PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cris Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Sutherland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes into the arena with Fort Minor - Remember The Name blaring out of the sound system. Sutherland has chosen 2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up 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
Sutherland

162 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
130 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cris Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Sutherland!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sutherland is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sutherland avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown is struggling to control the position.

Sutherland manages to break the clinch.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sutherland manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Brown clinches up with Sutherland and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Sutherland's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sutherland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sutherland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sutherland blocks an uppercut.
Sutherland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brown lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sutherland backwards.
Sutherland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sutherland has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sutherland is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sutherland wants to break free but Brown has control.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sutherland tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Sutherland can't break the clinch.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Sutherland.

Sutherland pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sutherland counters with a one-two to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sutherland circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sutherland is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Brown tries to clinch there but Sutherland circles away.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sutherland wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cris Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brown closes the distance and pushes Sutherland back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Sutherland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sutherland up against the cage.
Sutherland is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Cris Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Sutherland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sutherland can do to turn this around?
Sutherland looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sutherland wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Sutherland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Sutherland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sutherland looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sutherland can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Sutherland has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sutherland wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Brown.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Sutherland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sutherland is trying to push Brown away but Brown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown stalling.
Brown stalls.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Sutherland.
Sutherland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sutherland backwards.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.

Sutherland is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sutherland to his knees! Brown keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cris Brown!
Cris Brown managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!160, into his post fight interview.