PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Brandon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stevenson comes to the ring accompanied by Clubbed to Death. John Stevenson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stevenson
vs
Brandon

180 cm
24
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

163 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Brandon!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandon with a lazy takedown attempt

and Stevenson counters with a shoot takedown. Brandon fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Stevenson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brandon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stevenson.
Stevenson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stevenson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stevenson tries to free his leg and advance position but Brandon is retaining full guard.
Stevenson with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stevenson passes Brandon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevenson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stevenson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brandon looks gassed!
Stevenson is nestled in close to Brandon, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stevenson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stevenson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stevenson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stevenson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brandon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stevenson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brandon has hold of Stevenson's hands but Stevenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stevenson lands strikes from half guard.
Stevenson winds up and cracks Brandon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stevenson lands a nice short elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Stevenson.
Stevenson drops an elbow to the side of Brandon's head.
Stevenson slips a nice elbow through Brandon's hands, connecting with Brandon's forehead.
Stevenson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Stevenson trying to control the action but Brandon is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stevenson lands a nice short elbow.
Stevenson working the head and body with strikes.
Stevenson working Brandon over with strikes.
Stevenson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stevenson winds up and cracks Brandon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stevenson drops an elbow to the side of Brandon's head.
Stevenson working the head and body with strikes.
Stevenson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Brandon is rocked!
Stevenson is looking to advance position but Brandon won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson working the head and body with strikes.
Stevenson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stevenson working Brandon over with strikes.
Brandon has hold of Stevenson's hands but Stevenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stevenson lands strikes from half guard.
Stevenson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stevenson working the head and body with strikes.
Brandon has hold of Stevenson's hands but Stevenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brandon has hold of Stevenson's hands but Stevenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brandon is still in real trouble! Can Stevenson finish him?
Stevenson lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Brandon!
Brandon seems to have recovered his senses.
Stevenson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brandon hang on?
Stevenson lands a big elbow - Brandon is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Brandon is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Stevenson!
A very excited looking John Stevenson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.