PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ares Constantinides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Constantinides has chosen I stand alone as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brown
vs
Constantinides

191 cm
36
223 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

184 cm
37
215 lbs
37 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

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 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ares Constantinides!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown stuns Constantinides with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brown throws a left and a right that both miss

and Constantinides counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Brown!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Constantinides tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Constantinides is putting a hurting on Brown here, landing some big shots from side control.

Constantinides working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sloppy strikes there by Constantinides.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown gets back to half guard.
Brown is looking for a sweep. Constantinides is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Constantinides is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Constantinides is just content to waste time from the top position. Brown takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Constantinides preventing the sweep.
Constantinides looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brown is looking to work some ground and pound but Constantinides has wrist control.
Brown throwing strikes from guard but Constantinides blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides is trying to control the position but Brown postures up.

Constantinides throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Brown escapes and throws Constantinides's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Brown wants to control but Constantinides is keeping him busy.
Constantinides takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Constantinides is trying to get back to his feet.
Constantinides is looking to reverse the position.
Brown postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Constantinides is trying to improve his position.
Constantinides is not content to let Brown control the position.
Brown throwing strikes but Constantinides manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to reverse the position.
Constantinides trying to control the action but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown is looking to regain half guard here but Constantinides keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown wants to get back to his feet but Constantinides drags him back down.
Brown is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Constantinides wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Brown tries to bench press Constantinides off him but Constantinides keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides working the ground and pound.
Brown tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Men of Mayhem (1 TPL, 6 DBL, 5 SGL)(55 member cap), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Constantinides working the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big shot lands for Constantinides! That's hurt Brown! Will he recover? Constantinides fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ares Constantinides!
Ares Constantinides decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.