PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alistar Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sotiar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Brown
vs
Sotiar

183 cm
22
198 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
195 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alistar Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Sotiar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Sotiar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sotiar.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sotiar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sotiar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brown feints and then cracks Sotiar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sotiar down.
Sotiar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Alistar Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sotiar throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown misses with the combination.
Brown cracks Sotiar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sotiar ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Mark Sotiar has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sotiar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Brown.
Sotiar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Brown thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sotiar if he has to take too many more of those.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sotiar looks gassed!
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sotiar slips a jab and a cross from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sotiar.
Sotiar walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
Brown misses with a series of wild punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Brown.
Sotiar misses with a leg kick.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown throws a series of punches but Sotiar moves out of range.
Brown feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sotiar's calf.
Sotiar throws a leg kick that misses.
Brown swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A punch combination from Brown misses.
Sotiar throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown lands with a cross.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Sotiar misses with a wild combination.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brown connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sotiar scrambles back to his feet.
Sotiar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
Brown slips a straight right by Sotiar.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Sotiar should have avoided that one.
Sotiar scores with a decent looking hook.
Sotiar lands a slapping body shot.
Sotiar swinging wildly here.
Brown throws a nice looking combination but Sotiar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brown scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown works over Sotiar's head and body with a nice combination.
Sotiar misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sotiar. That did some damage!
Brown throws a right hand that Sotiar ducks under and follows up with a left that Sotiar also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brown duly obliges.
Sotiar looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Brown throws a head kick but Sotiar moves out of range.
Brown throws a right and a left that Sotiar avoids nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brown.
Sotiar throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
Sotiar misses the jab.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Brown connects with a body shot that sends Sotiar's belly button to the back.
Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Sotiar misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a one-two to the body.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown throws a right hand that Sotiar ducks under and follows up with a left that Sotiar also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sotiar.
Sotiar misses with a body shot.
Sotiar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown cracks the inside of Sotiar's front leg.
Sotiar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sotiar.
Sotiar throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
Brown throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Brown checks a low kick from Sotiar.
Sotiar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown works over Sotiar's head and body with a nice combination.
Sotiar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
A head kick misses from Sotiar.
Brown swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Sotiar'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 buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sotiar. That did some damage!
Alistar Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Sotiar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A solid body kick from Brown.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some bone on bone action there as Brown checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sotiar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sotiar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brown lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sotiar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sotiar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brown lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sotiar lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands with a straight right. Sotiar didn't see that one coming.
Sotiar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Brown.
Sotiar throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Brown tries to bum rush Sotiar with a series of wild strikes but Sotiar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown lands a lovely overhand right.
Sotiar throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Sotiar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brown throws a push kick but Sotiar slaps the foot to one side.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sotiar might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brown has got the better of the exchanges.
A shot to the body from Brown misses
and Sotiar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brown thinking.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alistar Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sotiar moves out of range of the body kick.
Sotiar cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Sotiar throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A punch combination from Sotiar misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Sotiar to counter with a crisp jab.
Sotiar looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Sotiar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sotiar throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Sotiar misses with a hook
and Brown counters with a body kick that stops Sotiar in his tracks momentarily.
A lazy left from Brown finds it's target.
Sotiar misses with a leg kick
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Sotiar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brown. That one must have hurt.
Nice jab there from Brown.
Brown slips a straight right by Sotiar.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sotiar.
Brown scores with a nice body kick.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sotiar's sensitive parts.
Brown throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brown moves out of range as Sotiar throws a body kick.
Brown misses with a double jab
and Sotiar counters with a thumping low kick.
Sotiar misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Sotiar 's knee.
Brown throws a combination that misses
and Sotiar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sotiar motions for Brown to come forward. Sotiar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Sotiar.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sotiar misses with a looping left.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sotiar lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
Sotiar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Brown takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sotiar.
Sotiar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sotiar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sotiar misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sotiar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Sotiar counters with a head kick. That will keep Brown thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Brown misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Sotiar.
Sotiar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sotiar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brown keeps Sotiar at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown scores with a push kick.
Sotiar throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
Brown looks to land a combination. Sotiar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brown is working the combinations to good effect here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brown lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sotiar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sotiar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good standup being displayed there by Brown as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistar Brown dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Sotiar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brown scores with a hook.
Sotiar misses with a left hand
and Brown counters with a slapping leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brown.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sotiar circles away quickly and effectively.
Sotiar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Sotiar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brown throws a series of punches but Sotiar moves out of range.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sotiar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sotiar throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Brown. That snapped Sotiar's head back.
A big right from Sotiar misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown slips under a jab.
A lazy body kick from Brown
and Sotiar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown throws a head kick but Sotiar moves out of range.
Sotiar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Brown.
Brown lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sotiar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Sotiar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sotiar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sotiar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Brown misses with a leg kick
and Sotiar counters with a two punch combo.
Brown lands with a cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sotiar.
Sotiar misses with a straight right.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sotiar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Sotiar 's knee.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Sotiar down.
Sotiar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Sotiar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Brown throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Brown throws a right hand that Sotiar ducks under and follows up with a left that Sotiar also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sotiar can do to turn this around?
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sotiar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brown.
Sotiar throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
Sotiar scoring well with a low kick there.
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
Brown slips a jab from Sotiar.
Brown works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Sotiar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brown doesn't seem phased though.
Sotiar misses with the combination.
Brown misses with a wild combination.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sotiar.
Brown feints and then cracks Sotiar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sotiar down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Sotiar misses with a wild body shot.
Sotiar connects with a body shot.
Sotiar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A right-left combo lands from Brown.
Sotiar throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown misses with a two punch combination.
Sotiar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown moves out of range as Sotiar strikes.
Sotiar missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Sotiar misses.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sotiar.
Sotiar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a thumping low kick.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Sotiar.
Brown moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Sotiar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
No joy there for Sotiar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brown delivers a nice body kick.
Brown thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sotiar if he has to take too many more of those.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
A left lands for Brown.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab lands there for Sotiar.
Brown takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sotiar motions for Brown to come forward. Sotiar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
A low kick from Brown misses
and Sotiar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sotiar. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sotiar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown moves away from the strike by Sotiar.
Mark Sotiar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sotiar avoids the body shot from Brown.
Sotiar throws a lazy uppercut
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alistar Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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