PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Omar Brown (ranked 2067 p4p, 2624 weight class) and Putte Ro (ranked 111 p4p, 149 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Brown
vs
Ro

172 cm
20
135
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
139
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Conviction
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Omar Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Putte Ro!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown missing with a left hand there. Ro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Ro forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Brown letting Ro take a breather here.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Ro.

Ro has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Brown uses from the top position.
Ro has Brown pulled in close to control his posture.
Ro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brown's guard.

Brown keeping moving, preventing Ro from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ro is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Brown working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ro defends it easily.
Ro trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ro tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Ro passes into half guard.
Ro is keen to just control but Brown is a slippery customer.

Brown looking for submissions off his back.

Brown is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ro pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ro is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Brown!
Brown wants to control but Ro is having none of it.
Ro content just to control the position here.

Ro working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ro fails to take his opponent's back.

Ro has hold of Brown's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Brown manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Ro is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Brown is surviving well by controlling Ro's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro moves to take his opponent's back.
Brown trying to control the action but Ro just sinks the hooks in.

Ro looking for the RNC.

Ro is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Brown has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Ro is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Brown has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
You can see the frustration on Brown's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ro looking for the choke from the back.
Brown is trying to break free.

Ro has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Brown! Can he survive? No! He's out! Ro gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Putte Ro!