PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and disco dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brown
vs
dance

180 cm
24
199 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, disco dance!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dance tries for a takedown but Brown sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brown is looking to clinch but dance is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
dance dives in and grabs Brown's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes down on dance's head and hops out.
dance circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but dance swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
dance swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
dance shoots for a takedown but Brown saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
James Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of disco dance.
dance shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dance.
dance misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
dance looks gassed!
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but dance swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dance.

Excellent takedown into side control there by dance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is looking to work his way out of this bad position but dance is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to improve his position.
dance prevents Brown from escaping the position.
Brown is looking to regain half guard here but dance keeps moving and retains side control.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.
Brown is trying to control dance's posture but dance avoids it.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for dance on the ground.
dance postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
dance misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from dance.
Brown tries to clinch but dance moves out of range.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but dance pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - dance circles away.
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from dance, before circling back to the center of the mat.
dance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

dance shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brown is trying to defend but dance finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Brown is trying to control but can't.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
dance missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
dance winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
dance scoring with strikes to the body and head.
dance prevents Brown from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Brown is looking to clinch.

dance shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brown's guard.
dance throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brown works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown controls dance momentarily but dance frees himself.
dance working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
dance won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.
dance working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
dance postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brown wants to sweep here but dance controlling him for the moment.
dance chips away with some ground and pound.
Brown avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
dance postures up.
dance keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown's head.
dance is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dance wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
dance postures up in Brown's guard and throws a big left but Brown blocks it.
dance postures up.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dance passes easily into side control. Nice work.
dance misses with the ground and pound.
dance in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Brown wants to control but dance postures up.
dance lands a decent elbow from side control.
Brown on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brown tries to get out of the position.
dance working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brown wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Brown avoids any damage from the ground and pound of dance.
Brown is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

disco dance dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brown displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dance.
dance throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brown's waist but Brown gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing dance off to one side.
dance shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brown defends it nicely.
James Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of disco dance.
dance misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown tries to clinch but dance is having none of it.
disco dance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dance swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dance.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.

dance fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brown sprawls well initially but dance persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but dance is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown is trying to stand up here but dance is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dance thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.
dance not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
dance tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
dance throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
dance sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Brown pushes dance off looking to stand but dance dives back in and keeps control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
James Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dance misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
dance swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but dance swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

dance scores a takedown into full mount!
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brown squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
dance is in the full mount, landing strikes.
dance unloading with bombs!
dance landing strikes from the mount.
Brown can't escape the position.
dance lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
dance fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
dance has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brown's face.
dance thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Brown is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
dance lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brown hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to hold on but dance pushes him away.
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brown is bucking up trying to escape but dance cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
dance breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
dance scores with a couple of good head shots there.
dance lands a nice shot to the head.
dance landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brown taking shots to the head.
dance throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
dance lands with some strikes.
Brown tries to hold on but dance pushes him away.
dance lands a big shot there that rocks Brown but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.
dance has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dance looking to finish Brown with some ground and pound. This is bad for Brown!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dance in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
dance sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
dance throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Brown blocking the ground and pound.
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.
dance breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
dance cracks Brown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
dance postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.
dance unloads with some shots from mount but Brown bucks and avoids them well.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.
Brown wants to control but dance is having none of it.
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

disco dance showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

No luck for dance with that takedown attempt.
Brown stuffs the takedown.
Brown is looking to clinch.

Brown rushes dance and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
dance blocks the elbow strike.
dance wants a takedown but no success here.
James Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of disco dance.
dance takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands an elbow inside.

It looks like disco dance has been cut.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but dance is blocking nicely.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brown tries a knee to the head but dance blocks it.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent dance's takedown attempt.
dance is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
dance takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dance looking for a takedown.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through dance's defenses.

dance has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Brown regains guard immediately.
dance throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dance trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
disco dance has got the better of the ground game so far.
dance missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brown is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst dance is controlling him.
dance cracks Brown with a solid left hand.
dance with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brown wants to stand and escape but dance is having none of it.
dance is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
dance misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
dance shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brown tries to clinch up but dance circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brown wants to clinch.

dance closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brown to the mat! Brown manages to get full guard.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from dance.
Brown wants to get back to his feet but dance is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
dance wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
dance chips away with some ground and pound.
dance won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dance throwing strikes but missing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown misses with a knee strike.

dance turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and dance manages to end up in side control.
dance in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
dance in side control lands a decent elbow.
dance in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
dance cracks Brown with a big right hand but Brown just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brown tries to bench press dance off him but dance keeps the position.
dance lands some shots froms side control.
dance misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Brown is trying to get back to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from dance, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to clinch but dance is avoiding it.
dance circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but dance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
dance fails with the takedown.
Brown tries to clinch but dance moves out of range.
dance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
dance shoots in for a takedown but Brown shows good takedown defense.
Brown tries to clinch but dance is having none of it.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but dance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown is looking to clinch.
James Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
dance fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Brown avoids it really well and circles away.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown wants to clinch up but dance keeps it at a distance.
dance shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
disco dance comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got dance winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... disco dance!