PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by D-12 - Fight Music . Buster Cherry could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jeff Brown's chin.

Cherry
vs
Brown

175 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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Blood Bank ($10)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeff Brown!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Cherry. Cherry gets slowly back to his feet.
Cherry slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brown misses with a takedown

and Cherry counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Brown's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brown gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cherry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Brown taking some punishment here, with Cherry in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cherry slips a nice elbow through Brown's hands, connecting with Brown's forehead.
Brown tries to roll over but Cherry keeps him under control.
Cherry is trying to control the action in half guard but Brown is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cherry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Cherry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brown can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cherry wants to take a breather but Brown is having none of it.

Cherry is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown landing small, sideways elbows.
Brown has hold of Cherry's hands but Cherry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cherry is trying to control the action in half guard but Brown is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cherry scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Brown is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cherry pulls his head out easily.
Cherry sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Brown is staying active underneath Cherry, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Cherry is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown strikes from the bottom but Cherry uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Brown is not content to let Cherry control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is really struggling to control Brown but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown is trying to control Cherry's posture but Cherry avoids it.
Check out the look on Cherry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Brown taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cherry scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Brown to see if he's OK.
Brown misses with a strike from the bottom.
Brown misses with an elbow from the bottom.

Cherry tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cherry is chipping away with strikes.

Cherry looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brown is not content to let Cherry control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is working Brown over with some ground and pound from side control.

Cherry wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brown, who protects the arm well.
Cherry landing a few strikes.
Brown sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cherry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cherry trying to control from half guard but Brown is working away.
Brown regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brown looking to control.
Cherry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Cherry throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry postures up and lands a big shot to Brown's brow.
Brown trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cherry is looking to work some ground and pound but Brown has wrist control.
Brown 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.
Cherry lands a couple of elbows.
Brown will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cherry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cherry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cherry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buster Cherry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brown with a poor takedown

and Cherry counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Brown!
Brown taking shots to the head.
Brown is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cherry lands a nice shot to the head.

Brown is rocked!
Cherry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Cherry finish him?
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!
Brown flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Cherry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cherry postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Brown badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Cherry around the waist but Cherry pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Cherry is the winner by TKO! Cherry jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buster Cherry!
Buster Cherry decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.