PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaeq Lauzou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaeq Lauzou has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lauzou
vs
Brown

180 cm
24
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
23
192 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaeq Lauzou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Brown!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauzou with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lauzou - that will leave a mark!
Brown looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lauzou fails to land with a series of punches.
Lauzou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brown ducks straight into an uppercut from Lauzou and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Brown maanges to regain guard straight away.

Brown is rocked!
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.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Lauzou finish him?
Brown throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
Lauzou is stalling in the full guard.

Brown looking for a guillotine here but Lauzou defends easily.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lauzou pushes down on Brown's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauzou is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Brown!
Brown sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lauzou frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Brown swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lauzou controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauzou punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown is looking to improve his position but Lauzou isn't that keen on the idea.
Lauzou controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brown really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lauzou sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Lauzou has a good base and remains in mount.
Lauzou controlling his opponent.
Brown working to try and regain half guard.
Lauzou controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brown sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lauzou looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brown actively working from the bottom here.
Lauzou is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaeq Lauzou dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lauzou fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown moves out of range as Lauzou throws a body kick.

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Brown is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lauzou gets back to full guard.
Lauzou seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown has gone for a leg lock! Lauzou slips out almost immediately though and dives into Brown's guard.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Lauzou controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lauzou scoring with some ground and pound.
Lauzou not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Brown throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brown doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauzou slips nicely into half guard.
Lauzou working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lauzou in particular looking to stall.
Lauzou has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jaeq Lauzou just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lauzou stuffs the takedown.
Lauzou scoring well with a low kick there.
A combination from Lauzou does no damage.
Lauzou misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Lauzou does no damage.
Lauzou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lauzou lands with a kick to the temple. Brown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lauzou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lauzou drops Brown with a left right combo! Lauzou follows him down to the ground into side control.
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lauzou wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lauzou taking a breather here.
Lauzou scoring with punches and elbows.
Lauzou is working Brown over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems a little lost for a moment, as Lauzou dominates the positioning.
Brown is looking for a sweep.
Lauzou works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Lauzou stands up.
Lauzou connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lauzou scores with a three punch combo!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaeq Lauzou dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lauzou takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Jaeq Lauzou is winning the standup battle so far.
Lauzou misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Lauzou.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Lauzou tries to sprawl out of it but Brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lauzou manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lauzou connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown shoots in and drives through. Lauzou sprawls well.
Lauzou misses with a combination

and Brown counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lauzou sneaks back into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lauzou wants to control but Brown is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lauzou tries to kick Brown off but Brown keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lauzou moves into full guard.
Lauzou seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jaeq Lauzou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lauzou wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lauzou swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Lauzou has his feet on Brown's thighs here. He's pushed Brown off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Brown screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jaeq Lauzou!