PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Lubbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lubbor
vs
Brown

183 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
194 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Lubbor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dick Brown!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lubbor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lubbor counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Brown!

Brown is rocked!
Brown trying to control but Lubbor postures up.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Lubbor finish him?
Lubbor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Brown is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Lubbor is staying active.
Brown moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brown is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lubbor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lubbor wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lubbor tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Lubbor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lubbor tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Lubbor with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lubbor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A left and a right from Lubbor both land. Nice combination.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Lubbor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Lubbor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lubbor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lubbor gets caught flat footed, as Brown shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Brown is looking to stand up but Lubbor won't let him.
Lubbor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Brown wants to control from the top but Lubbor keeps moving.
Lubbor looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brown puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lubbor is refusing to be controlled, as Brown sits in half guard.
Lubbor is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown controlling the action here.
Lubbor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lubbor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brown wants to control from the top but Lubbor keeps moving.
Brown works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brown looks gassed!
Lubbor is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lubbor is working hard here to advance position.
Brown is tying to control. Lubbor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brown controlling the action here.
Lubbor wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lubbor is refusing to be controlled, as Brown sits in half guard.

Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Brown is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lubbor misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Brown perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lubbor is looking to improve his position.
Brown trying to control the pace.
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lubbor keeps working.

That's four 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.

Despite being in the dominant position, Dick Brown just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown connects with a nice looking jab.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lubbor gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Brown gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Lubbor throws a right hand that misses

and Brown counters by clinching up.

Brown gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Brown looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Brown passes Lubbor's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that Brown has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Lubbor wants to get back to full guard but Brown has passed into side control.
Lubbor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Brown working for a guillotine from mount but Lubbor is in no mood to give up.
Brown looking to control but Lubbor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brown lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lubbor tries to reverse the position but Brown maintains control.
Brown working the ground and pound effectively.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brown cracks Lubbor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lubbor is looking to get to half guard.
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lubbor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lubbor is squirming around, avoiding Brown's attempts to control the action.
Lubbor is trying desperately to improve position.
Lubbor throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Lubbor wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown prevents Lubbor from getting the reversal.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lubbor tries to control Brown's body but Brown pushes him off. Lubbor squirms to his side and now Brown has his back!
Brown lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Lubbor hold on?!
Brown not allowing Lubbor to control his hands.
Lubbor manages to reverse the position and now he's in Brown's guard. Nice work there by Lubbor.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lubbor.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Lubbor from controlling successfully.
Lubbor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lubbor manages to get himself to full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lubbor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Brown postures up.
Lubbor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lubbor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lubbor looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brown puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Brown works his way into full mount!
Lubbor looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Lubbor wants to escape the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Brown has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Lubbor controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Brown missing with punches from the back.
Lubbor wants to escape the position.

Brown patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Lubbor tries to roll but Brown sticks to his back.
Brown looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Brown lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Brown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lubbor rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Lubbor is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Brown is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Lubbor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lubbor throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Lubbor tries to clinch up

and Brown counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lubbor tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Lubbor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brown scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brown perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lubbor wants to get back to his feet.
Brown wants to control but Lubbor is keeping him busy.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown working Lubbor over with strikes.
Brown wants to pass to mount but Lubbor is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lubbor wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Brown escapes and gets back to his feet.
Brown staying out of range there.
Lubbor misses with a two punch combination.
Lubbor loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown misses with a double jab.

Lubbor tries to keep at a distance but Brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown blocking some punches.
Lubbor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Brown turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Lubbor is trying to get back to half guard.
Lubbor is trying to work for a sweep but Brown has mounted him!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Brown cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lubbor really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lubbor bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Lubbor slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Brown prevents Lubbor from improving position.
Lubbor working away.
Brown gets back to half guard.
Lubbor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brown with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Brown striking from the bottom.
Brown makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brown.
Brown tries to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Lubbor frees his head nicely. Oh but Brown has switched to an armbar! Lubbor is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Dick Brown!