PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yorick Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Assante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assante has chosen Lose Yourself as his entrance music. Salvatore Assante acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Brown
vs
Assante

182 cm
28
220 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

185 cm
31
203 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yorick Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salvatore Assante!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Assante misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Assante lands a nice looking body shot.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Assante is just out of range.
Brown staying out of range there.
Assante misses with an uppercut.
Brown connects with a crisp jab.
Assante looks to land a combination but Brown avoids it well.
Brown throws a leg kick but Assante sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Assante avoids a kick to the body.
Salvatore Assante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Assante slips under a jab from Brown.
Brown throws a jab when Assante was well out of range.
Assante cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brown is looking to slow Assante down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assante lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Assante is out of range.
Assante throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Assante.

Assante clinches up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Assante.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Brown to work.
Assante lands with a left to the head.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Assante misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Assante digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assante lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Assante misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assante throws a head punch that misses.
Assante misses with the head strike.
Assante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown tries a body shot but Assante blocks it.
Assante gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Assante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Assante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Brown is rocked!
Assante lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Assante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Assante fails to land.
Assante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Assante has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Assante letting Brown take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assante.
Assante cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Assante has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown tries to circle away but Assante has him pinned against the cage.
Assante misses with a hook from the clinch.
Assante blocks a body shot from Brown.
Assante lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Assante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Assante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Good body shot from Assante.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Assante.
Assante pushes Brown against the cage. Assante is working some dirty boxing. Assante pushes off with a quick right hook! Brown goes down! Brown tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Assante moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salvatore Assante!