PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Velvet (ranked 23511 p4p, 744 weight class) and Simon Brinkwater (ranked 7914 p4p, 678 weight class). Reginald Velvet has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Velvet
vs
Brinkwater

225 cm
25
260 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

200 cm
24
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

IniTech Nutrition

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Reginald Velvet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simon Brinkwater!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velvet misses with a double jab.
Velvet throws a right and a left that Brinkwater avoids nicely.
A combination from Velvet does no damage.
Velvet lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Velvet.

It looks like Simon Brinkwater has been cut.
Velvet looks to land a combination but Brinkwater avoids it well.

Brinkwater closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brinkwater passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Velvet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Brinkwater cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brinkwater prevents Velvet from getting the reversal.
Brinkwater wants to control the pace but Velvet is squirming around nicely.
Velvet on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Velvet tries to get out of the position.
Brinkwater dominating with strikes here.
Brinkwater scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Velvet?
Brinkwater working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brinkwater lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brinkwater wants to control the pace but Velvet is squirming around nicely.

Brinkwater working for a guillotine from mount but Velvet is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velvet working to try and regain half guard.
Brinkwater trying to control but Velvet is having none of it.

Brinkwater with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Brinkwater lands with some strikes.
Brinkwater trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Velvet knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brinkwater on the ground.
Brinkwater with a couple of short strikes.
Velvet is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Brinkwater breaks from Velvet's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Velvet is rocked!

Velvet defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Brinkwater.
Oh Velvet is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brinkwater pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Velvet takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Brinkwater's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Brinkwater!