PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abubakar Shekau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's entrance music is Before The Fight Ends You - Hatebreed. A fine choice. Shekau is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by P-Square - Personally(I blow you up now). Dave Brown is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Brown
vs
Shekau

196 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
270 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abubakar Shekau!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown's corner calls for a 1-2. Brown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Abubakar Shekau has been cut.
Brown throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shekau throws a shot to the body.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Shekau blocks the leg kick.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Shekau's torso.
Shekau misses the shot to the body.
Brown appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Shekau throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Brown.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shekau.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shekau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shekau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown avoids the body shot from Shekau.
A solid body kick from Brown.
Shekau lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shekau.
Brown is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shekau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Shekau swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Shekau scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dave Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown swings for the body but Shekau moves out of range.
Shekau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brown with a body shot.
Shekau misses with a jab to the body
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shekau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Shekau swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abubakar Shekau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Shekau throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Shekau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Shekau walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brown.
Shekau looks winded!
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
Brown moves into range and connects with a jab.

That has opened up Abubakar Shekau's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Shekau.
Shekau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Shekau.
Shekau throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shekau. That did some damage!
We've been informed that Shekau has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Shekau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brown doesn't seem bothered though.
Shekau swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shekau.
Shekau looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Shekau's torso.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown scores with a nice head shot.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Shekau's torso.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown scores with a nice right hand.
Shekau takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

The cut above Abubakar Shekau's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A solid body kick from Brown.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shekau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brown stuns Shekau with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brown connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Shekau! He's out on his feet! Brown rushes in and drops Shekau with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dave Brown!
A relieved looking Dave Brown thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.