PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven de Pina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brown might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don't You Give Your Love Away . Victor Brown had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
de Pina

175 cm
33
171 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

175 cm
33
152 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Cyclone Nutrition Company

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven de Pina!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
de Pina misses with a wild body shot.
de Pina with a jab.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Brown cracks de Pina with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
de Pina slips under a jab.
de Pina scores with the left hand. Brown knows he should have avoided that one.
de Pina thows a body shot but no joy.
de Pina tests Brown's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps de Pina's head backwards.
de Pina bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brown's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown avoids the body shot from de Pina.
de Pina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Brown shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
de Pina is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is pressing down on de Pina's thigh, looking to free his foot. de Pina is holding on for now.
Brown wants to control but de Pina is keeping him busy.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but de Pina is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to pass de Pina's guard but actually de Pina recovers to full guard.
Brown is looking to advance position but de Pina has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
de Pina really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brown wants to control but de Pina is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brown manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.
Brown bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in de Pina's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Pina wants to hit a switch here but Brown passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for de Pina there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Pina manages to regain half guard. Good work.
de Pina tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Pina is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Brown dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
de Pina misses with a straight left.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but de Pina is just out of range.
de Pina thows a body shot but no joy.
de Pina scores with a nice right hand.
de Pina digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.

A momentary lapse in concentration from de Pina enables Brown to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. de Pina manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
de Pina looking for a sweep. Not yet de Pina, not yet.
Brown passes easily into side control. Nice work.
de Pina struggling a bit here.
de Pina tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brown wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown advances to full mount.
Brown working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns de Pina that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
de Pina is squirming around, avoiding Brown's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if de Pina can do anything to dispel that myth.

Brown has control of de Pina's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and de Pina regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Brown landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Pina is in a horrible position here. Brown smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown looking to ground and pound but de Pina is blocking nicely.
Brown raining down hammerfists from mount.
de Pina is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a big shot there that rocks de Pina but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brown thowing shots but they're missing.
BOOM! Brown connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brown connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brown punishing his opponent with strikes.

de Pina is rocked!
Brown looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
de Pina is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked de Pina badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Brown around the waist but Brown pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Brown is the winner by TKO! Brown jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Brown!
Victor Brown decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.