PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darwin France (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emmett Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). France comes to the cage accompanied by bring me to life. Emmett Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

France
vs
Brown

185 cm
33
158 lbs
34 - 14 - 0

168 cm
32
147 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Project Mayhem
Urban Fighter

Grand Champion Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darwin France!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emmett Brown!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
France has a takedown stuffed.
France connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brown's hands.
France throws a shot to the body.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Frances jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
France tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

France closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brown did well to prevent France getting side control.
France will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but France is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
France throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brown is on top in guard.

Brown trying to control but France is working from the bottom.
Brown working some strikes from top position.

France is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brown is aware though and is defending well.

France had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brown defends it easily.
France is adopting a defensive guard.
My spies in Masaru Fighting Systems II inform me that Brown has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but France is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but France is retaining full guard.
France is trying to control the position from the bottom.

France is looking for a triangle but Brown pushes his legs off easily.
Brown throws a big right hand that misses.
Brown makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but France is retaining full guard.
Brown slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Brown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown content to stall in guard here.

France throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Brown seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Brown is continuing to stall.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

France looking for a guillotine here but Brown defends easily.
France really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

France escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brown gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Brown working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of France's head.

France working for a triangle but Brown defends it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darwin France dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

France throws a head kick that misses.
France scores with a hook.
France throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut lands for Brown. That snapped France's head back.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
France slips a jab from Brown.
France fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown blocks a head kick by France.
Brown slips a jab from France.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but France moves away.
France pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
France showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
France scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
France throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at France's knee but France avoids it well.
France drops down looking for a counter takedown but Brown sprawls and moves away.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
France tries to counter with a takedown but Brown is quick to defend against it.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
France half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping France at a distance.
Brown takes one on the chin but seems OK.
France is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
France shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
France scores with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Brown blocks the low kick.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from France.
Brown scores with a body shot.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses

and France counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
France is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
France throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
France unloads with some shots from mount but Brown bucks and avoids them well.
Brown prevents France from taking his back.
France wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brown is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but France is staying active.
Brown is working to get back to half guard.
France is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
France lands a couple of good shots and Brown has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

France is persistently looking for the submission but Brown is defending it well.

France working for a choke but Brown is defending well.
Brown trying to control the hands but France breaks the grip.
Brown rolls, trying to escape but France keeps control of the position.
Despite being in a bad position, Brown is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.

France has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

France is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Brown taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from France.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darwin France!
A very excited looking Darwin France 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.