PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Braggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Braggins
vs
Long

187 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Heavy Braggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kyle Long!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long takes one to the side of the head.
Long ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Long staying out of range there.

Braggins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Long blocks a body shot from Braggins.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Braggins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Braggins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Braggins tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Long stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braggins's defenses.

It looks like Heavy Braggins has been cut.

Long's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Braggins lands a right hook to the body.

Long moves into the clinch.
Braggins tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing Braggins back against the cage.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long lands a hook to the side of the head.
Long misses with an elbow over the top.
Long effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Braggins.
Long looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braggins takes an elbow to the temple.
Braggins takes an elbow to the forehead.

Heavy Braggins's cut is getting worse.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but Braggins is blocking nicely.
Long throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Braggins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Braggins is breathing heavily.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long looking to slow down the pace here.
Long stalls.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Long misses with a short punch on the inside.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but Braggins avoids the damage to the body.
Long trying to control the position but instead, Braggins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Long into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Long just misses with a elbow thrown towards Braggins's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Long is trying to maintain a safe position but Braggins gets an underhook and turns Long into the cage.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Long throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Braggins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Braggins blocks a body shot from Long.
Braggins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Braggins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Braggins prevents a body shot from Long.
Long is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Braggins.
Long tries to stall but Braggins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Braggins dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Braggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Braggins.
Braggins managing to block the knees to the body from Long.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braggins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Long breaks the clinch.
Braggins looks to land a right hand but Long moved out of range.
Braggins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
Long drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Braggins defends it well.
Braggins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Long was well out of range. Poor timing from Braggins.
Long ducks under a wild hook from Braggins.
A decent looking cross lands there for Braggins.
Braggins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Heavy Braggins's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braggins stuns Long with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Braggins slips a jab and a cross from Long.
Braggins misses the shot to the body.
Braggins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braggins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Long moves away.
Braggins throws a series of punches but Long moves out of range.
Long lands a really nice looking cross but Braggins seems unphased.
Braggins lands a nice hook to Long's body. Long takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Long misses.
Braggins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Long ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Long tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Long misses with a lunging right hand
and Braggins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kyle Long will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Heavy Braggins's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Long ducks under a wild hook from Braggins.
Braggins misses with a hook.
Braggins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Braggins looks to throw the jab but Long is out of range.
A slow jab from Braggins misses its intended target.
Braggins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Long misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Braggins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Braggins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Braggins misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Braggins. That snapped Long's head back.
Long doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braggins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Long manages to avoid it.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braggins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Long tries to clinch but Braggins is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Braggins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Heavy Braggins is winning the standup battle so far.
Braggins takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
Long is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Long steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braggins.
Long changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Long throws out a loose jab but Braggins uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Braggins misses.
Braggins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braggins. Long does a little dance to reset his feet.
Long looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Braggins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Braggins.
Braggins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Long manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Braggins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Long feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braggins missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Long takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Braggins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Braggins misses the shot to the body.
Braggins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braggins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Long tries to counter it with a takedown but Braggins pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braggins misses the shot to the body.
Braggins takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
Braggins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Long.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braggins misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Long on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Braggins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Longs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braggins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Long doesn't seem bothered though.

Long gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Braggins dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Long looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Braggins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Braggins has a couple of punches blocked by Long.
Braggins throws a head punch that misses.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Braggins's defenses.
Kyle Long seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Long lands a right hand.

Jeez, Heavy Braggins's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Braggins blocks an elbow strike.
Long lands a right hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Heavy Braggins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kyle Long!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kyle Long thanked Sully's Bar & Grill for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).