PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Brownie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolpho Vasquel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasquel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Surviving the Times kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rodolpho Vasquel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brownie
vs
Vasquel

185 cm
24
182 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
185 lbs
10 - 9 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Good kicks
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benjamin Brownie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodolpho Vasquel!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brownie. Vasquel does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Vasquel misses.
Brownie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vasquel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vasquel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Vasquel misses its intended target.
Brownie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brownie misses with a body shot.
Vasquel pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brownie back to the cage. Vasquel follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Brownie blocks a low kick nicely.
Brownie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brownie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vasquel manages to avoid it.
Brownie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vasquel.
Vasquel misses with a combination
and Brownie counters with a three punch combo that has Vasquel backing up. Vasquel nods at Brownie to acknowledge the strikes.
Brownie misses with a right hand
and Brownie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vasquel looks to land a right hand but Brownie moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brownie throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vasquel counters with a stiff right hand.
Vasquel throws a hook but Brownie avoids it easily.
Vasquel digs a good body shot into Brownie's ribs.
Vasquel lands a glancing blow to the side of Brownie's head.
Vasquel jabs at Brownie's body.
Vasquel misses with a double jab.
Brownie throws a poor cross that misses
letting Vasquel counter with a right hand.
Brownie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brownie misses with a hook.
Brownie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vasquel to score with a decent uppercut.
Brownie tries to move into range but Vasquel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vasquel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brownie tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brownie throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasquel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vasquel throws a hook to the side of Brownie's head but Brownie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brownie misses with a wild combination.
Brownie misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Brownie misses its intended target.
Brownie looks to land a left hand but Vasquel moved out of range nicely.
Brownie throws a series of punches but Vasquel moves out of range.
Vasquel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vasquel throws a shot to the body.
Brownie throws a lazy uppercut
and Vasquel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vasquel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brownie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brownie throws a lazy head kick
and Vasquel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brownie is breathing heavily.
Vasquel scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Brownie lands.
Vasquel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brownie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vasquel scrambles back to his feet.
Brownie lands with a nice body punch.
Brownie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vasquel looks to land a left hand but Brownie moved out of range nicely.
Vasquel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brownie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brownie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brownie slips under a jab from Vasquel.
Brownie throws a sloppy head kick and Vasquel moves out of range easily.
Vasquel slips a straight right by Brownie.
Brownie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vasquel. Vasquel obviously looking to wear him down.
Brownie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vasquel manages to avoid it.
Vasquel looks to land a right hand but Brownie moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brownie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vasquel.
Vasquel is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brownie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A cross from Vasquel lands.
Vasquel moves out of range as Brownie strikes.
Vasquel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brownie's sensitive parts.
Brownie swings for the body but Vasquel moves out of range.
Brownie misses the jab.
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!
Vasquel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vasquel cracks Brownie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vasquel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vasquel scores with a jab. Brownie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vasquel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brownie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vasquel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vasquel lands with a nice combination. Brownie backs away looking to recover.
Vasquel misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodolpho Vasquel 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.

Vasquel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vasquel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vasquel clobbers Brownie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brownie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vasquel throws a body punch but Brownie moves out of range.
Brownie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vasquel slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Brownie.
Brownie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasquel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vasquel cracks Brownie with a good jab.
Brownie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vasquel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rodolpho Vasquel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vasquel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brownie on the side of the head.
Vasquel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brownie takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brownie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Brownie is rocked!
Brownie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oh Brownie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brownie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vasquel.
Vasquel throws a series of punches but Brownie avoids them all with ease.
Brownie swings widly with a right hand
and Vasquel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brownie lands a glancing blow to the side of Vasquel's head.
A slow jab from Brownie misses its intended target.
Vasquel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brownie throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasquel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vasquel slips a jab from Brownie.
Brownie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A swing and a miss from Vasquel.
Brownie throws the left hand but Vasquel avoids the punch easily.
Vasquel slips under a jab.
Nice jab there from Vasquel.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brownie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brownie thows a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vasquel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brownie throws out the jab.
Brownie cracks Vasquel with an open hand slap.
Vasquel scores with a sloppy right hand. Brownie should have avoided that one.
Vasquel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vasquel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brownie takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A lazy left from Vasquel finds it's target.
A shot to the liver by Vasquel. Beautiful body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brownie. Vasquel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vasquel lands with a hook. Brownie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vasquel ducks under a wild hook from Brownie.
Vasquel lands with a cross.
Vasquel throws a hook but Brownie avoids it easily.
Vasquel works the jab nicely.
Vasquel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vasquel connects with the punch.
Brownie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brownie moves out of range of the strikes.
Brownie throws a hook to the side of Vasquel's head but Vasquel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasquel lands a jab to the head.
Brownie takes one on the button.
Brownie throws a shot from downtown. Vasquel moves away and avoids it.
Vasquel scores with a hook to the body. Brownie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vasquel's corner calls for a 1-2. Vasquel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brownie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasquel was well out of range. Poor timing from Brownie.
Brownie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brownie throws a poor cross that misses
and Vasquel counters with a left to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vasquel!
Brownie misses with a hook. Vasquel ducked under it nicely.
A left lands for Vasquel.
Brownie throws a hook to the side of Vasquel's head but Vasquel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brownie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vasquel.
Vasquel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vasquel lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brownie cracks Vasquel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vasquel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Brownie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vasquel looks to land a left hand but Brownie moved out of range nicely.
Brownie scores with a jab to the head.
Vasquel lands with a straight right. Brownie didn't see that one coming.
Brownie just misses with a punch to the body.
Brownie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vasquel scores with a sloppy right hand. Brownie should have avoided that one.
Brownie moves out of range of the strikes.
Brownie throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Brownie misses its intended target.
Nice straight punches there by Vasquel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vasquel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brownie misses with a left hand
and Vasquel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vasquel cracks Brownie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brownie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vasquel counters with a straight right hand.
Vasquel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brownie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodolpho Vasquel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Brownie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vasquel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brownie.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Vasquel! Brownie is backing up but he can't get away as Vasquel lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Brownie and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rodolpho Vasquel!