PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dave Brown (ranked 25131 p4p, 637 weight class) and Nathan Summers (ranked 2562 p4p, 327 weight class). Dave Brown had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Brown
vs
Summers

184 cm
40
205 lbs
19 - 35 - 2

185 cm
45
192 lbs
26 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 35 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Summers!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers connects with a single shot there.

Brown clinches.
Brown misses with some punches.
Summers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown scores with a one two! Summers had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Nathan Summers has been cut.
Dave Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brown.
Summers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brown on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers cracks Brown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown looks to land a combination but Summers avoids it well.
Brown misses with a double jab.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Summers moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Summers keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Summers lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Summers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brown there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brown falls off balance throwing a combination
and Summers counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Brown is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Brown blocks a head kick by Summers.
Brown wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Summers.
Brown has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Death Valley Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Summers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown feints and then cracks Summers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Summers down.
Summers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Summers darts in and clinches Brown up against the ropes.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Summers won't allow it.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown looks to land a combination but Summers avoids it well.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Summers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Summers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid body kick from Brown.
Summers lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Summers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brown is looking to clinch.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown throws a right hand that Summers ducks under and follows up with a left that Summers also avoids with ease.
Brown lands a jab.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Summers sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown throws a series of punches but Summers moves out of range.

Summers clinches up against the ropes.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Summers lands a left hand.
Brown tries to break free but Summers pushes him back against the ropes.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brown instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Summers gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Summers is controlling him.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Summers lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Summers is controlling him.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Summers avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Summers blocks a head kick by Brown.
Summers scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brown throws a combination. Summers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Summers tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Summers with a hook.
Nathan Summers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown tries to clinch but Summers moves out of range.
Summers slips under a jab.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Summers to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown tries to bum rush Summers with a series of wild strikes but Summers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Summers.
Summers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Summers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Summers tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Summers clinches.
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Summers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Summers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Summers lands with a left to the head.
Brown working Summers over with knees to the body.
Summers trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Summers into the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Summers lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Summers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers lands a nice shot to the body.
Summers might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Brown throws a right and a left that Summers avoids nicely.
Dave Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Summers rushes Brown and presses him up against the ropes.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Summers has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
Summers working aggressively here.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Summers's brow.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Summers has double underhooks.
Summers is pushing Brown up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Summers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Summers.
Summers working aggressively here.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Summers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Summers is controlling him.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summers is defending well for now.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Summers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Summers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown tries to break free but Summers pushes him back against the ropes.
Summers looking to slow down the pace here.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Summers lands a shoulder strike.
Summers looking to stall.
Summers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dave Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Summers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Summers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Summers lands a shoulder strike.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown lands a jab-cross combination.
Brown fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Summers checks it well.
Brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Brown motions for Summers to come forward. Brown throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Summers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Summers moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Summers is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Summers is looking to clinch.
Brown misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Summers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Summers winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Summers!
A very excited looking Nathan Summers made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.