PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minotauro Bermudez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bermudez
vs
Brown

185 cm
25
206 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

182 cm
26
195 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Minotauro Bermudez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Brown!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bermudez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bermudez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A left and a right from Brown both land. Nice combination.
Brown throws a leg kick that misses.
Bermudez is looking to clinch.
Brown throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bermudez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Minotauro Bermudez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown cracks Bermudez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brown tries for a takedown but Bermudez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bermudez is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Bermudez tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bermudez closes the distance but Brown moves to the side
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Bermudez tries to clinch up
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bermudez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bermudez wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Bermudez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Brown has been cut.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bermudez pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Brown's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez is breathing heavily.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Brown.
Brown dodges an elbow strike from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Bermudez.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Bermudez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bermudez as Brown tries to tie him up.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.

Brown gets control of Bermudez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Brown will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bermudez wants to stand and escape but instead Brown has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Brown pushing down on Bermudez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Brown seems to be looking for submissions.
Brown blocks the strikes from Bermudez.

Brown is looking for a kimura here.
Brown prevents Bermudez from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bermudez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bermudez trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bermudez trying to strike off his back.
Bermudez tries to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown trying to control but Bermudez is working from the bottom.
Bermudez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bermudez tries to get out of the position.
Bermudez tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bermudez throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bermudez trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bermudez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Minotauro Bermudez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bermudez wants to clinch
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bermudez clinches but Brown breaks the clinch
and Bermudez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bermudez tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with a two punch combo.
Bermudez wants to clinch
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Bermudez backing up. Bermudez nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Brown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bermudez closes the distance but Brown moves to the side
and Brown counters with a nice leg kick.
Bermudez clinches but Brown breaks the clinch

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brown.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bermudez.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head.
Bermudez lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermudez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Bermudez is controlling the position.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Bermudez to work.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bermudez into the cage.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown tries to pull guard but Bermudez holds him up against the cage and eventually Brown drops back down to his feet.
Bermudez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bermudez prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Bermudez.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bermudez has him pressed against the cage.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
Bermudez working Brown over with knees to the body.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bermudez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Minotauro Bermudez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Brown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.

That's two 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 has had enough of the clinch but Bermudez keeps him there for the moment.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez is trying to stall.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Bermudez has double underhooks.
Brown trying to stall but Bermudez improves his position.
Bermudez working Brown over with knees to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bermudez has him pressed against the cage.
Bermudez 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.
Minotauro Bermudez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Bermudez improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bermudez is struggling to control the position.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.
Brown tries to pull guard but Bermudez won't allow it.
Bermudez lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.
Bermudez 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 takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown tries to pull guard but Bermudez won't allow it.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Bermudez prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Bermudez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez is stalling here.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Bermudez is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bermudez landing knees to the body.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez misses with an elbow strike.
Bermudez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Bermudez won't allow it.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside.
Bermudez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bermudez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bermudez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bermudez lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown tries to pull guard but Bermudez won't allow it.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Bermudez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Brown wants to break free but Bermudez has control.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Minotauro Bermudez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bermudez tries to clinch

and Brown counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bermudez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Bermudez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bermudez tries to strike from the bottom.
Bermudez throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bermudez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bermudez striking off his back but it's not causing Brown any problems.
Brown with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Brown lands a head shot.
Bermudez clinches but Brown breaks the clinch

and Brown moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bermudez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt

so Brown counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Brown wants to control from the top but Bermudez keeps moving.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bermudez is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bermudez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brown!
Brown takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez is landing with some decent strikes but Brown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bermudez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bermudez throwing strikes here but Brown is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bermudez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brown is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bermudez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brown regains half guard.

Bermudez escapes and gets back to his feet.

Bermudez clinches up against the cage.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bermudez is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bermudez.
Brown has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bermudez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bermudez has him pressed against the cage.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Bermudez won't allow it.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Bermudez keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bermudez has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bermudez smiles and moves away.
Minotauro Bermudez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bermudez looks to clinch

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Bermudez.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bermudez prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Bermudez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Knees to the body from Bermudez.
Brown jumps guard but Bermudez stands there with Brown around his waist. Brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Minotauro Bermudez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Brown.
Bermudez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez landing knees to the body.
Bermudez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Brown goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bermudez prevents it.
Bermudez with a knee to the head.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez working Brown over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bermudez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Brown!