PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Votten Ragina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ragina comes to the ring accompanied by Bandeira by Mr. Nyce. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ragina
vs
Brown

188 cm
19
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
278 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Votten Ragina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Brown!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.

It looks like Votten Ragina has been cut.
Ragina dodges the punch combination from Brown.

Ragina feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ragina sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brown's guard.
Ragina wants to pass to mount but Brown is defending the position.
Ragina is taking a breather. Brown says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Ragina seems to be looking for submissions.
Ragina is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ragina trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it.
Brown wants to control but Ragina is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ragina is controlling the pace.
Brown wants to improve his position but Ragina is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is pressing down on Ragina's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ragina wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Ragina from controlling successfully.
Brown is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ragina tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Ragina trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ragina looks for a takedown but Brown sprawls well.
Brown looks for a takedown but Ragina sprawls well.

Ragina shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ragina showed some decent athleticism there.
Brown looks gassed!
Ragina wants to pass the guard but Brown is defending well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ragina seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brown 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.
Ragina seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brown does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, if Ragina is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Brown is not content to let Ragina control the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ragina seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ragina is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ragina tries to pass to full mount but Brown defends it.
Ragina passes to side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to reverse the position.
Brown is not content to let Ragina control the position.
Brown is trying to escape the position but Ragina is controlling the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Votten Ragina just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Brown lands a jab to the nose.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ragina shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Ragina shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ragina showed some decent athleticism there.
Ragina passes the guard and advances to mount!
Brown looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Ragina trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Brown doesn't escape.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Ragina is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Brown taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Ragina.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Votten Ragina!