PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Brandon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon comes to the cage accompanied by Catch Em By Surprise. Luis Guerrero has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kenny Brandon's chin.

Brandon
vs
Guerrero

170 cm
26
164 lbs
6 - 14 - 0

169 cm
26
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Supreme Nutrition
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Brandon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Brandon does it's job there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brandon.
Brandon looks to land a combination but Guerrero avoids it well.

Brandon clinches.
Brandon swings wildly with an uppercut but Guerrero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandon working aggressively here.
Our sources have told us that Brandon has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Brandon.
Brandon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandon throws a punch but it's blocked by Guerrero.
Brandon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guerrero working aggressively here.
Brandon misses with a punch on the inside.
Guerrero stalling in the clinch but Brandon improves position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brandon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brandon swings wildly with an uppercut but Guerrero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandon swings wildly with an uppercut but Guerrero uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandon misses with some punches.
Guerrero changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brandon fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Guerrero 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.
Brandon closes the distance and clinches up with Guerrero, looking for a takedown. Brandon pushes Guerrero against the cage but Guerrero circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brandon throws a series of punches but Guerrero avoids them all with ease.
Brandon misses with a two punch combination.
Brandon throws a right hand that Guerrero ducks under and follows up with a left that Guerrero also avoids with ease.
A big left from Brandon misses.
Brandon wants to land a leg kick but Guerrero is out of range.
Brandon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guerrero circles away quickly and effectively.
Guerrero feints the counter takedown.
Brandon cracks Guerrero with an open hand slap.
Guerrero stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Guerrero wants it to stay on the feet.
Good work by Guerrero as he checks the leg kick.
Guerrero wants to counter the offense by Brandon and move into the clinch position.
Brandon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brandon misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandon throws a big shot that misses.
Guerrero tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Brandon defending well as Guerrero loads up on a big left hand.
Brandon lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brandon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guerrero.
Brandon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brandon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Brandon is in close to Guerrero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Guerrero looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Brandon preventing the sweep.
Brandon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guerrero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Guerrero looking to control.
Guerrero really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brandon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brandon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brandon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guerrero is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero wants to sweep here but Brandon controlling him for the moment.
Brandon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brandon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guerrero is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Guerrero seems keen to control Brandon's posture.
Guerrero is continuing to stall.
Brandon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brandon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guerrero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Guerrero wants to sweep but no luck.
Guerrero has momentary wrist control but Brandon slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Guerrero can do anything to dispel that myth.
Guerrero is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brandon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Guerrero's head.
Guerrero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Guerrero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brandon's guard.

Brandon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Guerrero keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brandon's head.
Guerrero working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brandon's head.
Guerrero postures up.
Brandon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Brandon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brandon postures up in Guerrero's guard and throws a big left but Guerrero blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Brandon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Brandon wants to clinch but Guerrero slips to the side
letting Guerrero counter with a right hand.
Brandon looks to land a combination but Guerrero avoids it well.
Guerrero is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Brandon lands a head shot.
A clash of legs there as Guerrero blocks the low kick.
Guerrero 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.

Brandon clinches up against the cage.
Guerrero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brandon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guerrero is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch on the inside from Brandon fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandon misses with some punches.

Guerrero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brandon.
Brandon scores with a hook to the body. Guerrero takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Guerrero misses.
Brandon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brandon's hands.
Brandon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kenny Brandon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brandon throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Guerrero to counter with a crisp jab.
Brandon missing with a left hand there. Guerrero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brandon moves to clinch but Guerrero breaks away

and Guerrero counters with a shoot takedown. Brandon fights it but they end up in guard.

Brandon has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Guerrero off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Brandon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guerrero throws a hook but Brandon blocks it.
Guerrero ducks under a wild hook from Brandon.
Brandon throws a body kick that misses.
Guerrero slips a jab and a cross from Brandon.
Brandon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guerrero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brandon fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandon feints a jab promting Guerrero to slip. Brandon then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Guerrero slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Brandon tests Guerrero's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brandon misses with an uppercut.
Brandon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kenny Brandon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brandon shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Guerrero sprawls well. Guerrero wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brandon gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Brandon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guerrero blocks a jab.
Guerrero drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Brandon defends it well.
Brandon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guerrero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guerrero tries to counter by closing the distance.
Brandon misses with a lunging right hand
and Guerrero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brandon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brandon throws the left hand but Guerrero avoids the punch easily.
Guerrero tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brandon clinches up with Guerrero and pushes him back against the cage.
Brandon swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Guerrero has hold of one of Brandon's legs. Brandon is fighting the takedown attempt but Guerrero gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Brandon scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Brandon looks to throw a body kick

and Guerrero counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guerrero throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Guerrero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guerrero scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Guerrero throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Guerrero throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Guerrero missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brandon taking some punishment here, with Guerrero in his half guard.
Guerrero lands strikes from half guard.
Brandon holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero winds up and cracks Brandon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Guerrero not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brandon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Guerrero working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Guerrero lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Brandon is rocked!
Brandon has hold of Guerrero's hands but Guerrero slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Brandon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guerrero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brandon defending well though.
Guerrero missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brandon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Guerrero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brandon defending well though.
Luis Guerrero has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brandon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Guerrero.
Brandon has hold of Guerrero's hands but Guerrero slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brandon tries to get to full guard but Guerrero has control of the leg.
Guerrero sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brandon defending well though.
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 Kenny Brandon will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Guerrero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brandon seems to have got his legs back now.
Brandon is looking to clinch but Guerrero is avoiding it.
Brandon misses with a jab, cross combination.

Brandon scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Brandon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Guerrero is looking to regain half guard here but Brandon keeps moving and retains side control.
Brandon sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Guerrero is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Guerrero can't do much from the bottom here.
Brandon scoring with punches from side control.
Guerrero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brandon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Guerrero dodges the ground and pound from Brandon.
Brandon lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brandon working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brandon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
What's Guerrero going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Brandon working away.
Check out the look on Brandon's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Guerrero defending against the ground and pound.
Guerrero managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Brandon.
Brandon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guerrero can do to turn this around?
Guerrero is trying to get back to half guard.
Guerrero regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero tries to get to full guard but Brandon has control of the leg.
Brandon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brandon sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Guerrero defending well though.
Brandon looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brandon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Guerrero is trying to maintain the position but Brandon is very close to passing his half guard.
Brandon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brandon works his way into side control.
Guerrero parries the strikes from Brandon easily there. Brandon is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Guerrero to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandon working away.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Guerrero wants to control but Brandon postures up.
Guerrero tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brandon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Guerrero wants to control but Brandon postures up.
Brandon in side control, throwing shots but Guerrero defends.
Brandon sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Guerrero is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Guerrero is looking to regain half guard here but Brandon keeps moving and retains side control.
Guerrero wants to control but Brandon postures up.
Kenny Brandon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guerrero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brandon throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Guerrero is looking for a sweep.
Brandon is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandon fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Guerrero is looking for a sweep.
Brandon scores with punches from side control.
Guerrero tries to buck Brandon off but Brandon is having none of it.
Guerrero managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Brandon.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brandon moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Guerrero taking a bit of punishment here - Brandon scoring with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Brandon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brandon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Brandon!
A relieved looking Kenny Brandon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.