PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bhutan Brother (ranked 1777 p4p, 3683 weight class) and Mike Nosebleed (ranked 215 p4p, 421 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brother
vs
Nosebleed

225 cm
25
280
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
220
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bhutan Brother !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Nosebleed!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nosebleed misses with a series of wild punches.

Brother pushes Nosebleed up against the cage in a clinch.
Brother misses with the head strike.
Nosebleed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brother tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brother misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nosebleed blocking some punches.
Brother misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brother has a couple of punches blocked by Nosebleed.
Nosebleed takes an elbow to the temple.
Brother misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brother lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mike Nosebleed has been cut.
Brother lands a nice elbow.
Nosebleed's coach down at PhoQus Island Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nosebleed's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Brother lands an elbow that stopped Nosebleed in his tracks for a moment.
Brother swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brother swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brother misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Brother fails to land.
Nosebleed avoids the elbow strike from Brother , against the cage.
Brother gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nosebleed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brother gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brother misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brother really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nosebleed blocks an uppercut.
Nosebleed takes an elbow to the temple.
Brother comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brother misses with some punches.
Nosebleed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brother swings wildly with an uppercut but Nosebleed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brother misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brother .
Nosebleed blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brother gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nosebleed tries to break free but Brother pushes him back against the cage.
Brother throws a punch but it's blocked by Nosebleed.
Nosebleed is looking to break free of the clinch but Brother has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brother .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brother swings wildly with an uppercut but Nosebleed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brother misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brother misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brother misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brother pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brother misses with a punch on the inside.
Brother comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brother creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nosebleed's defenses.
Nosebleed blocks an uppercut.
Brother prevents Nosebleed from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brother lands an elbow inside that Nosebleed shrugs off.
Brother swings wildly with an uppercut but Nosebleed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brother looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nosebleed avoids the elbow strike from Brother , against the cage.
Brother lands an elbow just above Nosebleed 's eye.
Nosebleed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nosebleed dodges an elbow strike from Brother .
Brother pushes off an throws an elbow but Nosebleed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brother has a couple of punches blocked by Nosebleed.
Nosebleed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nosebleed working hard to break the clinch.
Nosebleed blocks an uppercut.
Brother throws a head punch that misses.
Brother creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nosebleed's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Brother fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brother creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nosebleed avoids a wild elbow strike from Brother .
Nosebleed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brother lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Mike Nosebleed's cut even more.
Brother keeps control of Nosebleed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brother lands an elbow that stopped Nosebleed in his tracks for a moment.

Nosebleed is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brother .
Nosebleed is still on wobbly legs! Can Brother finish him?
Brother misses with some punches.
Nosebleed blocks an uppercut.
Brother pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Nosebleed! Brother unloads with more strikes and Nosebleed sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bhutan Brother !
Bhutan Brother retains his heavyweight title!
An intense looking Bhutan Brother took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'They experimented on us... They.. they kept us hostage. We... We had to survive. NOW BLEED!'.