PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Old Bravo (ranked 4373 p4p, 4366 weight class) and Spencer Strasmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bravo
vs
Strasmore

170 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
153
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Old Bravo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spencer Strasmore!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Strasmore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bravo tries to circle away but Strasmore has him pinned against the cage.
Bravo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bravo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strasmore has him pressed against the cage.
Strasmore leaning against his opponent.
Strasmore misses with a knee strike.
Bravo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strasmore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strasmore wants to stall.
Strasmore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strasmore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bravo is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Strasmore looking to slow down the pace here.
Strasmore is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strasmore.
Strasmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo wants to break free but Strasmore has control.
Bravo tries to circle away but Strasmore has him pinned against the cage.
Strasmore tries to work over Bravo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strasmore trying to stall but Bravo improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Strasmore.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bravo.
Strasmore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Strasmore is looking to control Bravo's arms but Bravo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Strasmore has his back to the cage.
Bravo wants to break free but Strasmore has control.
Bravo has had enough of the clinch but Strasmore keeps him there for the moment.
Strasmore misses with a body punch.
Strasmore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Strasmore tries a body shot but Bravo blocks it.
Strasmore tries to work over Bravo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bravo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strasmore has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bravo can't break the clinch.
A short left from Strasmore.
Strasmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Strasmore looking to stall.
Strasmore has a couple of punches blocked by Bravo.
Strasmore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Bravo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Strasmore pressing his opponent against the cage.
Strasmore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bravo's elbow.
Strasmore misses with the head strike.
Bravo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strasmore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Strasmore looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strasmore stalling in the clinch but Bravo improves position.
Bravo tries to break free but Strasmore pushes him back against the cage.
Strasmore is trying to stall.
Bravo tries to break the clinch but Strasmore is controlling the position.
Strasmore misses with a punch on the inside.
Strasmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strasmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bravo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bravo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bravo wants to get back to striking at distance but Strasmore won't allow it.
Strasmore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bravo wants to get back to striking at distance but Strasmore won't allow it.
Strasmore misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Bravo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bravo is taking a breather. Strasmore says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Bravo decides to return to a standing position.

Strasmore gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bravo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bravo tries to free his leg and advance position but Strasmore is retaining full guard.
Bravo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Strasmore is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Bravo gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Bravo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Strasmore dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bravo gets the takedown into side control.
Bravo just content to control the position.
Strasmore is trying to buck Bravo off.
Bravo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravo prevents Strasmore from escaping the position.
Strasmore is breathing heavily.
Strasmore takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo stands up.

Bravo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Strasmore sprawls well initially but Bravo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bravo lands a nice short elbow.
Bravo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bravo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Strasmore for as long as he can get away with.

Bravo escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Strasmore gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bravo scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bravo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Bravo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bravo wants to stand but Strasmore has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bravo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Old Bravo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bravo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bravo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bravo has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Strasmore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bravo pushing down on Strasmore's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo controlling the action here.
Bravo working over Strasmore with some ground and pound. Strasmore looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bravo working Strasmore over with strikes.
Bravo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Bravo decides to stand up.
Spencer Strasmore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Bravo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bravo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bravo continues to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
More hug and hope from Bravo.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Strasmore utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Bravo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Strasmore's guard.
Strasmore wants to get back to his feet but Bravo passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bravo controlling the action here.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Bravo.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bravo is nestled in close to Strasmore, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Old Bravo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bravo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Old Bravo!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Old Bravo!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Old Bravo!

Old Bravo wins by unanimous decision!