PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Louis Brown (ranked 6007 p4p, 489 weight class) and Will Craig (ranked 6115 p4p, 494 weight class). Louis Brown looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Brown
vs
Craig

186 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

RESISTANCE

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Craig!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craig has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Craig there as he acknowledges the shot.
Craig throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Craig slips the punch.
Craig uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Craig is looking for the big counter here.
Craig works over Brown's head and body with a nice combination.
Brown throws a jab when Craig was well out of range.
Craig swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Craig misses with a wild combination.
Craig thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Craig uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown takes a swing at Craig's ribcage but misses.
Craig thows a leg kick but Brown checks it
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Craig.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Craig.
Craig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Craig connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brown's hands.
Craig misses with a two punch combination.
Craig throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Craig looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Craig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
Craig looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Craig tries to score with a low kick but Brown moves his leg out of the way.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Craig 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.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Craig moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Craig connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Craig lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craig fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Craig avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Craig.
Craig scores with a three punch combo!
Craig lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Brown can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Craig and Brown drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Craig.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Will Craig!