PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yang Leiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leiden
vs
Brown

191 cm
25
218 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yang Leiden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joshua Brown!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown scores with a jab.
Leiden throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Good leg kick by Leiden there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brown on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leiden.
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!
Leiden scores with a leg kick.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Leiden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Leiden scores with a head kick.
Brown takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brown throws a series of punches but Leiden moves out of range.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Leiden lands a high kick!
Leiden lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiden wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leiden staying out of range there.
Leiden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leiden with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brown looks gassed!
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Leiden.
Leiden cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Leiden lands a nice looking body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Leiden.
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!
Brown takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice body kick there by Leiden.
Leiden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Leiden clinches.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden lands a knee to the body.
Leiden landing knees to the head.
Leiden lands a nice uppercut.
Leiden misses with a knee to the head.
Leiden looking to throw knees to the head but Brown is blocking nicely.
Leiden has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leiden.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leiden lands a knee to the head.
Leiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Leiden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiden avoiding damage.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leiden tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
A hook to the body from Leiden.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Leiden has the dominant position.
Leiden lands a knee to the body.
Leiden tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Leiden is stalling here.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leiden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Leiden there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leiden is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Leiden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leiden throws a nice head kick!
Leiden with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yang Leiden 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.

Leiden wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brown in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Leiden lands a nice looking body kick.
A jab from Brown does it's job there.

It looks like Yang Leiden has been cut.
Leiden moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Leiden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Leiden thumps Brown with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leiden.
Leiden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leiden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leiden.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Leiden, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiden thumps Brown with a low kick.
Leiden feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brown's calf.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Leiden's shoulder, as Leiden tries to avoid the shot.
Brown takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leiden moves out of range as Brown strikes.
Leiden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leiden counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Brown is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Leiden clobbers Brown with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leiden scores with a leg kick.
Leiden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Leiden counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leiden's corner calls for a 1-2. Leiden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leiden clinches.
Leiden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Leiden lands a nice uppercut.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leiden obliges.
Leiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leiden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leiden with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiden connects with a knee to the head.
Leiden controlling the action here for a moment.
Leiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown has had enough of the clinch but Leiden keeps him there for the moment.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden lands a knee to the body.
Leiden tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leiden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leiden trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leiden into the cage.
Leiden tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leiden makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leiden.
Yang Leiden is winning the standup battle so far.
Leiden will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut there from Brown.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leiden doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yang Leiden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yang Leiden's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A big left from Leiden misses.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Leiden throws a nice outside leg kick.
Leiden moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Leiden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leiden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leiden. That's going to slow Brown down.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leiden. Leiden obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leiden moves out of range of the strikes.
Leiden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiden looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leiden slips under a jab.
Leiden throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Leiden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshua Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Leiden counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Leiden finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Leiden scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leiden lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leiden jabs at Brown's body.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Leiden. Leiden obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leiden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leiden slips a straight right by Brown.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Leiden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Leiden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Leiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leiden lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Leiden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leiden with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Joshua Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown wants to break free but Leiden has control.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Leiden has double underhooks.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leiden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Leiden is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short uppercut from Leiden.
Yang Leiden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leiden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Yang Leiden has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A knee to the head by Leiden.
Leiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Leiden landing knees to the body.
Brown wants to break free but Leiden has control.
Leiden scores with a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yang Leiden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leiden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yang Leiden!