PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Crippler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crippler
vs
Brown

190 cm
23
130 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
148 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

CBK MMA Nutrition
Asphyxiation Ltd.

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Crippler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Brown!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crippler slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Crippler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mark Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crippler feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
Crippler is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Crippler is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Crippler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crippler throws a body kick that misses.
Brown shoots in and drives through. Crippler sprawls well.
Brown is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Crippler.

Brown closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brown content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Brown is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Crippler knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Brown looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crippler tries to escape but Brown is in control.
Crippler 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.

Brown goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Crippler rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Brown's guard! Nice work there by Crippler!

Brown is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Crippler tries to stand but Brown is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brown working a defensive guard here.
Crippler trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brown's guard.

Brown working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Crippler doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Crippler manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Crippler wants to get up but he can't break Brown's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Crippler defends it easily.
Crippler might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Crippler would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brown is looking for a triangle here but Crippler uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Brown controls the position for a moment.
Crippler wants to stand but Brown has his arm trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to get back to his feet but Crippler drags him back down.
Crippler tries to stand but Brown is controlling his head.
Brown regains half guard.
Crippler tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Brown dominated that round.
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.

Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crippler takes one to the side of the head.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crippler.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Crippler moved out of range.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Crippler, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Crippler against the cage but Crippler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crippler ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown looks for a takedown but Crippler sprawls well.
Joe Crippler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crippler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crippler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crippler tries to clinch up.
Crippler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.

Crippler gets a clinch.
Crippler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crippler working Brown over with knees to the body.
Crippler landing knees to the body.
Crippler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crippler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Crippler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crippler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crippler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Crippler lands a knee to the body.
Crippler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crippler lands a knee to the head.
Crippler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Crippler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Crippler lands a knee to the head.
Crippler lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crippler tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crippler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crippler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crippler scores a nice knee to the body.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crippler landing knees to the head.
Crippler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Crippler crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crippler just stands there and leans against the cage.
Joe Crippler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brown.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Crippler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Crippler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crippler looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crippler missing with knees to the body.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Crippler.
Crippler landing knees to the head.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Crippler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Crippler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crippler looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Crippler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crippler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crippler just stands there and leans against the cage.
Crippler misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Crippler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Crippler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Crippler misses with a punch to the body.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Crippler misses with a body punch.
Crippler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crippler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Crippler.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Crippler has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Crippler tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crippler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Crippler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Crippler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Crippler wants to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Brown. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brown.
Crippler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
Brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Crippler throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crippler stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Crippler wants it to stay on the feet.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crippler throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Crippler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Crippler misses with a straight left.

Crippler darts in and clinches Brown up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crippler connects with a knee to the head.
Brown fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Joe Crippler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brown.
Crippler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crippler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crippler misses with a knee strike.
Crippler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crippler looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Crippler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crippler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crippler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crippler just stands there and leans against the cage.
Crippler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crippler misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crippler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crippler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crippler scores with a knee to the head.
Crippler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown fails to pull guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crippler.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crippler obliges.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crippler misses with a knee to the head.
Crippler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crippler connects with a knee to the head.
Crippler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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 Crippler walks away with a smile on his face. Brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crippler misses with a body kick.
Crippler lands with a nice body kick.
Crippler tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Crippler tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crippler.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crippler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joe Crippler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crippler. That one must have hurt.

Crippler fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Brown avoiding damage as Crippler throws knees to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crippler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crippler tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Crippler unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crippler working aggressively here.
Crippler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crippler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Crippler tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Crippler throws a knee to the head but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crippler. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crippler slips under a jab.
No luck for Brown with that takedown attempt.
Brown changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crippler tries to avoid it but Brown manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crippler to the ground. Crippler escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Brown is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Crippler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crippler obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Crippler clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Crippler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brown throws a jab when Crippler was well out of range.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crippler is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.

Crippler clinches.
Crippler lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown tries to pull guard but Crippler holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crippler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crippler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Crippler tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown tries to pull guard but Crippler won't allow it.
Crippler landing knees to the head.
Brown is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Joe Crippler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crippler lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Crippler.
Crippler lands with a short shot to the head.
Crippler lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Crippler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Crippler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Crippler.
Crippler crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Crippler lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Crippler misses with a knee strike.
Crippler scores a nice knee to the body.
Crippler lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Crippler.
Crippler looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to pull guard but Crippler holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
Crippler landing knees to the body.
Crippler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crippler looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.

Brown pulls guard.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crippler has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Brown is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Crippler has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Brown to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Crippler is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Brown pulls down on the head and he's put Crippler to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mark Brown!
Mark Brown is the new bantamweight champion!