PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cooter Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Folayang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Titties and Beer. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Brown
vs
Folayang

190 cm
20
167 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cooter Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Edward Folayang!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Folayang feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brown darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Folayang moves out of range easily.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Brown lands with a shot to the body.
Brown smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Folayang takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Folayang prevents Brown from improving position.

Brown wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Folayang, who protects the arm well.

Brown tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Brown controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Brown is trying to get an arm triangle but Folayang is defending well.
Brown wants to control but Folayang is keeping him busy.
Folayang is looking to regain half guard here but Brown keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brown controlling the position from side mount.
Brown has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Folayang knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Brown tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brown has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Brown in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Folayang is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cooter Brown!
Cooter Brown thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Edward Folayang had this to say: 'I'm sorry to all my fans. I let you down.'.