PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Brites (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demian Brites 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!

Palmer
vs
Brites

192 cm
26
254 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
244 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Arnold Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Demian Brites!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Palmer has managed to clinch.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Brites avoids the damage to the body.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.
Brites fails to pull the fight into his guard.

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

Palmer rushes Brites and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brites fails to pull guard.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
Brites tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palmer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Arnold Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Brites.
Palmer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palmer lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands with a right to the head.
Palmer lands a right hand.

Palmer manages to break the clinch.
Palmer tries to clinch but Brites is having none of it.

Brites gets tackled into the cage by Palmer. Palmer maintains the clinch.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.
Palmer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer closes the distance but Brites moves to the side
and Brites counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brites.

Palmer moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brites backwards.
Good body shot from Palmer.
Brites looks gassed!
Brites jumps guard but Palmer stands there with Brites around his waist. Brites gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Palmer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palmer presses Brites against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brites up against the cage.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.
Palmer stalls.
Brites blocks an elbow strike.
Palmer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Palmer is leaning against Brites and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands a left hand.
Palmer lands a left hand.

Palmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Palmer closes the distance and clinches.
Palmer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Palmer.
Palmer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brites up against the cage.
Palmer pushes Brites back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer is leaning against Brites and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Palmer.

Palmer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice cross by Palmer.

Palmer clinches up with Brites and pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Palmer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.

Palmer gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Brites fails to pull guard.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brites.

Palmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arnold Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer tries to clinch up.
Brites doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Palmer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brites or not.
Palmer lands a right hand.
Palmer controlling the action here for a moment.
Palmer lands a nice shot to the body.
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palmer lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brites avoiding damage as Palmer throws knees to the body.
Palmer is stalling here.
A short left from Palmer.

Palmer breaks the clinch.
Palmer tries to clinch up.

Palmer clinches up against the cage.
Brites tries to pull guard but Palmer holds him up against the cage and eventually Brites drops back down to his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Palmer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palmer pushes Brites back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer lands with a left to the head.
Palmer pushes Brites back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Palmer lands with a short punch from the clinch.

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

Palmer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palmer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Palmer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Palmer breaks the clinch.
Brites shoots and misses
and Palmer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Palmer closes the distance and clinches.
Palmer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palmer lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Palmer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Palmer scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer stalls.
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnold Palmer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Palmer takes the fight into the clinch.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brites takes an elbow to the forehead.

Palmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brites circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brites can do to turn this around?

Brites tries to keep at a distance but Palmer has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short right from Palmer on the inside.
Brites fails to pull guard.
Palmer pushes Brites back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Palmer.
Palmer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brites.
Palmer avoiding damage.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Arnold Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Brites.
Palmer pushes Brites back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brites lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer works on Brites's body with a couple of short punches.
Brites takes an elbow to the forehead.
Palmer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brites lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer presses Brites against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Palmer lands a shot to the body.
Palmer cracks Brites with a nice body shot.
Brites tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palmer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Palmer lands a body shot.
Palmer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brites has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Palmer misses with a knee to the head.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palmer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.

Palmer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brites, pushing him back against the cage.
Palmer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Palmer lands a hook that snaps the head of Brites backwards.
Palmer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
A short uppercut from Palmer.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brites on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brites managing to block the knees to the body from Palmer.
Palmer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palmer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brites backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Palmer.
Brites jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Palmer walks away with a smile on his face. Brites gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Brites keeps it at a distance.
Palmer tries to clinch but Brites is having none of it.

Palmer darts in and clinches Brites up against the cage.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.
Palmer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brites swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brites circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Palmer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brites tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palmer just stands there and leans against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Palmer.
Palmer gets through Brites's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Palmer.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Palmer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brites up against the cage.
Palmer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Palmer.
Palmer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Palmer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Palmer scores with a shot to the side of Brites's head.
Brites takes a shot to the head.
Palmer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brites jumps guard but Palmer stands there with Brites around his waist. Brites gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Palmer lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Palmer presses Brites against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palmer is leaning against Brites and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Palmer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brites.
Palmer digs a right hand into Brites's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brites's gas tank.
Palmer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Palmer effectively controlling the action here.
Palmer digs a right hand into Brites's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brites's gas tank.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Palmer is working Brites over against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Palmer.
Palmer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Palmer lands with a right to the head.
Palmer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Palmer scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnold Palmer dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Palmer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brites swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Arnold Palmer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brites.
Palmer doesn't manage to clinch there - Brites circles away.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Brites keeps it at a distance.

Palmer rushes Brites and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brites jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Palmer walks away with a smile on his face. Brites gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Palmer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer tries to clinch up but Brites circles away and keeps his distance.
Palmer wants to clinch.
Brites shoots in for a double leg but Palmer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arnold Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demian Brites.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Palmer gets a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Palmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer doesn't manage to clinch there - Brites circles away.

Palmer takes the fight into the clinch.

Brites pulls guard effortlessly.
Palmer trying to control but Brites is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Arnold Palmer has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Palmer instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Palmer.
Brites jumps guard but Palmer stands there with Brites around his waist. Brites gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Palmer is working Brites over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brites tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Palmer just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Palmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Palmer moves into the clinch.
Palmer taking a breather.
Palmer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Palmer is leaning against Brites and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Palmer cracks Brites with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palmer.
Palmer is pushing Brites up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Palmer.
Palmer is working Brites over against the cage.
Palmer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palmer lands a body shot.
Palmer digs a right hand into Brites's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brites's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Good body shot from Palmer.
Palmer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brites.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer lands a hook that snaps the head of Brites backwards.
Palmer looking to throw knees to the head but Brites is blocking nicely.
Arnold Palmer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brites avoids it.
Palmer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Brites avoids the damage to the body.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.
Palmer wants to clinch.
Arnold Palmer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Palmer moves into range and clinches up with Brites.
Brites tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Palmer smiles and moves away.
Palmer keeps the fight on the outside.
Demian Brites has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arnold Palmer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brites has a takedown stuffed.

Palmer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brites fails to pull guard.
A shot in the inside from Palmer.
Brites tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brites avoiding damage as Palmer throws knees to the body.
Palmer lands a body punch.

Palmer breaks from the clinch.
Brites tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palmer paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Brites tries to keep at a distance but Palmer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Palmer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Brites gets tackled into the cage by Palmer. Palmer maintains the clinch.
Brites jumps guard but Palmer stands there with Brites around his waist. Brites gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brites fails to pull guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arnold Palmer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Palmer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnold Palmer!