PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bushido Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lashley comes to the cage accompanied by Hustlin. Brown has chosen Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home as his entrance music. Bushido Brown will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lashley
vs
Brown

168 cm
26
152 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

182 cm
26
165 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Lashley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bushido Brown!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lashley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brown circles away.
Lashley works over Brown's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice takedown defense from Lashley. No joy for Brown on that attempt.
Brown avoids the body shot from Lashley.
Lashley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Brown shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brown was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Brown thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Brown thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Brown with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown landing strikes from the mount.
Brown misses with a head shot.
Brown throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lashley because Brown loaded up on that one.
Lashley is trying desperately to improve position.
Lashley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Brown scoring with strikes but Lashley is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to ground and pound but Lashley is blocking nicely.
Brown thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Brown looking to finish Lashley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lashley!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lashley looks a forlorn figure.
Brown unloads with some shots from mount but Lashley bucks and avoids them well.
Lashley might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lashley holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Brown tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Brown throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Brown thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lashley wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lashley avoids a series of strikes thrown by Brown.
Brown throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lashley because Brown loaded up on that one.
Lashley tries to reverse the position but Brown maintains control.
Brown thowing shots but they're missing.
Brown in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Brown connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown lands with some strikes.
Brown punching from mount but Lashley doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lashley wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Brown.
Poor strikes thrown by Brown there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Brown looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brown unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bushido Brown dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lashley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lashley throws a combination. Brown tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brown connects with a right that clearly hurt Lashley. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Brown proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Lashley collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bushido Brown!
Bushido Brown is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Bushido Brown thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.