PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knack Wupp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Knack Wupp was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Brown
vs
Wupp

200 cm
25
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
207 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knack Wupp!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Wupp, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Brown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brown misses with a combination

and Wupp counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wupp.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Wupp is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Wupp is now in half guard.
Wupp sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wupp is trying to work for a kimura but Brown is defending well.
Wupp is taking a breather. Brown says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown trying to control here.
Wupp passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Brown!
Brown is desperately trying to improve his position but Wupp has a good base and remains in mount.
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Wupp's attempts to control the action.
Brown is wriggling around trying to escape.

Wupp jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Brown is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Brown and Wupp has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Brown is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Wupp moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Brown.
Brown is looking to regain half guard here but Wupp keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wupp wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Brown gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wupp controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown tries to roll over but Wupp keeps him under control.
Wupp passes to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown regains half guard.
Brown wants to improve his position but Wupp is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wupp is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Brown as he works his way to full guard.

Wupp avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Wupp got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brown has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wupp has managed to get both his arms back between Brown's legs - danger averted.
Brown being controlled here, momentarily.
Wupp wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

Brown is looking to cinch up a triangle. Wupp throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Brown's body to avoid the submission. Brown has instead reached around Wupp's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Brown arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobby Brown!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.