PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Celestyn Kluz (ranked 880 p4p, 2082 weight class) and Arman Brown (ranked 132 p4p, 303 weight class). Kluz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mark Crozer and The Rels - Broken Out In Love. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Kluz
vs
Brown

185 cm
21
205
6 - 2 - 0

194 cm
21
210
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Celestyn Kluz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Arman Brown!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands a glancing blow to the side of Kluz's head.

Kluz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kluz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown cracks Kluz with a nice body shot.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kluz - that landed with a thud.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kluz.
Kluz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kluz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Kluz misses with a punch to the body.
Kluz misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kluz's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kluz lands a right hand.
Kluz blocking some punches.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
Brown misses with some punches.
Kluz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kluz throws a head punch that misses.
Kluz lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluz misses with a hook from the clinch.

Brown pulls guard successfully.
Brown controls Kluz momentarily but Kluz frees himself.
Kluz wanted to stand there but Brown had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kluz has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Brown isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kluz stacks Brown on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kluz!
Brown felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Brown tries to buck Kluz off but Kluz is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kluz decides to stand back up. Kluz steps back and let's Brown get back to his feet.
Brown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Kluz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brown tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kluz smiles and moves away.
Kluz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brown counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kluz's knee momentarily.
Kluz walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
Kluz walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Kluz.
A little jabbing left from Brown on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kluz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kluz is looking to clinch.

Kluz pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.

Brown jumps guard and drags Kluz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kluz would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kluz stays in close to Brown's body and controls the position.
Kluz is looking to stand up but Brown won't let him.
Kluz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kluz trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kluz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kluz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kluz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kluz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kluz wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Kluz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Kluz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kluz wants to clinch.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arman 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.

Kluz tries to land a body kick
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Brown pounces like a tiger and cracks Kluz with a vicious hook! Kluz is down but not out! Brown follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Arman Brown!
Arman Brown is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Arman Brown thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.