PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Foles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Foles

215 cm
32
267 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

214 cm
28
302 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Foles!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good work by Foles as he checks the leg kick.
Foles has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Foles throws a leg kick that misses.
Foles loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown looks to throw a body kick
and Foles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Jim Brown has been cut.
Brown changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown lands a nice looking body kick.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Foles tries to counter by closing the distance.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Foles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foles lands with a nice body kick.
Foles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brown misses with a low kick as Foles jumps back.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to work over Foles's front leg with a kick but Foles checks it.
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Foles.
Brown takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Foles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Brown throws a body kick that misses
and Foles counters with a left to the body.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and Foles releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown misses with a leg kick
and Foles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown throws a low kick but Foles avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Foles misses the target.
Brown tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Foles is able to avoid easily.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at Foles's knee but Foles avoids it well.
Brown goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Foles lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brown doesn't seem phased though.
Foles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Foles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown lands a high kick!
Brown is looking to score with low kicks.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Foles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.

Foles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Foles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Foles missing with knees to the body.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Foles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Foles's efforts to push away.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Foles dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Foles takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Foles avoids the damage to the body.
Foles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brown pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brown scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab lands there for Brown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Foles gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
Foles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown has Foles pressed against the cage, preventing Foles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Foles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foles lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Foles's brow.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Foles blocks with his arms.
Foles pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Foles throws an elbow that misses.
Foles misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brown looks for the body kick but Foles saw that one coming.
Foles misses the jab.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at Foles's knee but Foles avoids it well.
Brown tries to clinch up.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Foles misses with the head strike.
Foles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Foles takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Nick Foles has been cut.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Foles is trying to break free.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Foles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Foles can do to turn this around?
Foles looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Foles misses with a knee to the head.
Foles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Foles.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Foles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Foles misses with a body punch.
Foles lands a nice shot to the body.
Foles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Foles blocks an elbow strike.
Jim Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Foles, against the cage.
Foles creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brown.
Foles throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Foles tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Foles back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
A hook to the body from Foles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Foles misses with some punches.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Foles.
Foles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Foles connects with a knee to the head.
Foles throws an elbow that misses.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Foles, against the cage.
Foles misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Foles on the inside.
Foles takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Foles's efforts to push away.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Foles shrugs off.
Foles takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Foles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foles connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Foles looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Foles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.

Foles manages to break the clinch.
Foles takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy left from Foles finds it's target.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Brown throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big left from Foles misses.
Brown appears to be looking for a big counter.
Brown feints and then cracks Foles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Foles down.
Brown gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Foles.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brown here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Foles managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Foles's ribcage.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Foles pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Foles avoids the damage to the body.
Foles can't break the clinch.
Foles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Foles.
Foles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Foles fails to land.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Foles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jim Brown will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Foles blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Brown is predictable there
and Foles counters with a straight right hand.
Brown misses with a head kick.
As Brown backs off Foles throws a huge counter combo but Brown manages to avoid it all.
Foles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brown throws a half hearted mid kick.
Foles swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brown cracks the inside of Foles's front leg.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nick Foles seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Foles avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Foles lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Foles uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brown has time to react.
Foles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Foles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Brown closes the distance and pushes Foles back into the cage.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Foles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Brown.
Brown throws a leg kick but Foles sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Foles is out of range.
A slow jab from Foles misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown scoring well with a low kick there.
Brown lands a head kick!
Brown is looking to clinch but Foles is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown throws a sloppy head kick
and Foles finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Foles tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown appears to be looking for a big counter.
Foles misses with a head kick.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
Brown looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Foles lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown avoids the body shot from Foles.
A big right from Foles misses.
Foles looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Foles slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brown tries to clinch up.
Foles doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Foles throws an off balance right hand
and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Foles avoids it.
Foles tries to counter by closing the distance.
Foles thuds a left hand into Brown's body.
Foles throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Foles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Foles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Foles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Foles's brow.
Brown keeps control of Foles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Foles lands a nice elbow.
Brown's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nick Foles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jim Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jim Brown.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Brown!
An out of breath Jim Brown thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Nick Foles was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for giving me the opportunity to fight for TTFC. I will take this loss as a learning experience, and train harder than ever'.