PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Charles Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edward Charles Brock is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Brown
vs
Charles Brock

215 cm
25
267 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
34
260 lbs
20 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Charles Brock!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brock closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brown circles away.
Brock misses with a takedown

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brown lands an elbow just above Brock 's eye.

It looks like Edward Charles Brock has been cut.
Brock drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Charles Brock.
Brock can't get the takedown.
Brock is trying to pull guard but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Brock blocks it.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a knee strike.

Brock gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Brock stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Brock is looking to advance position but Brown won't allow it.

Brock is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Brock is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Brown tries to kick Brock off but Brock keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Brown trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Brock is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Brown sees it coming and defends easily.

Brock is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Brock is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brown has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Brock is working for a kimura but Brown is defending it quite comfortably.

Brock is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Brock is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is trying to stand up here but Brock is controlling him well.

Brown is defending against the submission attempts here by Brock.
Brown is trying to stand up here but Brock is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brock is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Brown wants to get back to his feet.

Brock is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brown has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brown is trying to stand.

Brock wants to work for an arm triangle but Brown is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown is trying to stand back up but Brock is controlling him

Brock 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 wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brock is looking for a kimura here.

Brock is looking for a kimura here.
Brock wants to pass the guard but Brown is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brock seems to be looking for submissions.
Brown is trying to stand up here but Brock is controlling him well.

Brock is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edward Charles Brock will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Edward Charles Brock's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brown throws a head kick but Brock moves out of range.
Brown is looking to clinch but Brock is avoiding it.

Brown has closed the distance and engaged Brock in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brock blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock wants a takedown but no success here.
Brock tries to pull guard but Brown forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brock drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Charles Brock.
Brock wants a takedown.
Brown is struggling to control the position.
Brock tries to pull guard but Brown forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brock is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brock takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brock's defenses.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brock takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Jim Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brock up against the cage.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brock takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock wants to take the fight to the mat but Brown manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Brock in his tracks for a moment.
Brock is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Brock shrugs off.

Brock is rocked!
Brown is pressed up against the cage. Brock has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brown down to the mat. Brown avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown wants to clinch up but Brock keeps it at a distance.
Brock swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brock has a takedown stuffed.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brock.
Brock takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown prevents the takedown attempt.
Brock is trying to pull guard but Brown turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Brown has Brock pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Brown dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Edward Charles Brock's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Brock pushes him off.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Brock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brock.
Brown displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Brock.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Brock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Brown forces Brock back against the cage and clinches.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brock up against the cage.
Brock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brock wants a takedown but no success here.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Charles Brock.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown has Brock pushed against the cage.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Brock won't want to take too many of those.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Brock's ribcage.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Brock shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Brock shrugs off.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brock can do to turn this around?
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Brock in his tracks for a moment.
Brock drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brock is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him?
Brock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown lands an elbow just above Brock 's eye.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown has Brock pressed against the cage. He pushes Brock back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Brown throws a beautiful elbow that sends Brock crashing to the floor! Brown piles on the pressure with more strikes! Brock is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Brown!