PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Dexter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandao comes to the cage accompanied by Work Hard, Play Hard. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brandao
vs
Dexter

176 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morgan Dexter!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dexter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dexter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brandao counters with a stiff right hand.
Dexter lands a head shot.
Dexter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brandao connects with a leg kick. Dexter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brandao misses with a looping left.
Brandao misses the shot to the body.
Dexter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brandao throws a hook but Dexter avoids it easily.
Dexter checks a low kick from Brandao.
Brandao connects with an inside leg kick.
Brandao throws a jab when Dexter was well out of range.
Dexter tries a low kick but Brandao avoids it.
Brandao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dexter's hands.
Brandao misses with a head kick.
Brandao scoring well with a low kick there.
Brandao wants to land a leg kick but Dexter is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dexter misses with an uppercut. Brandao saw that one coming.
Dexter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dexter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dexter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Brandao closes the distance and clinches.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dexter misses with a body punch.
Dexter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brandao lands with a left to the head.
Brandao with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brandao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dexter misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Brandao on the inside.
Brandao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao tries a knee to the head but Dexter blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandao blocking some punches.
Brandao leaning against his opponent.
Brandao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dexter can't find room to land a body shot as Brandao controls the action.
Brandao lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brandao misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brandao.
Dexter misses with some punches.
Dexter misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brandao.
Brandao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brandao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brandao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dexter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brandao tries a knee to the head but Dexter blocks it.
Dexter misses with a punch on the inside.
Dexter avoiding damage as Brandao throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dexter misses with the head strike.
Dexter struggles to land a body shot inside as Brandao controls his hands.
Brandao wants to stall.
Brandao avoiding damage.
Brandao lands a knee to the body.
Dexter throws a head punch that misses.
Dexter tries to work over Brandao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brandao lands with a short shot to the head.
Dexter lands a shoulder strike.
Brandao scores with a hook to the body.
Dexter throws a punch but it's blocked by Brandao.
Dexter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brandao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dexter blocks an uppercut.
Brandao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dexter misses with a punch on the inside.
Brandao tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Dexter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brandao. That's going to slow Dexter down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brandao.
Brandao stalks Dexter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dexter's face. Dexter staggers backwards, shaken.

Dexter is rocked!
Brandao scores with a jab to the body.
Brandao is looking to score with low kicks.
Dexter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dexter is still on wobbly legs! Can Brandao finish him?
Dexter scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brandao. That's going to slow Dexter down.
Dexter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brandao moves away.
Brandao fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Dexter to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Dexter looks to clinch but Brandao throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Dexter taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jose Brandao!
Jose Brandao decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.