PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randolf Brox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gichin Funakoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funakoshi has chosen War Pimp Renaissance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brox
vs
Funakoshi

178 cm
28
168 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

168 cm
29
159 lbs
22 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randolf Brox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gichin Funakoshi!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brox shoots in but Funakoshi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brox throws a sloppy head kick and Funakoshi moves out of range easily.
Brox avoids the body shot from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brox was well out of range. Poor timing from Funakoshi.
Brox looks to land a combination but Funakoshi avoids it well.
Brox throws a sloppy body shot
and Funakoshi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Funakoshi throws a hook but Brox blocks it.
Brox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brox counters with a straight right hand.
Brox walks into a jab.
Randolf Brox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Funakoshi clinches.
Funakoshi digs a right hand underneath Brox's ribcage. Brox let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brox lands a hook that snaps the head of Funakoshi backwards.
Funakoshi slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Funakoshi stalling.
Brox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brox drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Funakoshi throws a head punch that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Funakoshi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Funakoshi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brox.
Brox letting Funakoshi take a breather here.
Funakoshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Brox controls his hands.
Funakoshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brox misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Funakoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Funakoshi swings wildly with an uppercut but Brox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brox blocks an uppercut.
Funakoshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Brox.
Funakoshi is trying to stall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funakoshi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Funakoshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Funakoshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Brox.
Funakoshi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brox up against the cage.
Funakoshi gets through Brox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brox taking a breather.

Brox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Funakoshi takes one to the side of the head.
Brox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brox thows a body shot but no joy.
Funakoshi throws a lazy right hand but Brox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Funakoshi. Brox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Funakoshi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gichin Funakoshi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Funakoshi looks to score with a jab to the body but Brox is just out of range.
Funakoshi scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brox.
Brox fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randolf Brox. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Brox shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brox missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Funakoshi wants to sweep but no luck.
Funakoshi trying to keep a closed guard but Brox is proving a slippery customer.
Brox throws a strike but Funakoshi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funakoshi looking to sit in guard and control but Brox gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gichin Funakoshi 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.

Brox misses the shot to the body.
Funakoshi throws a shot from downtown. Brox moves away and avoids it.
Funakoshi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Funakoshi!
Funakoshi throws an off balance right hand

and Brox counters with a takedown into side control.
Funakoshi struggling a bit here.
Brox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Funakoshi keeps working.
Brox lands some shots froms side control.
Brox lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi can't do much from the bottom here.
Brox has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Brox is trying to get an arm triangle but Funakoshi is defending well.
Brox in side control, throwing shots but Funakoshi defends.
Funakoshi is looking to regain half guard here but Brox keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Funakoshi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Funakoshi is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Funakoshi trying to control here.
Funakoshi wants to improve his position but Brox is controlling well.
Brox throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funakoshi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brox passes the guard and advances to mount!
Funakoshi is looking to improve his position but Brox isn't that keen on the idea.
Brox dominating with strikes here.
Brox landing strikes, looking to finish!
Funakoshi tries to hold on but Brox postures up.
Funakoshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brox scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Funakoshi is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funakoshi sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Funakoshi is still in real trouble! Can Brox finish him?
Brox lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Brox is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Funakoshi doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Brox.
Brox slips a nice elbow through Funakoshi's hands, connecting with Funakoshi's forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funakoshi is staying active underneath Brox, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Funakoshi seems to have recovered his senses.
Funakoshi moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randolf Brox 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Funakoshi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brox counters with a left to the body.
Funakoshi lands the left hand.
Brox avoids the body shot from Funakoshi.
Brox needs to keep his hands up - Funakoshi had a free shot at his head there.
Funakoshi lands with a shot to the body.
Brox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gichin Funakoshi seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Brox decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Brox passes to full mount!
Funakoshi working to try and regain half guard.
Brox looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funakoshi working to try and regain half guard.
Brox landing shots from mount.
Funakoshi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Funakoshi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brox avoids the attempt from Funakoshi to control.
Funakoshi is trying desperately to improve position.
Brox scoring with strikes but Funakoshi is staying in there.
Funakoshi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brox trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brox avoids the attempt from Funakoshi to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brox raining down hammerfists from mount.
Funakoshi tries to hold on but Brox pushes him away.
Brox trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brox is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Funakoshi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Brox has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Funakoshi's face.
Brox looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Funakoshi covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randolf Brox!
Randolf Brox decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.