PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Brown Jr (ranked 3718 p4p, 417 weight class) and Kyrie Irving (ranked 4775 p4p, 498 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Brown Jr
vs
Irving

185 cm
25
202 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paddy Brown Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyrie Irving!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brown Jr gets tackled into the ropes by Irving. Irving maintains the clinch.
Brown Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Irving throws a head punch that misses.
Irving makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Irving misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown Jr prevents a body shot from Irving.
Brown Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown Jr lands a right hand.
Irving misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown Jr blocks an uppercut.
Irving misses with a body punch.
Irving working aggressively here.
Brown Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Irving misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irving prevents a body shot from Brown Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Irving tries to work over Brown Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Brown Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Irving scores with a shoulder strike.
Irving makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Irving has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving lands a shoulder strike.
Brown Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irving backwards.
Brown Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irving fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Brown Jr as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Irving.
Brown Jr working aggressively here.
Brown Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Brown Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Irving lands a nice uppercut.
Irving tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Irving blocks an uppercut.
Irving blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irving.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irving.
Brown Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown Jr blocks a body shot from Irving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irving.
Irving lands with a left to the head.
Brown Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brown Jr is leaning against Irving and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brown Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Irving's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Irving.
Brown Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown Jr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irving.
Brown Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Irving lands an uppercut.
Irving misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Irving blocks an uppercut.
Brown Jr misses with a body punch.
Irving scores with a shot to the side of Brown Jr's head.
Brown Jr tries to throw a body punch but Irving avoids it by throwing Brown Jr back against the ropes.
Irving tries a body shot but Brown Jr blocks it.
Brown Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brown Jr lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Irving.
Brown Jr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Irving looks winded!
Brown Jr tries a body shot but Irving blocks it.
Brown Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Brown Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Brown Jr digs a right hand into Irving's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Irving's gas tank.
Brown Jr cracks Irving with a nice body shot.
Brown Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brown Jr misses with some punches.
Brown Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Irving is rocked!
Brown Jr creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Irving with a big uppercut! Irving tries to clinch up but Brown Jr pushes him back against the ropes and lands another monster strike that crumples Irving to the mat! Irving covers up and Brown Jr unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paddy Brown Jr!