PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Uncle Murda - My Moment. Esposito has chosen Sukh Knight as his entrance music. John Esposito will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Brown
vs
Esposito

185 cm
24
245 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

195 cm
36
285 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Damnfield clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Esposito.
Esposito takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brown staying out of range there.
Esposito's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brown under the eye.

Brown closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Esposito to the mat! Esposito manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Brown trying to control but Esposito is working from the bottom.
Brown postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Esposito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Esposito is retaining full guard.
Esposito avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brown stops Esposito from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Esposito working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Esposito swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Esposito keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown 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.
Esposito is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Esposito has control of the leg.
Esposito is thwarting Brown's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Esposito content to control rather than advance.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Esposito misses with a kick to the body.
Esposito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Esposito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Esposito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Esposito throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown lands a glancing blow to the side of Esposito's head.
Esposito misses with a two punch combination.
Brown slips under a jab from Esposito.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Esposito keeps Brown at a distance using the push kick.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Esposito.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Brown drives through with a takedown into guard.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Esposito is keeping the position.
Esposito is adopting a defensive guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Esposito's head.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Esposito is retaining full guard.
Brown lands a couple of elbows.
Esposito is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brown looking to pass the guard.
Brown is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Esposito is retaining full guard.
Brown trying to control but Esposito is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Esposito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Esposito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Esposito throws out the jab.
Esposito shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Brown looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Esposito keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown lands a couple of digs.
Brown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brown wants to control from the top but Esposito keeps moving.
Esposito looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Esposito manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Brown pushes Esposito up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brown as Esposito tries to tie him up.
Esposito misses with the head strike.
Esposito wants to stall.
Esposito misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brown here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Esposito misses with the head strike.
Brown throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Espositos head.
Esposito pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Esposito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown misses with a straight left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Brown shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Esposito's guard.
Brown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Esposito keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown landing some decent shots from guard.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Esposito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Esposito looking for a sweep. Not yet Esposito, not yet.
Esposito is looking to stand up but Brown isn't so interested in that idea.
Brown works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Esposito defending well though.
Esposito is looking to improve his position.
Brown is thwarting Esposito's attempts to control the position.
Brown is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brown seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Esposito for as long as he can get away with.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Esposito's shoulder, as Esposito tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Esposito swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Esposito is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Esposito.
Brown is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Esposito.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
John Esposito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Esposito.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Esposito tries to avoid it but Brown manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Esposito to the ground. Esposito escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Brown shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Esposito napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Esposito is being controlled here.
Esposito struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Brown will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
Esposito scores with a jab to the head.
Esposito misses with a wild body shot.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown blocks a jab.
Esposito lands a jab to the head.
Brown slips under a jab from Esposito.
Esposito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
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 tries to score with a low kick but Esposito moves his leg out of the way.
Brown takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Esposito throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Esposito's head but Esposito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown scores with a shot to the body.
Esposito misses the jab.
Esposito lands with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brown.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Esposito lands an overhand right.
Esposito misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Esposito, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Esposito lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Esposito.
Decent striking displayed by Esposito there.
John Esposito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Esposito.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Esposito doesn't seem bothered though.
John Esposito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Esposito misses with a looping left.
Brown moves out of range as Esposito strikes.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown misses the jab.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Esposito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown lands a glancing blow to the side of Esposito's head.
Anthony Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito swings widly with a right hand

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brown.
Esposito misses with the head strike.
Brown is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Esposito gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Esposito is blocking nicely.
Esposito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Esposito is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Esposito leaning his opponent against the cage.
Esposito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Esposito.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Esposito taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Esposito throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito tries to stall but Brown uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Esposito is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Esposito lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Esposito struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
John Esposito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Esposito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Brown!
Our winner, Anthony Brown, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.