PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Brantley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Vice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernard Vice has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brantley
vs
Vice

177 cm
26
182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lukas Brantley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bernard Vice!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brantley stuffs the takedown.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brantley.
Vice doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vice fails to land the takedown.
Vice with a poor takedown
and Brantley counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Bernard Vice has been cut.
Lukas Brantley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Vice.
Brantley stuffs the takedown.
Brantley feints and then cracks Vice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vice down.
Vice looks gassed!
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!

Brantley lands a left and a right that sends Vice crashing to the canvas! Brantley dives into mount looking to finish!

Vice is rocked!

Brantley is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Vice is surviving well by controlling Brantley's body position as best he can.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Vice can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brantley with the ground and pound from mount.
Brantley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vice working to try and regain half guard.
Brantley lands a big shot there that rocks Vice but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vice really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Vice is squirming around, avoiding Brantley's attempts to control the action.
Brantley scoring with strikes but Vice is staying in there.
Brantley trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Brantley looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Brantley trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brantley raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brantley working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Vice that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Brantley wants to control the pace but Vice is squirming around nicely.
Brantley with shots to the head and body - Vice looks very uncomfortable down there.
Brantley dominating with strikes here.

Brantley is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Brantley!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lukas Brantley!