PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Browning (ranked 929 p4p, 1500 weight class) and Tug Violet (ranked 120 p4p, 202 weight class). Tug Violet has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Browning
vs
Violet

190 cm
26
211
9 - 3 - 0

194 cm
26
205
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jerome Browning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tug Violet!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Violet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Browning tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Violet was well out of range. Poor timing from Browning.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Browning is defended easily by Violet.
Browning tries to close the distance and clinch but Violet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Violet gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Browning to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Browning missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Browning has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Browning throwing strikes from guard but Violet blocks nicely.
Browning trying to control but Violet is working from the bottom.
Violet looking for a sweep. Not yet Violet, not yet.
Violet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Violet can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Browning missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Browning postures up in Violet's guard and throws a big left but Violet blocks it.
Violet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Browning.
Browning trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Violet is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Browning missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Browning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Violet works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Browning throws a big right hand that misses.
Violet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Browning.
Browning loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Browning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Browning lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Violet is trying to control the position but Browning postures up.
Browning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Browning keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Violet's head.
Browning loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Browning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Browning throwing strikes from guard but Violet blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Browning throws a big right hand that misses.
Browning scoring with some ground and pound.
Browning postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Browning keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Violet's head.
Violet preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Browning is looking to work some ground and pound but Violet has wrist control.
Browning passes into half guard.
Browning lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Browning missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Browning throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Browning looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Browning looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Browning scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Browning thows a huge punch but Violet dodges it nicely.
Browning not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Browning throwing shots but Violet is blocking nicely.
Violet keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Browning throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Violet has hold of Browning's hands but Browning slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Violet manages to get to full guard.
Browning trying to control the position from guard on top but Violet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Browning postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Browning stands up over Violet, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Browning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Browning distracts Violet with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Browning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Browning stands up over Violet, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Browning postures up in Violet's guard and throws a big left but Violet blocks it.
Violet avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Browning scoring with punches to the head and body.
Browning trying to control but Violet is working from the bottom.
Browning stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Violet swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Browning makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Browning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Browning throwing strikes but missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Browning dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Browning drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Browning missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Browning trying to control but Violet is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Browning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Browning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Violet works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Browning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Violet works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Violet wants to sweep but no luck.
Violet really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Browning. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Browning stands and throws Violet's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Browning is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Violet can do to turn this around?
Violet dodges the ground and pound from Browning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Browning in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Browning working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Browning advances to full mount.
Violet tries to hold on but Browning pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Browning can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Violet is looking to escape.
Browning breaks from Violet's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Browning raining down shots from the mount!
Browning landing punches.
Browning thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Violet is bucking up trying to escape but Browning cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Browning there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Browning lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Violet hang on?
Violet is bucking up trying to escape but Browning cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Browning lands a nice shot to the head.

Violet is rocked!
Browning lands a big shot to the head and Violet winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jerome Browning!