PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Irving Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusan Lazic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Brown
vs
Lazic

192 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irving Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dusan Lazic!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown stuffs the takedown.
Brown stuffs the takedown attempt from Lazic. Lazic gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lazic.
Irving Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dusan Lazic.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lazic is defended easily by Brown.
Brown tries to clinch there but Lazic circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lazic.
Lazic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brown sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brown pushes Lazic away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lazic's sensitive parts.
Lazic looks gassed!

Brown rushes Lazic and presses him up against the cage.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lazic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lazic avoids it.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lazic.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Lazic's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lazic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Lazic's ribcage.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lazic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lazic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lazic looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lazic tightens his grip and picks Brown up, before dumping him to the ground. Brown manages to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Brown wants to sweep but no luck.
Brown pulls Lazic in close to prevent any damage.
Lazic must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lazic wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Lazic is now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brown trying to control the position.
Brown working a defensive guard but Lazic manages to pass into side control anyway.
Lazic gets to mount! Brown was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Brown is squirming around, avoiding Lazic's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown wants to control but Lazic is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazic content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
Brown could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Good standup being displayed there by Brown as he connects with a hook.
Lazic fails with the takedown.
Lazic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brown sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lazic gets slowly back to his feet.
Irving Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dusan Lazic.
Brown displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lazic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lazic is breathing heavily.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown but Brown shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Lazic down.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lazic. That did some damage!
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Lazic shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Irving Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to clinch but Lazic is having none of it.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lazic gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown tries to clinch there but Lazic circles away.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lazic swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Brown lands a high kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Lazic down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Lazic's front leg but catches the back leg as Lazic tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Lazic down.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown cracks the inside of Lazic's front leg.
Lazic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice cross by Brown.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown delivers a nice body kick.

Brown takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lazic is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irving Brown dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lazic.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lazic gets slowly back to his feet.
Lazic fails with the takedown.
Irving Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dusan Lazic.
Brown throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lazic's head.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lazic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
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!
Brown lands a leg kick that knocks Lazic off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown lands a big head kick that sends Lazic tumbling to the mat! Brown takes a step backwards and waves Lazic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Dusan Lazic has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lazic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lazic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Brown lands a big head kick that sends Lazic tumbling to the mat! Brown takes a step backwards and waves Lazic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lazic is rocked!
Lazic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brown.
Irving Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lazic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Lazic shrugs it off though.
Brown is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazic takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lazic.
Brown throws a nice head kick!
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Lazic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brown throws a head kick that Lazic semi-blocks.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lazic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lazic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dusan Lazic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown lands a high kick!
Brown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Brown.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lazic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brown scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brown is looking to slow Lazic down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown fakes the leg kick and cracks Lazic in the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head kick that half lands.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lazic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brown.
Lazic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brown throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lazic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lazic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lazic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.
Dusan Lazic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Irving Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Irving Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25

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