PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Brown acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Narvaez
vs
Brown

191 cm
29
200 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

190 cm
30
195 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Narvaez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Brown!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown thows a body shot but no joy.
Brown throws a head kick that Narvaez semi-blocks.
Brown wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown throws a head kick but Narvaez moves out of range.
Narvaez ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Joseph Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narvaez scores with a sloppy right hand. Brown should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Narvaez misses its intended target.
Narvaez shoots in looking for a takedown. Brown tries to sprawl out of it but Narvaez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brown manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Narvaez throws a low kick but Brown moves out of range easily.
Narvaez feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
Narvaez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
Narvaez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown looks to throw a body kick
and Narvaez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Narvaez lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Narvaez checks a low kick from Brown.
Narvaez avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Narvaez to score with a decent uppercut.
Brown throws a head kick that misses
and Narvaez counters with a nice leg kick.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Narvaez misses with a low kick.

Narvaez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Narvaez controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Narvaez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Narvaez moves out of range as Brown throws a body kick.
A jab lands there for Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Narvaez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Narvaez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brown is trying to control but Narvaez passes into side control!
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Narvaez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying his best to control but Narvaez has mounted him.
Brown is looking to get to half guard.
Narvaez controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rafael Narvaez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brown throws a leg kick but Narvaez checks it.
Narvaez is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Narvaez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Brown swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Narvaez has time to react.
Some wild striking there from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Narvaez throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Brown avoids a kick to the body.
Narvaez thuds a left hand into Brown's body.
Joseph Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narvaez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Narvaez moves out of range as Brown strikes.
Rafael Narvaez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Narvaez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brown crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Narvaez - the referee stops the clock and Brown gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Narvaez. Brown manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Narvaez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Narvaez moves out of range easily.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Narvaez looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Narvaez controls the action.
Brown is looking to control Narvaez's arms but Narvaez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Narvaez lands a left hand.
Brown blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Narvaez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narvaez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez lands a right hand.
A short right from Narvaez on the inside.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Narvaez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown tries to work over Narvaez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narvaez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Narvaez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Narvaez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Brown prevents a body shot from Narvaez.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Narvaez.
A right handed body shot lands from Narvaez.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Narvaez's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narvaez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narvaez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Narvaez.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Narvaez lands a body punch.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Rafael Narvaez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Narvaez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Narvaez keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Narvaez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Narvaez misses with the head strike.
Brown is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narvaez digs a right hand into Brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brown's gas tank.
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to stall.
Narvaez cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Narvaez misses with some punches.
Brown lands a body punch in the clinch.
Narvaez prevents a body shot from Brown.
A short uppercut from Narvaez.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Narvaez misses with a body punch.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Narvaez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
A left hand lands to the body for Narvaez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Narvaez tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narvaez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Narvaez.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick by Brown misses
and Narvaez counters with a straight right hand.
Narvaez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Narvaez shoots in but no luck this time.
Brown looks to land a combination but Narvaez avoids it well.
Narvaez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Narvaez scores with a head kick. Brown tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Brown lands a really nice looking cross but Narvaez seems unphased.
Narvaez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brown looks to throw a body kick
and Narvaez counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Narvaez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Narvaez forces his way into half guard.
Narvaez wants to free his trapped foot but Brown is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Narvaez is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brown gets full guard.
Joseph Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez 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.

We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Narvaez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Narvaez misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Narvaez blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Narvaez counters with an inside leg kick.
Brown wants to clinch up but Narvaez keeps it at a distance.
A low kick from Brown misses
enabling Narvaez to counter with a crisp jab.
Narvaez throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a big head kick but Narvaez shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narvaez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice jab there from Narvaez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narvaez.

Narvaez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Narvaez from controlling successfully.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Narvaez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Narvaez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Narvaez lands a jab-cross combination.
Brown throws an off balance right hand

and Narvaez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brown's guard.
Narvaez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rafael Narvaez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez controls the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narvaez trying to control the position but Brown is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Narvaez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Narvaez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Narvaez!