PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Needle In The Hay. Light has chosen Ride for This-Fabolous as his entrance music. Anthony Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brown
vs
Light

185 cm
33
245 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

195 cm
40
283 lbs
27 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

KAISER

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 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Light!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Light forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Light is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brown effectively controlling the action here.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Light tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown misses with the head strike.

Light jumps guard and drags Brown to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Brown passes Light's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Brown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Light sees it coming and defends easily.
Light trying to control but Brown postures up.

Brown is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Light slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brown passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown is working for a kimura but Light is defending it quite comfortably.

Brown is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Light is just riding it out for now. Brown eventually gives up the hold.

Brown is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Light looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Brown seems to be working for a kimura but Light defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Light looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Light trying to control but Brown postures up.

Brown is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Brown is looking for a kimura here.
Light is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!
Brown staying busy and making it hard for Light to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown fending off the submission attempt from Light.

Brown defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Brown wants to control his opponent's hands but Light gets his hands free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Light keeps control of the position as Brown tries to break free.
Light struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control the hands but Light won't let him.

Brown fending off the submission attempt from Light.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Light's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Light is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Light dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Light misses with a two punch combination.
Light throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Light fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Light dips to his left and cracks Brown with an uppercut!

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Brown is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Light defends it well.
Bobby Light has got the better of the ground game so far.
Light tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brown is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Light wants to control but Brown is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown seems to be looking for submissions.
Light wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
Light wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Light slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Light pulls Brown in close to his closed guard and prevents Brown from doing any damage or advancing position.

Brown postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Light is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Brown, into his guard.

Light wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Light connects with a couple of short punches.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Light trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Light looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Light wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Light has taken the fight into the clinch.
Light has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Light jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. Light gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bobby Light is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Light misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to land a front kick but Light steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Light punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Bobby Light seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Light tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Light.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Light throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Light takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Light shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Brown is backing up but Light catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Brown covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Light Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Light!
A very excited looking Bobby Light made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.