PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Sanchez (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.

Brown
vs
Sanchez

198 cm
20
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

207 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Javier Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Brown backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Tyson Brown has been cut.
Brown dives in and grabs Sanchez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes down on Brown's head and hops out.

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sanchez is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brown with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Brown in particular looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tyson Brown.

Brown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is being controlled here.
Sanchez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sanchez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Brown scores with punches from side control.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet but Brown drags him back down.
Brown taking a breather here.
Brown advances to full mount.
Brown connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brown looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanchez looks winded!
Brown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Brown landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brown controlling the position easily from mount.

Brown looking to secure an arm triangle but Sanchez defends it well.
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown unloading with bombs!
Brown content just to control the position here.
Sanchez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brown putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brown controlling from the full mount.
Brown seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sanchez for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Brown quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Brown but it's paid off an Sanchez is forced to tap! Nice work by Brown.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tyson Brown!