PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Brahms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grimur Agnarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brahms comes to the cage accompanied by Hungarian Dance. Agnarsson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drop death - Squeel kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brahms
vs
Agnarsson

169 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

166 cm
19
147 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Amped Performance

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johannes Brahms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grimur Agnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brahms lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Agnarsson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Agnarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Agnarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Agnarsson avoiding damage.
Agnarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Agnarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Brahms breaks the clinch.
Agnarsson is looking to clinch but Brahms is avoiding it.
Brahms shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Agnarsson sprawls well. Agnarsson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brahms gets slowly back to his feet.

Brahms shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Brahms was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Brahms is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Agnarsson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Agnarsson struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms cracks Agnarsson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Agnarsson stops Brahms from passing to mount.
Agnarsson wants to control but Brahms postures up.

Brahms wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Agnarsson, who protects the arm well.
Brahms wants to lay and pray for a moment but Agnarsson keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brahms working the head with strikes.
Agnarsson is looking for a sweep.
Agnarsson can't do much from the bottom here.
Agnarsson looks to move to half guard but instead Brahms has passed into mount! Damn!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Agnarsson tries to hold on but Brahms pushes him away.
Brahms tries to control but Agnarsson wriggling away.

Brahms looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Agnarsson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brahms dominating with strikes here.
Agnarsson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Agnarsson wants to control but Brahms is having none of it.
Brahms lands a couple of good shots and Agnarsson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Agnarsson is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Agnarsson. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Agnarsson is still in real trouble! Can Brahms finish him?
Brahms lands a series of strikes from the back and Agnarsson goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johannes Brahms!
A relieved looking Johannes Brahms thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.