PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatreya Mahrishi (ranked 1293 p4p, 1152 weight class) and AJ Brown (ranked 203 p4p, 181 weight class). Mahrishi's entrance music is On the Precipe of Defeat. A fine choice. Brown is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ace Hood - Undefeated. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mahrishi
vs
Brown

191 cm
35
205
25 - 17 - 0

188 cm
28
206
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
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 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Aatreya Mahrishi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, AJ Brown!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Mahrishi.
Brown swings for the body but Mahrishi moves out of range.
Mahrishi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mahrishis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mahrishi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brown scores with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mahrishi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahrishi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mahrishi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brown delivers a nice body kick.
Brown lands a jab to the head.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown defending well as Mahrishi loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've been hearing reports that Mahrishi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mahrishi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Mahrishi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mahrishi misses with an uppercut
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahrishi dips to his left and cracks Brown with an uppercut!

It looks like AJ Brown has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahrishi lands a jab to the nose.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Brown.
Mahrishi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Mahrishi moves out of range easily.
Mahrishi throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahrishi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Brown walks into a jab.
Brown is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mahrishi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mahrishi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mahrishi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mahrishi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
AJ Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Mahrishi.
Mahrishi needs to keep his hands up - Brown had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown lunges at Mahrishi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mahrishi's hand.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Mahrishi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Mahrishi counters with a nice uppercut.
Brown lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

AJ Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AJ Brown's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mahrishi throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahrishi was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahrishi.
Brown lands a leg kick that knocks Mahrishi off balance momentarily.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mahrishi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahrishi throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
AJ Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mahrishi doesn't seem phased though.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown throws a nice head kick!
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mahrishi blocks the body kick.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Mahrishi is out of range.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahrishi missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahrishi throws a lazy uppercut
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Mahrishi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mahrishi checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Mahrishi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mahrishi misses with a right hand
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Aatreya Mahrishi has been cut.
Mahrishi misses with an uppercut
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mahrishi circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mahrishi throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahrishi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick from Brown.
Mahrishi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mahrishi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

AJ Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Brown stuns Mahrishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aatreya Mahrishi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown tries to land a front kick but Mahrishi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Mahrishi counters with a left to the body.
Brown cracks a nice hook into Mahrishi's ribs.
Brown misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown cracks Mahrishi with an open hand slap.
Mahrishi tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Brown scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a body punch but Mahrishi moves out of range.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Mahrishi misses the target.
Brown lands a body shot.
Mahrishi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice body kick from Brown.
Mahrishi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahrishi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Brown looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mahrishi misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mahrishi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mahrishi will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mahrishi takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown cracks Mahrishi with a good jab.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown scores with the left hand. Mahrishi knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mahrishi doesn't seem phased though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Mahrishi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brown.
Mahrishi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brown throws a body kick that misses
and Mahrishi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Mahrishi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown thuds a left hand into Mahrishi's body.
Mahrishi throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahrishi is looking to clinch.
Brown defending well as Mahrishi loads up on a big left hand.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick
and Mahrishi counters with a stiff right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
AJ Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brown has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AJ Brown!
During a confident post fight interview, AJ Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.