PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mandy Brandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mandy Brandy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jesus Rios's chin.

Brandy
vs
Rios

192 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
28
205 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

O'Brannigan's Fightwear

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mandy Brandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Rios!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandy misses with a hook

and Rios counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rios.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Brandy is trying to break the clinch but Rios is controlling him.
Brandy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rios just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brandy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rios has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rios walks away with a smile on his face. Brandy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rios dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brandy gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Rios counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Brandy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brandy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rios just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mandy Brandy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Rios.
Brandy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually Brandy drops back down to his feet.
Rios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brandys head.
Nice body punch from Rios.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios won't allow it.
Rios lands a nice shot to the body.
Brandy is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rios.
Rios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
Rios lands an uppercut.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
Rios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brandy or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rios.
Rios is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rios lands a nice shot to the body.
Rios stalls.
Rios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brandy fails to pull guard.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rios lands a body shot.
Rios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rios gets through Brandy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Rios.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brandy.
Rios avoiding damage.
Rios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rios stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Rios.
Rios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brandys head.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rios.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
Rios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brandy or not.
A right hand to the body from Rios.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
Nice body punch from Rios.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios lands a shot to the body.
Rios lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rios lands with a short shot to the head.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands with a right to the head.
Rios lands with a right to the head.
Rios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rios lands an uppercut.
Rios lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rios takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Rios.
Rios has Brandy pressed against the cage.
Rios lands a left hand.
Brandy jumps guard but Rios stands there with Brandy around his waist. Brandy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rios digs a right hand into Brandy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brandy's gas tank.
Rios stalling in the clinch.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
Rios lands a shot to the body.
Rios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rios scores with a shoulder strike.
Rios lands an uppercut.
Rios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brandy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rios pushes Brandy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brandy fails to pull guard.
Rios holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Rios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brandy backwards.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios lands a right hand.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Brandy's head.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rios.
Brandy fails to pull guard.
Rios lands a shot to the body.
Brandy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brandy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rios smiles and moves away.
Rios throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rios slips under a jab.
Jesus Rios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rios tests Brandy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brandy ducks right into an uppercut from Rios.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Rios dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A punch combination from Rios misses.

Rios fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brandy, pushing him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios won't allow it.
A short right from Rios on the inside.
Rios has Brandy pressed against the cage.
Rios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brandys head.
Brandy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brandy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rios has him pressed against the cage.
Brandy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mandy Brandy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Brandy on the inside.
Rios effectively controlling the action here.
Brandy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brandy jumps guard but Rios stands there with Brandy around his waist. Brandy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rios.
Rios leaning against his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rios.
Rios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brandy is trying to force a seperation but Rios has the dominant position.
Brandy letting Rios take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rios smiles and moves away.
Brandy takes one to the side of the head.
Brandy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rios scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rios scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rios lands a nice hook to Brandy's body. Brandy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jesus Rios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Rios clinches up against the cage.
Rios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Brandy's head.
Rios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brandy backwards.
Rios avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Rios.
Rios stalling against the cage.
Rios pushes Brandy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jesus Rios seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rios lands with a short shot to the head.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Rios.
Nice body punch from Rios.
Rios lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rios lands an uppercut.
Rios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brandy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brandy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rios smiles and moves away.
Rios throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brandy's head.
Brandy throws a lazy right hand but Rios sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rios wants to clinch up but Brandy keeps it at a distance.

Rios has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brandy fails to pull guard.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually Brandy drops back down to his feet.
Rios presses Brandy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rios digs a right hand into Brandy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brandy's gas tank.
Rios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rios.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios lands a shot to the body.
Rios is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Rios as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rios lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rios.
A short uppercut from Rios.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rios.
Rios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brandys head.
Rios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brandy.
Rios works on Brandy's body with a couple of short punches.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios lands a right hand.
Rios is pushing Brandy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rios lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rios presses Brandy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rios lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rios works on Brandy's body with a couple of short punches.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brandys head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rios.

Brandy is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Rios.
Oh Brandy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Rios.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rios.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Rios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rios clinches up with Brandy and pushes him back against the cage.
Brandy seems to have got his legs back now.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually Brandy drops back down to his feet.
Brandy tries to pull guard but Rios won't allow it.
Brandy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Rios.
Rios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rios digs a right hand underneath Brandy's ribcage. Brandy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios prevents Brandy from breaking the clinch.
Rios lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Rios.
Rios is leaning against Brandy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rios lands a left hand.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
Rios pushes Brandy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
Rios cracks Brandy with a nice body shot.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rios lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brandy backwards.
Rios creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Brandy's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Brandy drops to his knees and Rios pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Rios!