PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brunson Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doyle has chosen On To The Next One as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brunson Doyle told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Brown
vs
Doyle

195 cm
22
280 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
280 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leroy Brown!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brunson Doyle!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Doyle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Doyle looking to slow down the pace here.
Doyle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Doyle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doyle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doyle blocks a body shot from Brown.
Doyle with a knee to the head.

It looks like Leroy Brown has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Doyle is controlling the position.
Doyle lands a left hand.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Doyle is blocking nicely.
Doyle lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Doyle gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Doyle lands a nice uppercut.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Doyle.
Doyle effectively controlling the action here.
Doyle scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Doyle holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Doyle.
A short body shot lands from Doyle as the two fighters clinch.
Doyle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doyle lands a body punch.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doyle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Doyle.
Doyle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brown avoiding damage as Doyle throws knees to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Doyle controlling the action here for a moment.
Doyle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Doyle avoids it.
Doyle blocking some punches.
Doyle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Doyle.
Doyle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Doyle.
Doyle misses with an elbow strike.
A hook to the body from Doyle.
A right hook to the body lands for Doyle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doyle is struggling to control the position.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doyle blocks an uppercut.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Doyle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Doyle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doyle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Doyle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doyle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brown up against the cage.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Doyle landing knees to the body.
Doyle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle blocks an uppercut.
Doyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Doyle.
A bit of stalling here from Doyle.
A knee to the head by Doyle.
Doyle stalls.
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Doyle throws an elbow but misses.
Doyle misses with a knee to the head.
Doyle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Doyle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Doyle scores a nice knee to the body.
Doyle tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Doyle missing with knees to the body.
Doyle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Doyle prevents a body shot from Brown.
Doyle trying to stall but Brown improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Doyle.
Doyle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doyle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Doyle scores with a hook to the body.
Doyle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doyle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brown up against the cage.
Doyle blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Doyle - that landed with a thud.
Doyle with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doyle misses with a knee strike.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Doyle lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doyle is stalling here.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brunson Doyle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
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 lands a slapping body shot.
Doyle misses with a double jab.
Doyle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Doyle wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leroy Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Doyle has taken the fight to the clinch.
Doyle controlling the action here for a moment.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Doyle backwards.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
Brown pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Doyle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Doyle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Doyle.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Doyle gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
Nice body punch from Doyle.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Doyle obliges.
Doyle tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Doyle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Doyle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Doyle tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Doyle lands with a short shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown letting Doyle take a breather here.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle looking to stall.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doyle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Doyle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Brown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doyle 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 is trying to stall.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Doyle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doyle trying to land knees to the body.
Doyle misses with a knee to the head.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Doyle lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Brown.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doyle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Doyle misses with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Doyle.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Brown.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Doyle is keeping busy.
Doyle avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Doyle 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.
Nice body punch from Brown - that landed with a thud.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Doyle.
Brown tries to stall but Doyle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.
Doyle avoids a kick to the body.
Brown's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brown duly obliges.
Brunson Doyle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Doyle tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown takes one to the side of the head.
Leroy Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doyle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Horrible takedown by Brown or perhaps it was just good defense by Doyle which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Brown.
Brown tries to work over Doyle's front leg with a kick but Doyle checks it.
Sloppy strikes from Doyle. Those never looked like landing.
Doyle throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Doyle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doyle takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Doyle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Doyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Doyle tries to avoid it.
Doyle tries to clinch but Brown moves away
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brown closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Brown lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Brown dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
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 circles away from the clinch attempt

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Brown wants to advance to full mount but Doyle doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Brown throws a strike but Doyle rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brown trying to keep a closed guard but Doyle is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Brown is adopting a defensive guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Doyle wants to stand and escape but instead Brown has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Doyle can't keep his opponent in guard - Brown advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown wants to pass to mount but Doyle is defending the position.
Brown stops Doyle from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throwing shots but Doyle is blocking nicely.
Brown prevents Doyle from standing back up.
Doyle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doyle has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brown looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Doyle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brown throws a strike but Doyle avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Brown in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown advances position into side control!
Brown throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brown with the ground and pound but Doyle regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Doyle trying to control from the bottom.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Brown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Doyle sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leroy Brown clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A big left from Doyle misses.
Brown bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Doyle is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown throwing strikes but Doyle manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Brown is not content to let Doyle control the position.
Doyle is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Brown tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown manages to get back to half guard.
Doyle wants to stand up but Brown manages to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Doyle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Doyle postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brown holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Brunson Doyle has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brown shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Doyle defends it nicely.

Doyle moves into the clinch successfully.
Doyle digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Doyle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Doyle.
Brown avoiding damage as Doyle throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Doyle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Doyle tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Doyle lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle lands a shot to the body.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doyle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Doyle lands a nice knee to the body.
Doyle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Doyle.
Doyle missing with knees to the body.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Doyle won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Doyle.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Doyle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Doyle.
A short body shot lands from Doyle as the two fighters clinch.
Brunson Doyle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doyle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown has Doyle pressed against the cage.
Doyle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brunson Doyle dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Brown's cut.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brown on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot lands for Doyle.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Doyle makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Doyle darts in and clinches Brown up against the cage.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Doyle leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Doyle.
Doyle tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Brown pushes Doyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Doyle tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Doyle is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Doyle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown lands a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Doyle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doyle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Brown.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown pushes Doyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown tries to circle away but Doyle has him pinned against the cage.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Doyle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Doyle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Brown on the inside.

Brown manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Doyle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brown feints and then cracks Doyle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Doyle down.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown connects with a body shot.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doyle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Doyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Doyle tries to avoid it.
Brown scores with a nice strike.
Brown lands a nice looking body kick.
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donk. Brown catches Doyle right on the button with a cross.
Brown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown throws a nice head kick!
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Doyle. That did some damage!
Brown lands a nice hook to Doyle's body. Doyle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Brown lands a jab.
Brown scores with a crisp jab that stopped Doyle in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a nice looking jab.
Doyle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.
Brown stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Doyle sprawls well. Doyle wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown misses with the combination.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Doyle misses with an uppercut.
Doyle misses with a left hand
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown lands a head shot.
Brown looks to throw a body kick
and Doyle counters with a stiff right hand.
A leg kick checked by Doyle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Doyle as Brown shoots in.
Doyle throws a right hand that misses

and Brown counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Brown is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Brown is looking to advance position but Doyle won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leroy Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 47:47
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 47:47
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 47:47

The fight is ruled a draw!
Leroy Brown retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!