PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Holden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Brian (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.

Holden
vs
Brian

176 cm
22
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Holden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Brian!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holden ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Holden rushes Brian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brian is working for takedown but Holden is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brian wants to break free but Holden has control.
Holden looking to throw knees to the head but Brian is blocking nicely.
Holden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brian jumps guard but Holden stands there with Brian around his waist. Brian gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Holden breaks the clinch.
Holden throws a head kick but Brian moves out of range.
Brian tries to clinch but Holden moves out of range.
Holden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holden throws a head kick but Brian moves out of range.
Holden tries to clinch up.
Holden tries to clinch but Brian is having none of it.
Holden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mark Holden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brian gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Holden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holden gets underhooks to prevent Brian's takedown attempt.
Mark Holden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Brian.
Brian avoiding damage as Holden throws knees to the body.

Brian jumps guard.
Brian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holden is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holden tries to stand but Brian is controlling from the bottom.
Brian is pulling down on Holden's head to control his posture.

Brian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brian tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brian is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Holden is looking to stand up but Brian won't let him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Brian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brian closes the distance and clinches up with Holden, looking for a takedown. Brian pushes Holden against the cage but Holden circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Holden misses with a double jab
and Brian counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A cross from Brian lands.
Brian fails with the takedown.
Brian looks gassed!
Brian fails with the takedown.
Holden looks to land a body kick but Brian moved away.

Holden rushes Brian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Holden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holden stalling the fight.
Brian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Holden manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brian misses with a takedown attempt - Holden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brian throws a leg kick that misses.
Holden is looking to clinch.
Brian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Holden tries to avoid it but Brian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Holden to the ground. Holden escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Holden. Brian shrugs it off though.
Holden misses with a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Brian or perhaps it was just good defense by Holden which made him look bad.
Brian moves in looking to clinch but Holden pushes him off.

Brian closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Holden to the mat! Holden manages to get full guard.
Brian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holden is keeping the position for now.
Brian trying to control but Holden is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Holden pushes Brian off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brian walks into a straight right hand from Holden.

It looks like Shane Brian has been cut.
Brian throws a combination that misses

and Holden holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Holden has had enough of the clinch but Brian keeps him there for the moment.
Holden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holden with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Brian breaks the clinch.
Holden tries to clinch

so Brian counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holden is looking to stand up but Brian isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brian looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shane Brian will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shane Brian's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Holden is looking to clinch.
Holden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brian.
Holden tries to clinch there but Brian circles away.
Holden tries to clinch but Brian is having none of it.
Brian with a poor takedown

and Holden counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Holden.
Holden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Holden is keeping busy.
Holden stops a takedown attempt from Brian.
Holden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brian fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mark Holden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Brian.
Brian avoids the elbow strike from Holden, against the cage.
Holden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holden is pressed up against the cage. Brian has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Holden down to the mat. Holden avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Holden tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holden throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holden swinging wilding here.
Holden throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brian counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Brian punishes Holden's body with a nice straight punch.
Brian tries to clinch up but Holden circles away and keeps his distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Brian.
Brian fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Holden rushes Brian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Holden tries to land a knee to the head but Brian blocks with his arms.
Brian blocks the elbow strike.
Holden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brian fails to pull guard.
Holden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holden lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Holden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Holden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Holden breaks from the clinch.
Brian avoids the head kick by Holden.
Holden tries to close the distance and clinch but Brian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holden misses with a head kick.
Brian throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mark Holden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holden tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Holden.
Holden throws a head kick that misses.
Holden tries to clinch but Brian moves away

and Brian counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brian.
Holden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brian has him pressed against the cage.

Brian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brian shoots in and drives through. Holden sprawls well.
Holden misses with a head kick.
Holden swats away the attempt to clinch by Brian.
Brian misses with a few strikes there.
Brian feints and then cracks Holden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holden down.
Holden wants to clinch but Brian slips to the side

and Brian counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brian stops Holden from standing up.
Brian trying to control the position from guard on top but Holden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brian is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brian wants to get up but he can't break Holden's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brian stops Holden from standing up.
Brian thows a big elbow that misses.

Brian postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Holden is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Brian, into his guard.

Holden gets to his feet - Brian follows without any prompting.
Holden throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brian shoots in and drives through. Holden sprawls well.
Holden lands the left hand.
Brian lands with a kick to the temple. Holden shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Holden gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Holden tries to land knees in the clinch but Brian avoids the damage to the body.
Holden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Holden manages to break the clinch.

Brian darts in and clinches Holden up against the cage.
Holden is trying to break free.

Brian breaks the clinch.
Holden has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Holden there as he acknowledges the shot.
A head kick by Holden misses
and Brian counters with an inside leg kick.
Holden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brian doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Holden to counter with a crisp jab.
Holden lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brian backs up against the cage.

Brian clinches up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holden trying to stall but Brian improves his position.
Holden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brian backwards.
Brian prevents Holden from breaking the clinch.
Nice elbow from Brian.

Holden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Holden tries to clinch up but Brian circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shane Brian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Shane Brian's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Holden looks to clinch
and Brian counters with a head kick.
Holden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holden falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Brian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holden tries a head kick but it misses.
Holden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Brian counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holden misses with an elbow over the top.
Brian is trying to stall.
The referee calls for Brian to work.
Brian landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Brian breaks from the clinch.

Holden takes the fight into the clinch.
Holden tries to land knees in the clinch but Brian avoids the damage to the body.
Holden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Holden breaks the clinch.
Holden throws a head kick that misses
and Brian counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brian circles away from the clinch attempt

and Brian counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brian tries to score a body lock takedown but Holden shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Holden misses with a knee to the head.
Brian tries to pull guard but Holden won't allow it.

Holden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holden throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holden tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Brian counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brian.
Brian throwing strikes from guard but Holden blocks nicely.
Brian stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holden wants to get back to his feet but Brian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Holden wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holden tries to close the distance and clinch but Brian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holden stuffs the takedown.
Mark Holden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Brian.
Holden lands a with a good body shot.
Brian scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brian doesn't manage to clinch there - Holden circles away.
Holden throws a head kick that misses.
Holden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holden is looking to clinch.
Brian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Holden is fending him off so far but Brian persists. Nope, Holden circles away and we're back to standing.
Brian doesn't manage to clinch there - Holden circles away.
Holden tries to clinch up
and Holden takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mark Holden is winning the standup battle so far.
Holden darts in trying to clinch
and Brian makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Holden really felt that one!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holden drops Brian with a nice combination! Holden dives into Brian's guard, looking to finish!
Brian looking for a sweep. Not yet Brian, not yet.

Brian looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Holden has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Brian is proving hard to escape from.

Brian looking for a guillotine here but Holden defends easily.
Brian wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holden stands and steps away. Brian gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Brian shoots for a double leg takedown but Holden sprawls well. He's pushed Brian's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brian moves out of range as Holden throws a body kick.
Holden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Holden tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Brian counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brian looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brian tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brian trying to control the action but Holden is working from the bottom.
Mark Holden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Brian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brian 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Shane Brian!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
74%

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