PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corey Nemec (ranked 1772 p4p, 3900 weight class) and Niko Brown (ranked 267 p4p, 493 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Nemec
vs
Brown

194 cm
26
195
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
185
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corey Nemec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niko Brown!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown with a poor takedown
and Nemec counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nemec digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Niko Brown has been cut.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt
and Nemec cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Nemec counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Corey Nemec has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Niko Brown.
Nemec ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nemec tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nemec has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nemec's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brown under the eye.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nemec counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Brown is rocked!
Nemec cracks Brown with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Brown tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Nemec pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Brown is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Nemec!
After the fight, Corey Nemec was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.