PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You by Hank Williams, Jr. Brown has chosen TNT by AC DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ryan
vs
Brown

183 cm
32
159 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

180 cm
33
136 lbs
23 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Good kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Ryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Brown!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ryan stuffs the takedown.
Ryan missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Ryan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Brown is trying to control the position but Ryan postures up.
Ryan wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brown looking for a triangle here. Ryan is fighting it but it looks tight! Brown pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ryan is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tony Brown!
Tony Brown is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Tony Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.