PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leviticus Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Terry Brown enters the ring!

Stone
vs
Brown

188 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Leviticus Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Brown!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown shoots in but no luck this time.
Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Brown clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the ropes.
Brown wants to break free but Stone has control.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the ropes.

Stone breaks from the clinch.

Brown rushes Stone and presses him up against the ropes.
Stone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Brown's head back.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Stone prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.

Brown pulls guard successfully.

Brown looking for a guillotine here but Stone defends easily.
Stone trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Stone is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone tries to stand but Brown is controlling from the bottom.

Stone stands and steps away. Brown gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Brown takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stone has a takedown stuffed.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Stone is controlling the position.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brown catches Stone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stone shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Stone sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Leviticus Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Brown.
Brown misses with a body shot

and Stone counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Brown's guard now.
Stone trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brown's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stone throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone wanted to stand there but Brown had control of the position.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Stone pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brown trying to control the position.
Stone wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown trying to control the position.

Brown looking for a guillotine here but Stone defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Brown can't keep his opponent in guard - Stone advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Stone decides to stand and escape the position.

Brown rushes Stone and presses him up against the ropes.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown slips a straight right by Stone.
Stone misses with a left hand
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Stone closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Stone has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Brown throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Stone is trying to break free.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stone is keeping busy.
Brown gets underhooks to prevent Stone's takedown attempt.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
Brown is working Stone over against the ropes.
Stone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brown fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brown darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Horrible takedown by Stone or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown which made him look bad.
Stone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stone fails with a takedown attempt.
Stone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stone walks into a jab.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Stone sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brown but Brown pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stone avoids the head kick by Brown.
The crowd cheers as Stone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brown doesn't seem phased though.
Brown avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brown wants to land a leg kick but Stone is out of range.
Brown lands a nice shot that snaps Stone's head back.

Brown clinches with his opponent.

Stone breaks the clinch.
Brown is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Stone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brown walks into a left hand.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Stone looks for a takedown but Brown sprawls well.
Brown will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt - Stone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
No luck for Stone with that takedown attempt.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stone.
Brown lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Stone.
Stone checks the leg kick.

Stone pushes Brown up against the ropes in a clinch.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the ropes.

Stone breaks from the clinch.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice jab there from Brown.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Brown.
Stone connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Brown clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the ropes.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.

Brown breaks from the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stone checks a low kick from Brown.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Brown has Stone up against the ropes in a clinch.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stone has him pressed against the ropes.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone tries for a takedown but Brown circles away easily

and Brown counters by clinching up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.

Stone manages to break the clinch.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Brown clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the ropes.

Brown has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Stone clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Stone rolls, trying to escape but Brown keeps control of the position.
Stone holding both Brown 's hands and preventing any damage.
Brown controlling from the back.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Brown patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Stone is in bad spot here.
Stone is keeping busy.
Brown doesn't have the hooks in and Stone manages to turn into his guard.
Stone wanted to stand there but Brown had control of the position.
Stone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stone wants to stand and escape but instead Brown has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stone.
Stone is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Stone takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown shoots in and drives through. Stone sprawls well.
Stone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brown has him pressed against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A cross from Brown lands.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Stone shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.
Stone fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Brown throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.

Brown clinches up against the ropes.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone stuffs the takedown.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.

Brown gets a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown cracks Stone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown throws a good cross that connects.

Stone bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Stone is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Brown is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Brown explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown keeps control of Stone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone checks a leg kick.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt

and Stone counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Brown's guard now.
Brown wants to sweep here but Stone controlling him for the moment.

Stone stands up and waves to Brown to follow him.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Brown scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Leviticus Stone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Stone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brown counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Stone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Stone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stone is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Stone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stone stuffs the takedown attempt from Brown. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
Leviticus Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terry Brown.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Brown gets a clinch.
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stone wants to break free but Brown has control.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown scores with a nice right hand.
Stone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Stone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stone wants to get back to his feet.
Brown works his way into full mount!

Brown has control of Stone's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Stone regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone is looking to get to half guard.

Brown with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Brown trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brown won't let Stone get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Brown can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stone is looking to escape.

Brown looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brown seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Stone is holding on tight.
Stone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Stone's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Stone 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.
Stone is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stone is working hard here to advance position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stone is trying to stand up.
Brown moves to the back.
Stone tries to escape the position.

Brown patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Brown has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Stone has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Stone has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Brown is trying to stick to Stone's back but Stone is turning into Brown. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Brown's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Stone.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone 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.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Brown looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stone trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brown's guard.

Brown throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Stone escapes and throws Brown's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Stone working the strikes but Brown uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Stone looking for a submission but Brown manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Stone wants to stand but Brown is controlling his posture from full guard.
Stone preventing the sweep.

Stone stands up and waves to Brown to follow him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stone.
Stone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Stone.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stone checks a leg kick.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Brown.
Brown throws a chopping leg kick but Stone manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Stone gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Leviticus Stone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown stops Stone from standing up.
Brown wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stone wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Stone wants to stand up but Brown is controlling him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Stone stuffs the takedown.
Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stone doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Brown clinches.

Stone has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Brown is trying to keep an underhook but Stone manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Stone tries to stand and escape but Brown is controlling the position.
Stone passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Brown!
Brown is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Terry Brown.
I think Brown 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Terry Brown!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Terry Brown!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Terry Brown!

Terry Brown wins by unanimous decision!