PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dave Brown (ranked 6084 p4p, 594 weight class) and Publius Sestius (ranked 2149 p4p, 305 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Brown
vs
Sestius

184 cm
35
205 lbs
15 - 24 - 0

185 cm
28
206 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Publius Sestius!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown is looking to slow Sestius down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sestius at a distance.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brown walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sestius checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Sestius moves into the clinch.
Sestius lands a body shot in the clinch.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sestius drops his hands momentarily and Brown takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sestius.
Sestius goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some bone on bone action there as Sestius checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sestius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sestius scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Sestius walks into a jab.

Sestius moves into range and clinches up with Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sestius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sestius lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Sestius clinches with his opponent.
Sestius gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sestius lands with a right to the head.
Sestius gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Dave Brown has been cut.
Sestius putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sestius putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've been hearing reports that Brown has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Sestius misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sestius avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown wants to break free but Sestius has control.
Sestius told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Sestius scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sestius lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Brown is trying to break free.
Brown tries to break free but Sestius pushes him back against the ropes.
Sestius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Sestius.
Sestius working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sestius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Sestius.
Sestius lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sestius.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sestius obliges.
Sestius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Sestius has double underhooks.
Sestius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Publius Sestius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Brown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sestius tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sestius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dave Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sestius ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown cracks Sestius with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sestius tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Sestius slips a jab from Brown.
A right-left combo lands from Brown.
Brown lands a jab to Sestius's midsection.
Dave Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown blocks the body kick.
Brown throws a front kick aimed at Sestius's knee but Sestius avoids it well.
Brown lands the left hand.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown misses with an uppercut.

Sestius has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.
Sestius misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sestius landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sestius lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sestius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown is trying to break free.
Sestius pushes Brown back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Sestius.
Sestius lands with a right to the head.
Sestius lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sestius lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Sestius.
Sestius is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sestius lands a right hand.
Sestius lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sestius landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sestius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sestius tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sestius scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sestius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sestius with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sestius lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Sestius lands an elbow inside.
Sestius is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sestius lands a left hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sestius.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sestius.
Sestius working Brown over with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Sestius.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sestius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Sestius has double underhooks.
Sestius putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sestius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Publius Sestius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Brown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sestius looks low and kicks high, catching Brown right on the side of the head, sending him crashing to the canvas! Will he be able to beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's already back to his feet and ready to go! Let's see if he's still with it!
Sestius looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Sestius backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Brown's temple! It sends Brown violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Sestius celebrates and the doctors try to help Brown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Publius Sestius!
Publius Sestius decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.