PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Rynkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Millencolin - Happiness For Dogs . The crowd seem to be enjoying Rynkowski's choice of entrance music: Mama Selita - 303. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Brown
vs
Rynkowski

175 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
28
154 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paddy Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebastian Rynkowski!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown shoots in but Rynkowski avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Brown wants to control but Rynkowski is keeping him busy.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rynkowski defending well though.
Rynkowski told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rynkowski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Brown is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rynkowski defends it well.
Brown 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.
Brown is thwarting Rynkowski's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rynkowski is trying to get back to full guard.
Rynkowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rynkowski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rynkowski is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Rynkowski is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice shot by Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Brown connects with a nice looking jab.
Brown scores with a decent looking hook.
Brown takes a swing at Rynkowski's ribcage but misses.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Rynkowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rynkowski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Brown has a takedown stuffed.
Brown scores with a decent looking hook.
Rynkowski moves forwards but Brown connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rynkowski misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rynkowski fails with a takedown attempt.
Rynkowski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good shot there by Brown.
Brown shoots for a takedown but Rynkowski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paddy Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rynkowski has time to react.
Brown lands a two punch combo.
Rynkowski fails with a takedown attempt.
Brown drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rynkowski sprawls and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a right that clearly hurt Rynkowski. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Brown proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Rynkowski collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paddy Brown!
After the fight, Paddy Brown was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.