PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nebojša Brynjar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Pratchett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brynjar
vs
Pratchett

170 cm
26
144 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

165 cm
25
140 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Lion Fightwear

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nebojša Brynjar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Pratchett!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brynjar has Pratchett up against the cage in a clinch.
Pratchett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pratchett goes for a takedown attempt but Brynjar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pratchett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pratchett looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brynjar is fending him off so far but Pratchett persists. Nope, Brynjar circles away and we're back to standing.
Brynjar looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Brynjar throws a lazy body kick
and Pratchett finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Brynjar - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brynjar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brynjar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pratchett.
Brynjar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brynjar throws a right hand that misses
and Pratchett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratchett misses with a hook. Brynjar ducked under it nicely.
Pratchett moves out of range of the strikes.
Pratchett dips to his left and cracks Brynjar with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick from Pratchett misses.
Brynjar throws a big counter combination but Pratchett scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pratchett shoots in for a double leg but Brynjar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nebojša Brynjar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Pratchett.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brynjar.

Brynjar clinches with his opponent.
Pratchett misses with a punch on the inside.
Pratchett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brynjar.
Brynjar blocking some punches.
Brynjar working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brynjar blocking some punches.
Brynjar taking a breather.
Brynjar is stalling here.
Pratchett misses with the head strike.

Pratchett has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Brynjar is trying to keep an underhook but Pratchett manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pratchett trying to control from half guard but Brynjar is working away.
Pratchett perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pratchett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brynjar keeps working.
Brynjar is holding on to half guard well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brynjar has one foot on Pratchett's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Brynjar cracks the inside of Pratchett's front leg.
Pratchett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice side step and Pratchett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brynjar lands with a thumping leg kick.
A low kick from Pratchett misses
and Brynjar counters with a nice uppercut.
Pratchett misses with a hook

and Brynjar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brynjar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brynjar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pratchett has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pratchett.
Pratchett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brynjar is trying to break the clinch but Pratchett has him pressed against the cage.
Brynjar wants to break free but Pratchett has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brynjar prevents it.
Brynjar pushes Pratchett back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brynjar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pratchett has Brynjar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brynjar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
I was talking to Brynjar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brynjar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pratchett drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brynjar letting Pratchett take a breather here.
Brynjar lands with a short shot to the head.

Brynjar breaks the clinch.
Brynjar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pratchett, right into the meat.
Pratchett throws an off balance right hand
and Brynjar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nebojša Brynjar dominated that round.
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.

Pratchett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brynjar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brynjar misses with the head strike.
Brynjar lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pratchett.

Brynjar breaks the clinch.
Brynjar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brynjar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pratchett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brynjar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pratchett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pratchett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brynjar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pratchett's sensitive parts.
Brynjar throws a leg kick
and Pratchett counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brynjar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brynjar misses with a double jab.
Pratchett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brynjar staying out of range there.
Brynjar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brynjar missing with a left hand there. Pratchett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pratchett misses with an uppercut
and Brynjar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nebojša Brynjar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pratchett misses with a hook. Brynjar ducked under it nicely.
Brynjar seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brynjar works Pratchett's body with a nice hook.
Pratchett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brynjar misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Pratchett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pratchett sizes up Brynjar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brynjar defending well as Pratchett loads up on a big left hand.
Brynjar seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pratchett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brynjar is out of range.
Pratchett misses with a right hand
and Pratchett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pratchett misses with a hook. Brynjar ducked under it nicely.
Brynjar seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brynjar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pratchett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brynjar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brynjar is looking for a counter combo.
Pratchett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brynjar's head backwards.
Brynjar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brynjar misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Brynjar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brynjar.

Brynjar rushes Pratchett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pratchett swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Pratchett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brynjar throws a big shot that misses.
Brynjar ducks right into an uppercut from Pratchett.
Brynjar throws a head kick that misses.
Brynjar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pratchett.
Pratchett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pratchett misses with an uppercut. Brynjar saw that one coming.
Nebojša Brynjar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brynjar scoring well with a low kick there.
Pratchett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Pratchett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brynjar clobbers Pratchett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pratchett misses the jab.
Brynjar throwing a counter right hand but Pratchett manages to avoid it.
Brynjar throws a leg kick but Pratchett moved away.
Pratchett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brynjar just misses with a punch to the body.
Pratchett with the counter takedown but Brynjar avoids it easily.
Pratchett checks a low kick from Brynjar.
Pratchett misses the shot to the body.
Pratchett misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nebojša Brynjar dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brynjar connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pratchett.
Pratchett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brynjar pinned against the cage. Brynjar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Brynjar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pratchett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Brynjar counters by moving into the clinch.
Brynjar misses with a punch to the body.
Brynjar scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brynjar manages to break the clinch.
Pratchett lands a jab to the head.
Pratchett throws an off balance right hand
and Brynjar counters with a straight right hand.
Brynjar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pratchett checks it well.
Pratchett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brynjar moves away.
Pratchett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pratchett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brynjar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pratchett to score with a decent uppercut.
Pratchett misses the jab.
As Pratchett tries to get set, Brynjar tries to push him back and clinch up but Pratchett manages to avoid the attempt.
A head kick misses from Brynjar.
Pratchett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nebojša Brynjar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett throws the left hand but Brynjar avoids the punch easily.
Pratchett misses with a low kick.
Brynjar is looking for a counter combo.
Pratchett lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Brynjar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pratchett misses with an uppercut. Brynjar saw that one coming.
Pratchett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pratchett misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Pratchett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brynjar feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nebojša Brynjar is winning the standup battle so far.
Brynjar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pratchett. That did some damage!
Brynjar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pratchett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luke Pratchett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett misses with a takedown attempt
and Brynjar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brynjar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brynjar.
Pratchett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brynjar's head.
Brynjar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pratchett's sensitive parts.
Pratchett is looking to chop away at Brynjar's legs.
Brynjar tries to counter by clinching up but Pratchett breaks away and moves out of range.
Brynjar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pratchett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pratchett lands with a good body shot.
Brynjar throws a jab but it's blocked by Pratchett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brynjar tries to land a front kick but Pratchett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pratchett gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Brynjar counter with a right hand.
Nebojša Brynjar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luke Pratchett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pratchett throws a hook but Brynjar blocks it.
Brynjar tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pratchett manages to circle out of the way.
Brynjar shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pratchett eats them both and turns towards Brynjar to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pratchett tried to score with a low kick but Brynjar checks it.
Pratchett swings widly with a right hand
and Brynjar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pratchett thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Pratchett tries to get set, Brynjar tries to push him back and clinch up but Pratchett manages to avoid the attempt.
Pratchett takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pratchett misses with a hook
and Brynjar counters with a slapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nebojša Brynjar.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brynjar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nebojša Brynjar!
Nebojša Brynjar decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.