PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatti Tasapaksu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Needle In The Hay. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tasapaksu's choice of entrance music: Motorhead - Smiling Like A Killer . 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
Tasapaksu

185 cm
35
245 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

195 cm
45
275 lbs
32 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 25 - 15 - 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 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tatti Tasapaksu!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Tasapaksu, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Tasapaksu against the cage but Tasapaksu circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tasapaksu moves out of range as Brown strikes.
A slow jab from Tasapaksu misses its intended target.

Tasapaksu drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.
Tasapaksu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tasapaksu tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tasapaksu tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Tasapaksu back against the cage.
Brown dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tasapaksu avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasapaksu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Anthony Brown has been cut.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tasapaksu is keeping busy.
Tasapaksu misses with an elbow over the top.
Tasapaksu trying to land knees to the body.
Tasapaksu stalling.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tasapaksu backwards.
Tasapaksu throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tasapaksu lands a nice knee to the body.
Tasapaksu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown lands a body punch.
Tasapaksu missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.

Brown is trying to trip Tasapaksu. He has hold of a leg but Tasapaksu is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Brown persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tasapaksu is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
Brown throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brown is in close to Tasapaksu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Brown trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brown wants to get up but he can't break Tasapaksu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Brown postures up in Tasapaksu's guard and throws a big left but Tasapaksu blocks it.
Tasapaksu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tasapaksu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown is looking to stand up but Tasapaksu won't let him.
Tasapaksu wants to stand but Brown is controlling the position.
Brown trying to stand up but can't free himself from Tasapaksu's guard.
Brown throwing strikes from guard but Tasapaksu blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to stand but Tasapaksu is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tasapaksu throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tasapaksu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brown connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Tatti Tasapaksu has been cut.
Brown clobbers Tasapaksu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Tasapaksu is rocked!
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tasapaksu throws out the jab.
Anthony Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brown - that will leave a mark!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Tasapaksu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tasapaksu falls backwards - clearly groggy! Brown dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Brown!
During a confident post fight interview, Anthony Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.