PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Borneo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murphy Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Borneo
vs
Brown

185 cm
22
187 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

215 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ka-POW Clothing

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Borneo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Murphy Brown!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Borneo swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Brown shoots and misses
enabling Borneo to counter with a crisp jab.
Joey Borneo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murphy Brown.
Borneo throws a head kick that misses.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brown has his takedown stuffed
and Borneo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Brown's knee momentarily.
Brown misses with a takedown
enabling Borneo to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borneo.
Borneo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borneo connects with a body shot that sends Brown's belly button to the back.
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo counters with a leg kick.
Brown looks gassed!
Brown tries for a takedown but Borneo circles away easily
and Borneo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brown thinking.
Borneo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Borneo.
Borneo scoring well with a low kick there.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borneo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brown momentarily.
Borneo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Borneo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Borneo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Borneo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Borneo can pounce on him.
Borneo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Borneo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Borneo lands a nice looking body shot.
Borneo misses with a series of wild punches.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borneo.
Borneo misses with a double jab.
Borneo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Borneo counters with a solid body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Borneo. That snapped Brown's head back.
Nice body kick from Borneo.
Borneo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borneo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brown eats them both and turns towards Borneo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Borneo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Borneo is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Borneo lands with a kick to the temple. Brown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Borneo.
Borneo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brown stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Borneo lands a nice looking body shot.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Borneo. Borneo obviously looking to wear him down.
Borneo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Borneo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borneo throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Borneo lands a right hook to the body.
Borneo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Borneo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Borneo tries a head kick but it misses.
Borneo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borneo digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Borneo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Borneo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brown's calf.
Borneo lands a high kick!
Brown avoids the body shot from Borneo.
Borneo scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borneo connects with a solid leg kick.
Borneo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Borneo thumps Brown with a low kick.
Borneo throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Borneo lands a nice looking body kick.
Borneo scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Borneo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Borneo can pounce on him.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Borneo counters with a low kick, right behind Brown 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borneo cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Borneo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Borneo lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borneo. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borneo is looking to wear down Brown with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Borneo connects with a single shot there.
Borneo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Borneo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Borneo. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borneo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Borneo punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borneo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brown momentarily.
Brown is trying desperately to land a takedown but Borneo is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Brown.
Borneo just misses with a punch to the body.
Borneo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Borneo dominated that round.
That's time! Borneo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Borneo was covering up waiting for the punch and Brown finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Borneo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown postures up.
Borneo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Borneo keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.

Brown drops back, looking for a kneebar! Borneo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Borneo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Borneo!

Borneo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Joey Borneo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a body kick that stops Brown in his tracks momentarily.
Murphy Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown is breathing heavily.

Brown gets the takedown into side control.

Borneo bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Borneo connects with a leg kick. Brown looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Borneo.
Borneo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Borneo connects with a high kick.
Brown has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Borneo.
Borneo swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Borneo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brown's hands.
Decent striking displayed by Borneo there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Borneo, right into the meat.
Borneo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Borneo finds it's way round the side to connect with Brown's head.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Borneo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joey Borneo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murphy Brown.
Borneo punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Borneo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Borneo scores with a leg kick.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Borneo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Borneo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!
Borneo throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Borneo.
Borneo throws a head kick that misses.
Borneo just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borneo misses the shot to the body.
Brown on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Borneo misses with a body shot.
Brown misses with a takedown
and Borneo counters with a good, hard body kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Borneo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Borneo feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Borneo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brown with a poor takedown
and Borneo counters with a nice body kick.
Borneo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Borneo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Borneo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Borneo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borneo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brown has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a thumping low kick.
Borneo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brown's head backwards.
Borneo thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Borneo. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown avoids the head kick by Borneo.
Borneo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown misses with a takedown
and Borneo counters with a left to the body.
Borneo scores with a push kick.
Brown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Borneo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brown on the side of the head.
Borneo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Borneo.
Borneo looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Borneo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! 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.

Borneo scores with a leg kick.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a two punch combo.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Borneo counters with a nice body shot.
Borneo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borneo lands a nice looking body shot.
Borneo scores with a jab to the head.
Good exchange - Borneo coming out on top.
Borneo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.
Joey Borneo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murphy Brown.
Borneo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borneo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Borneo lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Borneo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Borneo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Borneo stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borneo lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Borneo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Borneo throws a head kick that misses.
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Borneo throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Borneo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brown takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Borneo catches Brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brown walks into a stiff left hand from Borneo.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Borneo throws a shot to the body.
Borneo punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Borneo sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt
and Borneo counters with a nice leg kick.
Borneo lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Borneo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Borneo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Borneo scores with a jab to the body.
Borneo scores with a jab to the body.
Borneo thumps Brown with a low kick.
Borneo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Borneo lands with a right hand.
Borneo misses with a body shot.
Borneo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brown's calf.
Borneo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Borneo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Borneo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Borneo connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick misses from Borneo.
Borneo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brown has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Borneo.
Brown shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Borneo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joey Borneo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Borneo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Borneo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Borneo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab by Borneo.
Borneo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Borneo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown shoots and misses
and Borneo counters with a thumping low kick.
Brown tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borneo.
Borneo thows a body shot but no joy.
Borneo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brown fails with the takedown
and Borneo counters with a leg kick.
Borneo misses the shot to the body.
Borneo takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Borneo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown avoids the body shot from Borneo.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Borneo counters with a left to the body.
Murphy Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joey Borneo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Borneo connects with a high kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Borneo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Borneo, 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Borneo!