wants to control but Intosh is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brona landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brona takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Intosh wants to get back to his feet.

Intosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Brona.

Brona wants to work for an arm triangle but Intosh is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Intosh is defending against the submission attempts here by Brona.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Intosh kicks off Brona and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Brona 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.

Intosh slaps away a takedown attempt from Brona, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Intosh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brona shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Intosh pinned against the cage. Intosh gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Intosh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brona paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Intosh drives through with a takedown into Brona's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Brona looking for a sweep. Not yet Brona, not yet.
Intosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Brona is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Intosh looking to sit in guard and control but Brona gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Intosh keeping moving, preventing Brona from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brona lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brona postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brona has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brona won't allow Intosh to get back to his feet.
Intosh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brona.

Intosh pushes Brona off and scrambles back to his feet.
Brona shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Intosh as he avoids it easily.
Mac Intosh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Brona.
Intosh throws a hook but Brona avoids it easily.
Intosh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brona throws a right hand that Intosh ducks under and follows up with a left that Intosh also avoids with ease.
Brona closes the distance and clinches up with Intosh, looking for a takedown. Brona pushes Intosh against the cage but Intosh circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brona fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brona shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Intosh sprawls well. Intosh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brona gets slowly back to his feet.
Brona is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Intosh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brona fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Intosh avoids it really well and circles away.
Brona fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Brona lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Intosh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Intosh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brona swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Intosh.
Brona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Intosh misses with a few strikes there.
Intosh throws a series of punches but Brona avoids them all with ease.
Intosh wants to clinch up but Brona keeps it at a distance.
Intosh misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brona with a poor takedown
and Intosh counters with a straight right hand.
Brona fails to land the takedown.
Mac Intosh is winning the standup battle so far.
Horrible takedown by Brona or perhaps it was just good defense by Intosh which made him look bad.
Intosh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Intosh throws a head kick but Brona moves out of range.

Intosh clinches with his opponent.

Intosh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brona dives in and grabs Intosh's left leg, looking for a takedown. Intosh pushes down on Brona's head and hops out.

Intosh clinches with his opponent.

Intosh breaks from the clinch.
Intosh misses with a wild combination.
Brona will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brona shoots in for a takedown but Intosh shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Intosh swinging wildly here.
Intosh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brona. That did some damage!
Intosh connects with an inside leg kick.
Intosh scores with a one two! Brona had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Intosh throws a combination. Brona tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Intosh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Intosh wants it to stay on the feet.
Intosh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brona circles away quickly and effectively.

Intosh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Intosh is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Intosh dominated that second round.
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!

Intosh throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mac Intosh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Intosh moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Intosh.
Intosh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brona drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Intosh gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Intosh lands a nice elbow.

Intosh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brona changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Intosh tries to avoid it but Brona manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Intosh to the ground. Intosh escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Intosh scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Intosh avoids the attempt from Brona to control.
Intosh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Intosh looking to control but Brona is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Intosh wants to control the action but instead Brona gets a body lock and reverses into Intosh's guard! Nice work!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Intosh is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brona is controlling him.
Brona lands a couple of digs.
Intosh wants to stand and escape but Brona is having none of it.
Brona trying to control the position from guard on top but Intosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Brona thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brona stops Intosh from standing up.
Brona wants to control from the top but Intosh keeps moving.
Brona won't allow Intosh to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brona postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brona trying to control the position from guard on top but Intosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brona scoring with some ground and pound.
Brona throwing strikes from guard but Intosh blocks nicely.
Brona is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Brona with a nice head shot there.
Brona stops Intosh from standing up.
Brona trying to control but Intosh is working from the bottom.
Intosh wants to stand and escape but Brona is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brona works over Intosh with some ground and pound from guard.
Brona stays in close to Intosh's body and controls the position.
Intosh is looking to stand up but Brona isn't so interested in that idea.
Brona scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brona works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Intosh wants to get back to his feet.

Brona seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Intosh is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). DJ Brona!
DJ Brona decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.