PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chaiyal North (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

North
vs
Brewer

198 cm
24
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chaiyal North!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Brewer!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewer has a takedown stuffed.

North shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brewer is trying to defend but North finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Brewer manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Brewer shoots in looking for a takedown. North tries to sprawl out of it but Brewer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. North manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
North looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Brewer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows North to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Brewer wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and North manages to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

North controlling the action here.
Brewer should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
North is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
North looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
North lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
North looking to control and managing it successfully.
North punishing his opponent with strikes.

North is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brewer can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
North lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brewer hang on?
North lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
North with a couple of short strikes.

It looks like Daniel Brewer has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
North looking to control and managing it successfully.
North working the ground and pound effectively.
North lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
North takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
North has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
North has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brewer's face.

Brewer defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from North.
North 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
North sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brewer is bucking up trying to escape but North cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That has opened up Daniel Brewer's cut even more.
North tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

North jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Brewer manages to avoid the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
North is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Brewer will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chaiyal North dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Brewer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brewer fails with a takedown attempt.
Brewer tries to clinch but North is having none of it.
Chaiyal North is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brewer scores with a jab.
Brewer tries to clinch

and North counters with a single leg into guard. Brewer didn't expect that.
Brewer is wriggling around but North manages to pass to half guard.

North seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

North seems to be working for a kimura but Brewer defends the submission attempt.
Brewer wants to get back to full guard but North has mounted him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
North content just to control the position here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brewer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brewer swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
North is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Brewer is in real trouble.
Brewer trying to control the hands but North won't let him.

North looking to break Brewer's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Brewer remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise North will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
North is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
North connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Brewer to escape the position.
North has good solid back control here.

Brewer defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of North's arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer trying to control but not successfully.
North keeps control of the position easily here as Brewer tries to buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
North is hanging on to Brewer's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
North is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

North has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Brewer is defending well but eventually North manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Brewer has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chaiyal North!