PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Brill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Pfeife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brill comes to the cage accompanied by Do you really want to hurt me. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brill
vs
Pfeife

178 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

169 cm
20
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gerald Brill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bernard Pfeife!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brill throws a right hand that Pfeife ducks under and follows up with a left that Pfeife also avoids with ease.
Pfeife slips a straight right by Brill.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pfeife darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pfeife throws a combination that misses
and Brill counters with a thumping low kick.
Brill tries to clinch but Pfeife moves out of range.
Pfeife moves out of range as Brill throws a body kick.
Pfeife on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brill is looking to land body kicks.
Pfeife throws a body punch but Brill moves out of range.
Brill ducks under a wild hook from Pfeife.
Pfeife works the jab nicely.
Brill moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pfeife misses with a combination
and Brill counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pfeife's knee momentarily.
Pfeife fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pfeife misses with a double jab.
Brill explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brill throws a sloppy head kick and Pfeife moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pfeife throws a combination that misses
and Brill counters with a nice body shot.
Brill dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pfeife. That did some damage!
Brill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pfeife.
Brill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pfeife.
Pfeife stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brill.
Pfeife looks gassed!
Pfeife takes a swing at Brill's ribcage but misses.
Pfeife takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brill tries to clinch up.
Brill lands a head kick. Pfeife smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Brill swings for the body but Pfeife moves out of range.
Pfeife swinging wildly here.
Gerald Brill is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pfeife takes a swing at Brill's ribcage but misses.
Brill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pfeife.
Pfeife throws a one two combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Brill.
Brill dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pfeife. That did some damage!
Brill scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pfeife falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brill counters with a good low kick that Pfeife was not able to check.
Pfeife misses with a double jab
and Brill counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pfeife dodges the punch combination from Brill.
Pfeife waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brill.
Brill looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brill thumps Pfeife with a low kick.
Brill misses with a hook to the body
and Pfeife counters with a series of strikes. Brill will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pfeife misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pfeife misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brill lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Brill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Pfeife looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Brill is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Brill is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brill passes into side control, despite Pfeife's attempt to control the position.
Pfeife striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pfeife manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brill's best efforts.
Pfeife is staying active underneath Brill, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pfeife is trying to control but can't.
Pfeife is holding on to half guard well.
Pfeife trying to control but Brill postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pfeife is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Brill dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pfeife swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brill counters with a big head kick but Pfeife shrugs it off.
Pfeife misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Brill does no damage.
Gerald Brill is winning the standup battle so far.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brill. Pfeife shrugs it off though.
Pfeife lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Gerald Brill has been cut.
Brill throws a sloppy head kick and Pfeife moves out of range easily.
Pfeife throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brill counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No joy there for Pfeife, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pfeife fails with a takedown attempt.
Pfeife looks to throw the jab but Brill is out of range.
Pfeife is breathing heavily.
Pfeife takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pfeife manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Brill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pfeife throws a combination that misses
and Brill counters with a low kick, right behind Pfeife 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pfeife throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brill makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Some wild striking there from Pfeife.
Brill throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brill moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brill connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pfeife misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Brill.
Pfeife throws a hook but Brill avoids it easily.
Pfeife throws a right hand that Brill ducks under and follows up with a left that Brill also avoids with ease.
Pfeife scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pfeife keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Pfeife does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brill lands with a slapping head kick.
Pfeife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brill circles away quickly and effectively.
Brill is looking to clinch but Pfeife is avoiding it.
Pfeife stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brill.
Pfeife throws a right hand that Brill ducks under and follows up with a left that Brill also avoids with ease.
Pfeife takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pfeife's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brill lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brill scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pfeife lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pfeife avoids the head kick by Brill.
Brill looks to score with a jab to the body but Pfeife is just out of range.
Brill scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Pfeife drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pfeife postures up in Brill's guard and throws a big left but Brill blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brill working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pfeife.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brill keeping moving, preventing Pfeife from controlling successfully.
Pfeife throwing strikes from guard but Brill blocks nicely.
Pfeife throws and elbow that misses. Brill uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pfeife's guard. Nice move by Brill!
Pfeife throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Pfeife is controlling Brill's posture.

That's four 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.
Pfeife is trying to keep Brill in close.
Pfeife looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brill puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pfeife wants to improve his position but Brill is controlling well.
Pfeife trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pfeife holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Brill dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gerald Brill's cut.
That's time! Brill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pfeife throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brill on the side of the head.
Brill is looking to wear down Pfeife with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brill throws a leg kick but Pfeife sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pfeife takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brill fails to land with a series of punches.
Pfeife lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pfeife.
Pfeife tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brill was well out of range. Poor timing from Pfeife.

Pfeife shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pfeife showed some decent athleticism there.
Pfeife tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brill knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pfeife throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pfeife wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brill keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pfeife lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brill avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pfeife.
Pfeife slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pfeife lands a nice short elbow.
Gerald Brill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brill blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pfeife.
Pfeife looks to land a strike but Brill avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Brill working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pfeife.
Pfeife missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pfeife has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pfeife thows a big elbow that misses.
Pfeife postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pfeife wants to control from the top but Brill keeps moving.
Pfeife throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brill works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brill dodges the punch combination from Pfeife.
Gerald Brill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brill pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pfeife is out of range and Brill settles back down.

Brill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brill is pushing Pfeife up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pfeife lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brill backwards.
Pfeife stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pfeife receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Pfeife swings wildly with an uppercut but Brill uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brill throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pfeife fails to pull guard.
Brill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brill is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pfeife fails to land.
Brill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pfeife in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pfeife is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brill pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Brill breaks the clinch.
Pfeife moves out of range of the body kick.
Bernard Pfeife has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brill!
Left hook, right uppercut from Pfeife.
Pfeife misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brill bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pfeife changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brill tries to avoid it but Pfeife manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brill to the ground. Brill escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bernard Pfeife comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brill 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Brill!