PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between D Lo Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lipe Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Drunken Lullabies. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lo Brown
vs
Santos

190 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

ZSTAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, D Lo Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lipe Santos!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Brown connects with the punch.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lipe Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brown drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Santos wants to stand up but Brown is controlling him.
Brown showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown postures up.

Santos kicks Brown off and gets to his feet.
Santos moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Santos fails with the takedown
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brown counters with a nice body shot.
Santos looks gassed!
A lazy left from Brown finds it's target.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santos has time to react.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Brown looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Santos is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Brown uses his free foot to push down on Santos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Santos.
Brown pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Brown has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
Brown controlling his opponent.
Brown prevents Santos from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brown lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Santos hang on?
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Brown cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brown looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
Santos tries to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brown with the ground and pound from mount.
Brown dominating with strikes here.
Brown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Santos wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

D Lo Brown dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brown's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brown duly obliges.

Santos is rocked!
Brown tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him?
Santos looks to clinch
and Brown counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Santos is in a horrible position here. Brown smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brown controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Brown connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brown controlling the position easily from mount.
Brown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Santos is looking to improve his position but Brown isn't that keen on the idea.
Brown content just to control the position here.
Brown with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
D Lo Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brown dominating with strikes here.
Brown landing punches.
Brown controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown content just to control the position here.
Brown unloading with bombs!
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Brown takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos can't escape the position.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Brown jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Santos manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Santos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown is thwarting Santos's attempts to control the position.
Well, if Brown is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Santos wants to clinch

and Brown counters with a takedown into side control.
Santos is looking for a sweep.
Brown moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Santos wants to control but Brown postures up.
Brown staying calm.
Brown scores with punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown staying calm.
Brown cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brown taking a breather here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. D Lo Brown just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Santos clinches but Brown breaks the clinch
and Brown counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
D Lo Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Santos tries to clinch
and Brown counters with a nice body shot.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Brown persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos is looking to escape.
Still in half guard, Brown seems content to control.
Brown lands with a punch from half guard.
Brown working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brown content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Brown tries to pass to full mount but Santos defends it.
Santos wants to control the action here but instead Brown manages to pass to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brown is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Santos tries to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Santos wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brown controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
You get the feeling that Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Santos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Brown. What's that going to do exactly?
Brown with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Brown cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Lipe Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
D Lo Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:24
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... D Lo Brown!