PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irvin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen Boom as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mir
vs
Love

180 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Irvin Love!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mir forces Love back against the cage and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Love.
A body shot lands from Love.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mir takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Love looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Mir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Love is trying to stand.

Love is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Mir pulls his head out easily.
Mir is trying to control the action in half guard but Love is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mir is thwarting Love's attempts to control the position.
Love is trying to escape back to his feet but Mir uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir working the head with strikes.
Love can't do much from the bottom here.
Love looks gassed!
Mir cracks Love with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mir has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Mir landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love is trying to stand.
Mir landing strikes from the mount.
Mir in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Love is in a horrible position here. Mir smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mir prevents Love from getting the reversal.
Mir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
BOOM! Mir connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mir lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Mir looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mir lands a big elbow.
Love wants to control but Mir is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is trying desperately to improve position.
Mir trying to control but Love is having none of it.
Love in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mir with the ground and pound from mount.
Love takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Love sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Love is trying to stand.
Mir slips a nice elbow through Love's hands, connecting with Love's forehead.

Love is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Mir pulls his head out easily.

Love looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Love is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mir jumps into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Mir is punishing Love with strikes - can he finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Mir dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Love pinned against the cage. Love gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Love rushes Mir and presses him up against the cage.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love misses with a few strikes there.
Love stalks Mir and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mir's face. Mir staggers backwards, shaken.
Love misses with a takedown

and Mir counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.

Love has an active guard here but Mir has managed to pass into half guard.
Mir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Mir.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mir wants to control but Love is keeping him busy.
Love taking some punishment here, with Mir in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love wants to get back to his feet.
Mir lands with a punch from half guard.
Love looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Love connects with a body shot.
Brock Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Love does no damage.

Mir shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Love wants to control but Mir is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Love is desperately trying to improve his position but Mir has a good base and remains in mount.

Mir looking for a guillotine from mount but Love is having none of it.
Love can't escape the position.
Love is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Love trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mir connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Love tries to buck Mir off but he can't manage it.
Mir landing strikes from the mount and Love is in trouble!
Love working to try and regain half guard.
Mir lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mir lands with some strikes.
Mir with a couple of short strikes.
Mir avoids the attempt from Love to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mir in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love tries to reverse the position but Mir maintains control.
Love tries to hold on but Mir pushes him away.
Love swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mir prevents Love from getting the reversal.
Mir lands a big elbow.
Love is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Mir unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Mir dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Love fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mir on the side of the head.
Love swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Mir persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
Love throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Mir counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mir is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Love tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Love has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Mir is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Love.
Mir is putting a hurting on Love here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mir lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir advances to full mount.
A nice elbow there by Mir.
Love tries to lock up and control but Mir gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mir landing punches.

Mir is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Love has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Love is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Love taking shots to the head.
Love tries to lock up and control but Mir gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mir dominating with strikes here.
Love working to try and regain half guard.
Love's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Mir punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mir landing strikes from the mount and Love is in trouble!
Love working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Love?
Mir scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mir avoids the attempt from Love to control.
Mir with a couple of short strikes.
Mir lands a nice shot to the head.
Mir looking to finish Love with some ground and pound. This is bad for Love!
Mir landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Mir.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Mir is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Love is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Love flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Mir anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Love and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Mir slips an arm under Love chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Mir has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Mir is squeezing on Love like an anaconda would it's prey. Love fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brock Mir!