PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Brown (ranked 729 p4p, 95 weight class) and Kieran Busk (ranked 1205 p4p, 146 weight class). Brown's entrance music is CCR - Bad Moon Rising. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Brown
vs
Busk

173 cm
22
168 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

181 cm
27
154 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kieran Busk!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Busk.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Busk moved out of range.
Busk throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown misses with a hook
and Busk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown throws a series of punches but Busk moves out of range.
Busk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Busk counters with a nice body shot.
Brown has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Busk finds it's way round the side to connect with Brown's head.
Nice shot by Brown.
A big right from Brown misses.
Busk is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brown with a body shot.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Busk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Busk ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Busk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Busk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Busk.
Busk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Busk saw that one coming.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Busk throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
enabling Busk to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown misses with a hook. Busk ducked under it nicely.
Billy Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Busk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busk swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Busk misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Busk throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
As Busk looks to move away, Brown throws a big counter combo but Busk just gets out of the way.
Brown lands with a shot to the body.
Busk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Busk let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Busk counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Busk misses with a hook
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Busk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Busk slips under a jab from Brown.
Brown lands a jab to the nose.
Busk throws a big shot that misses.
Busk lands a body shot.
Brown scores with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Busk's shoulder, as Busk tries to avoid the shot.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice side step and Busk releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brown misses with a body punch
and Busk counters with a straight right hand.
Brown throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Busk on the side of the head.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brown lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown dips to his left and cracks Busk with an uppercut!
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Busk slips a jab from Brown.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Busk.
Busk ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown avoids the body shot from Busk.
Brown misses with a body punch
and Busk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Busk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Busk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Busk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Busk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Brown dominated that 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.

Brown digs a good hook to Busk's body.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown misses with a body punch
and Busk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brown thinking.
A telegraphed right hand from Busk misses the target.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Busk manages to avoid it.
Busk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Busk's head but Busk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Busk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown misses the body punch
enabling Busk to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Busk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Busk misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Busk slips under a jab from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk slips under a jab.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Busk.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Busks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brown misses with a right hand
and Busk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Busk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brown thinking.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Busk moves away and avoids it.
Brown slips under a jab.
Busk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Busk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Busk counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Busk is out of range.
Busk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Busk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Busk does it's job there.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Busk.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Busk.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Busk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Brown is rocked!
Brown moves out of range as Busk strikes.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Busk throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown defending well as Busk loads up on a big left hand.
Billy Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown takes a swing at Busk's ribcage but misses.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Busk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
Brown has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Busk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brown thinking.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Busk is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brown with a body shot.
Busk scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Busk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Busk moved out of range.
Busk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Busk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice body punch from Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Busk counters with a nice body shot.
Brown catches Busk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Busk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown misses with a hook
and Busk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Busk moved out of range.
Brown throws the left hand but Busk avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Busk! But no joy.
Busk loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busk slips under a jab.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Busk saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kieran Busk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Busk counters with a nice body shot.
Brown slips a straight right by Busk.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Busk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brown lands a really nice looking cross but Busk seems unphased.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Busk.
Busk lands a lovely overhand right.
Busk misses the jab.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Busk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Busk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Busk is just out of range.
Brown misses with a hook
and Busk makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Busk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Busk throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Busk just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Busk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Busk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brown to score with a decent uppercut.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
letting Busk counter with a right hand.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brown lands a jab to the head.
Busk throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a predictable looking body shot
and Busk counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Busk.
Busk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
Brown swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Busk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brown throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Busk to counter with a crisp jab.
Busk scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Busk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Busk lands a jab.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Busk appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Brown takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Busk manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Busk scores with a jab to the head.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Busk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Busk has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brown moves out of range as Busk strikes.

Busk lands a big right hand that sends Brown crashing to the mat! Busk stays standing though and waves Brown back to his feet!
Brown misses with a hook
and Busk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Busk throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busk misses with a wild body shot.
Brown misses with a hook to the body
and Busk counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Busk slips under a jab from Brown.
Busk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Busk doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Busk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Busk.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Busk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Busk defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Busk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Busk misses.
Brown misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Brown misses with an uppercut.
Brown misses with a hook

and Busk counters with a nice right hand that sends Brown toppling to the canvas! Brown scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Busk finish him?!
Busk takes one to the chin there.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Busk ducks down to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kieran Busk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Busk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kieran Busk!
Post fight, an emotional Kieran Busk said 'It's an honor to wear this title after defeating an incredible champion like Bjornsson! You, sir, are one of the best in the business and I thank you greatly for an outstanding battle!'.