PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amarillo Brillo (ranked 3964 p4p, 5615 weight class) and Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 470 p4p, 577 weight class). Grand Admiral Thrawn will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Brillo
vs
Thrawn

173 cm
26
172
7 - 12 - 0

195 cm
30
215
9 - 17 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very flexible

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 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amarillo Brillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brillo tries to work over Thrawn's front leg with a kick but Thrawn checks it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Brillo or perhaps it was just good defense by Thrawn, which made it look bad.
Thrawn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Thrawn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thrawn looking to throw knees to the head but Brillo is blocking nicely.
Thrawn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Amarillo Brillo has been cut.
Brillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thrawn misses with a body punch.
Thrawn is leaning against Brillo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thrawn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brillo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brillo is breathing heavily.
Thrawn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brillo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Thrawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brillo's elbow.
Thrawn connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thrawn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thrawn crunches a lovely knee into Brillo's ribcage.
Thrawn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brillo's face.
Thrawn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thrawn landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn misses with a knee to the head.
Thrawn told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Thrawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brillo's elbow.
Thrawn lands a body shot.
A knee to the head by Thrawn.
Thrawn looking to throw knees to the head but Brillo is blocking nicely.
Thrawn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thrawn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brillo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Thrawn is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amarillo Brillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the head but Brillo blocks with his arms.
Brillo jumps guard but Thrawn stands there with Brillo around his waist. Brillo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thrawn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brillo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thrawn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thrawn missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Brillo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thrawn crunches a lovely knee into Brillo's ribcage.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thrawn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thrawn misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thrawn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brillo tries for a takedown but Thrawn manages to get underhooks.
Thrawn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brillo managing to block the knees to the body from Thrawn.
Thrawn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brillo avoids it.
Thrawn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brillo's defenses.
Thrawn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brillo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brillo has Thrawn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thrawn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Thrawn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thrawn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thrawn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brillo.
A short right from Thrawn.
Thrawn is working Brillo over against the cage.
Thrawn tries to land knees in the clinch but Brillo avoids the damage to the body.
Thrawn landing knees to the head.
Thrawn connects with a knee to the head.
Brillo is trying to pull guard but Thrawn has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brillo wants to take the fight to the mat but Thrawn manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brillo wants a takedown but no success here.
Thrawn tries to throw a body punch but Brillo avoids it by throwing Thrawn back against the cage.
Thrawn lands a damaging elbow.
Thrawn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thrawn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brillo backwards.
Thrawn struggles to land a body shot inside as Brillo controls his hands.
Thrawn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thrawn misses with a body punch.
Thrawn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thrawn with a knee to the head.
Thrawn keeps control of Brillo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thrawn connects with a knee to the head.

Brillo is rocked!
Thrawn lands a big knee! That's hurt Brillo! Oh, he's all over the place! Thrawn lands another knee that sends Brillo to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grand Admiral Thrawn!
A pretty intense looking Grand Admiral Thrawn took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.