PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Hussein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson has chosen Digital Versicolor as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Hussein
vs
Bronson

195 cm
25
256 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
23
245 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rasheed Hussein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Charlie Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson moves out of range of the strikes.
Bronson tries to bum rush Hussein with a series of wild strikes but Hussein uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bronson looks to land a combination but Hussein avoids it well.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hussein throws a nice looking combination but Bronson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bronson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hussein.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hussein.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronson throws a combination that misses
enabling Hussein to counter with a crisp jab.
Hussein blocks a low kick nicely.
Bronson looks to land a right hand but Hussein moved out of range.
Bronson tries to clinch there but Hussein circles away.

Bronson clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hussein's face.

It looks like Rasheed Hussein has been cut.
A short uppercut from Bronson.
Bronson has Hussein pressed against the cage, preventing Hussein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bronson lands a hook that snaps the head of Hussein backwards.
Bronson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hussein is breathing heavily.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hussein's face.
A knee to the head by Bronson.
Bronson digs a right hand underneath Hussein's ribcage. Hussein let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson lands a body shot.
Bronson lands an uppercut.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hussein's face.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hussein's face.

Hussein is rocked!
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Hussein is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hussein takes an elbow to the temple.
Hussein seems to have got his legs back now.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson lands with a short shot to the head.
Bronson presses Hussein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hussein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hussein is trying to break the clinch but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Hussein is trying to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling him.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Hussein breaks from the clinch.
Bronson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hussein counters with a two punch combo.
Bronson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bronson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hussein manages to avoid it.
Bronson throws a hook but Hussein blocks it.
Hussein dodges the punch combination from Bronson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bronson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bronson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hussein counters with a three punch combo that has Bronson backing up. Bronson nods at Hussein to acknowledge the strikes.

It looks like Charlie Bronson has been cut.
Bronson lands with a straight right. Hussein didn't see that one coming.
A cross from Bronson lands.
Bronson lunges at Hussein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hussein's hand.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1-2. Bronson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bronson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bronson duly obliges.
Bronson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hussein circles away quickly and effectively.
Bronson misses with a wild combination.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bronson duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson thuds his right hand into Hussein's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bronson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bronson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hussein backs up against the cage.
Bronson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hussein circles away quickly and effectively.
Bronson connects with a crisp jab.
Bronson wants to clinch but Hussein slips to the side

so Hussein counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Husseinis looking to pass into half guard but Bronson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bronson is in guard.

Bronson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hussein has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bronson has managed to get both his arms back between Hussein's legs - danger averted.

Bronson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hussein, up you get!
Hussein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bronson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bronson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hussein's head backwards.
Hussein takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bronson moves in looking to clinch but Hussein pushes him off.
Bronson wants to clinch up but Hussein keeps it at a distance.
Hussein on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bronson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Hussein had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice shot lands for Bronson.
Bronson with a jab.
A combination from Bronson does no damage.
Bronson throws a right and a left that Hussein avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bronson jabs at Hussein's body.
Bronson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bronson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bronson throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Bronson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hussein has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bronson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hussein finds it's way round the side to connect with Bronson's head.
Bronson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson misses with the combination.
Nice defenses there by Hussein.
Bronson throws the left hand but Hussein avoids the punch easily.
Bronson scores with a nice right hand.
Bronson wants to clinch up but Hussein keeps it at a distance.
Bronson misses with a two punch combination.
Bronson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussein throws a one two combo.
Hussein misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bronson takes a swing at Hussein's ribcage but misses.
A jab lands there for Bronson.

Bronson closes the distance and clinches.
Hussein is trying to break free.
Hussein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bronson prevents Hussein from breaking the clinch.
Bronson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson presses Hussein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bronson scores with a knee to the head.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bronson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bronson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bronson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Bronson.
Bronson lands with a left to the head.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hussein takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bronson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bronson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Hussein blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hussein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussein takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Charlie Bronson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bronson throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Hussein to counter with a crisp jab.
Hussein takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from Bronson does it's job there.
Hussein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bronson lands a jab-cross combination.
A slow jab from Bronson misses its intended target.
Bronson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bronson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bronson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bronson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussein looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bronson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hussein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bronson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bronson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bronson.
Bronson misses with a straight right.
Bronson throws a hook to the side of Hussein's head but Hussein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bronson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hussein.
Bronson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hussein takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hussein takes one to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Hussein.
Bronson lands a body shot.
Bronson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hussein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bronson.

Bronson instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson crunches a lovely knee into Hussein's ribcage.
Hussein fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Hussein looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson digs a right hand underneath Hussein's ribcage. Hussein let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hussein wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson lands an elbow inside.

Hussein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bronson works Hussein's body with a nice hook.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bronson!
Charlie Bronson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bronson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hussein counters with a left and a right that stings Bronson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hussein takes one to the chin there.
Bronson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hussein was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronson.
Hussein misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Bronson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Hussein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A combination from Bronson does no damage.
Hussein connects with a single shot there.
Bronson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hussein moves away.
Bronson doesn't manage to clinch there - Hussein circles away.
Bronson misses with a body shot.
Bronson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hussein counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronson moves out of range of the strikes.
Bronson misses with a double jab
and Hussein counters with a left and a right that stings Bronson.
Bronson misses with a straight right.
Bronson misses with a body punch
and Hussein counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick misses from Hussein.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussein misses with a few strikes there.
Bronson lands a jab to the head.
Bronson scores with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Bronson as he connects with a hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Bronson scores with a four punch combination!
Hussein takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bronson throws a shot to the body.
Bronson scores with a body shot.
Hussein misses with the combination.
A nice combination there by Bronson.
Bronson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bronson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice uppercut there from Bronson.
Bronson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bronson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hussein misses with an uppercut.
Charlie Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Hussein decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bronson's guard.
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!
Bronson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hussein is controlling him.
Hussein won't allow Bronson to sweep him here.
Hussein slips nicely into half guard.
Bronson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussein distracts Bronson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hussein trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hussein is looking to work some ground and pound but Bronson has wrist control.
Bronson wants to sweep but no luck.
Bronson pulls Hussein in close to his closed guard and prevents Hussein from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hussein postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bronson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hussein, into his guard.

Hussein throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bronson escapes and throws Hussein's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bronson stands up.
Danga de danga de dang - Bronson scores with a four punch combination!
Hussein takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bronson throws a nice looking combination but Hussein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bronson throws a combination that misses
and Hussein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hussein counters with a series of strikes. Bronson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rasheed Hussein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bronson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rasheed Hussein.
I think Bronson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Charlie Bronson!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Charlie Bronson!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Charlie Bronson!

Charlie Bronson wins by unanimous decision!