PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Gustin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melvin Gustin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Andre Brown's chin.

Gustin
vs
Brown

192 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
197 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Gustin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Brown!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Gustin counters with a straight right hand.
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Gustin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gustin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gustin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gustin.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Gustin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown misses with a hook
and Gustin counters with a nice body shot.
Gustin lands a head shot.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gustin counters with a body kick that stops Brown in his tracks momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown misses with an uppercut
and Gustin counters with a right hand to the body.
Gustin cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gustin lands a jab to the nose.
Brown throws a body punch but Gustin moves out of range.
Gustin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gustin lands a body shot.
Gustin lands a nice shot to the body.
Andre Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Brown misses.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gustin lands a jab to the head.
Gustin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gustin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown walks into a stiff left hand from Gustin.
Brown misses with a left hand

and Gustin counters with a head kick that drops Brown to the mat! Brown scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Brown is rocked!
Gustin delivers a nice body kick.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Gustin finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gustin.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
Gustin lands with an uppercut that bounces Brown off the cage and back into range.

Gustin sends Brown crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gustin is motioning to the referee to let Brown up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brown.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gustin.

Gustin clinches up against the cage.
Gustin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Gustin - that landed with a thud.
Gustin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gustin taking a breather.
Gustin pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown tries to stall but Gustin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Gustin is controlling him.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Gustin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Gustin digs a right hand into Brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brown's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gustin keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Gustin is controlling the position.
Brown tries to break free but Gustin pushes him back against the cage.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gustin lands with a left to the head.
Gustin scores with a hook to the body.
Brown looks winded!
Gustin lands a shot to the body.
Gustin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gustin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gustin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Gustin has double underhooks.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Gustin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gustin drops Brown onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Brown is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Gustin is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gustin lands a nice shot to the body.
Gustin slows down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gustin.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Gustin controls his hands.
Gustin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Gustin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown prevents a body shot from Gustin.
Gustin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Gustin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melvin Gustin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Gustin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gustin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gustin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gustin connects with a leg kick. Brown looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gustin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gustin, as that shot connected.
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 misses with a wild body shot.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Gustin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Melvin Gustin is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brown!
Andre Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gustin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gustin throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Brown's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Gustin dives in looking to finish as Brown flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Gustin's strikes! Gustin is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Brown's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Brown was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Melvin Gustin!