PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Brown (ranked 4465 p4p, 484 weight class) and Abamun Tarnut (ranked 3253 p4p, 378 weight class). Brown's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, This is America. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Brown
vs
Tarnut

180 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abamun Tarnut!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tarnut uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
A swing and a miss from Brown.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Tarnut has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tarnut pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tarnut looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tarnut lands a shoulder strike.
Brown definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tarnut slows down the pace here.
Tarnut misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarnut throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Tarnut misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarnut misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tarnut walks away with a smile on his face. Brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Tarnut uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Tarnut.
Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tarnut to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Dave Brown has been cut.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tarnut misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Tarnut throws a body shot but no joy.
Brown misses the jab.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Tarnut misses with a body shot.

Tarnut clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarnut throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to pull guard but Tarnut holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tarnut misses with some punches.
Brown tries to pull guard but Tarnut holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
Tarnut scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Tarnut lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Tarnut throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown tries to pull guard but Tarnut won't allow it.
Tarnut throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tarnut.
Tarnut stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails to pull guard.
Nice body punch from Tarnut.
Tarnut throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Tarnut scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tarnut throws a head punch that misses.
Tarnut lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown tries to pull guard but Tarnut holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
A right hand to the body from Tarnut.
Tarnut is leaning against Brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tarnut lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Tarnut scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is trying to pull guard but Tarnut turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Tarnut scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tarnut lands a shoulder strike.
Tarnut lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarnut gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tarnut throws a head punch that misses.
Tarnut lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.

Tarnut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tarnut clinches up against the cage.
Tarnut lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tarnut lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tarnut lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tarnut just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abamun Tarnut dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brown misses with a right hand
and Tarnut counters with a nice uppercut.

Tarnut cracks Brown with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tarnut has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Brown to stand back up!

Brown is rocked!
Tarnut moves forwards but Brown connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Abamun Tarnut seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Tarnut darts in and clinches Brown up against the cage.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Tarnut breaks the clinch.
Tarnut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Tarnut slips the punch.
Tarnut circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Brown to the canvas! Brown doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Tarnut keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abamun Tarnut!
After winning the bout, Abamun Tarnut thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.