PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Bolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Bolan

184 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

196 cm
30
218 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mack Bolan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolan blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Bolan tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bolan is controlling him.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Bolan controls his hands.
Bolan presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Bolan.
Bolan lands a body shot.
I was talking to Brown's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Bolan is controlling the position.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bolan has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bolan is leaning against Brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bolan working Brown over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bolan lands a nice knee to the body.
Bolan with a knee to the head.
Bolan landing knees to the head.
Bolan connects with a knee to the head.
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Bolan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bolan landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolan lands a shot to the body.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bolan with a knee to the head.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Bolan blocking some punches.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown digs a right hand underneath Bolan's ribcage. Bolan let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bolan drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bolan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bolan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bolan scores with a hook to the body.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Bolan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bolan.
Bolan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bolan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bolan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice body punch from Bolan.
A hook to the body from Bolan.
Bolan lands a knee to the body.
Bolan lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bolan.
Bolan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bolan landing knees to the head.

It looks like Dave Brown has been cut.
Bolan lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolan with a knee to the head.
Bolan landing knees to the head.
Bolan cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Bolan with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bolan.
A knee to the head by Bolan.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Bolan is controlling the position.
Bolan landing knees to the body.
Bolan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Bolan with a knee to the head.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolan lands a damaging elbow.
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bolan lands a nice elbow.
Brown tries to circle away but Bolan has him pinned against the cage.
Bolan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bolan lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolan presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bolan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bolan lands a nice elbow.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolan lands a knee to the body.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bolan lands a knee to the head.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Bolan won't allow it.
Bolan lands a knee to the head.
Brown wants to break free but Bolan has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Brown is rocked!
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Bolan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Brown's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Bolan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Brown.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Bolan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Bolan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bolan obliges.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Bolan crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mack Bolan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bolan lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bolan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bolan.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Bolan keeps him there for the moment.
Bolan digs a right hand into Brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brown's gas tank.
Bolan crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
A hook to the body from Bolan.
A body shot lands from Bolan.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bolan is working Brown over against the cage.
Bolan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bolan lands a knee to the body.
Bolan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bolan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bolan lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Bolan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolan lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
A knee to the head by Bolan.
Bolan lands a knee to the body.
Bolan landing knees to the body.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolan lands a knee to the head.
Bolan misses with a knee to the head.
Brown is working Bolan over against the cage.
Brown tries to break free but Bolan pushes him back against the cage.
Bolan takes an elbow to the temple.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bolan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown lands a head kick!
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bolan tries to counter by closing the distance.

Bolan has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Bolan lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bolan.
Bolan lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bolan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Bolan can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Knees to the body from Bolan.
Bolan lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
Bolan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bolan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bolan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bolan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bolan.
Bolan lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bolan lands a knee to the head.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolan's elbow.
Brown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bolan lands a damaging elbow.
Bolan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bolan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Bolan lands a shot to the body.
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Bolan presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown motions for Bolan to come forward. Brown throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown lands with a cross.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brown lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mack Bolan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Brown's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brown connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bolan's hands.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Brown rushes Bolan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bolan crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brown tries to circle away but Bolan has him pinned against the cage.
Bolan scores with a knee to the head.
Bolan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bolan lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bolan has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Brown - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Bolan, and another! Brown is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mack Bolan!
A victorious Mack Bolan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.