PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Fry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fry has chosen Rain - Trivium as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Diego Brandao has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Brandao
vs
Fry

169 cm
28
155 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

180 cm
25
150 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cody Fry!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fry darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Brandao is trying to stand back up but Fry is controlling him
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fry stops Brandao from getting back to his feet.
Fry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brandao pushes Fry off looking to stand but Fry dives back in and keeps control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brandao keeps working.

Fry seems to be working for a kimura but Brandao defends the submission attempt.
Fry is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao wants to get back to his feet.

Fry is working for a kimura but Brandao is defending it quite comfortably.
Fry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fry lands a nice short elbow.
Brandao is not content to let Fry control the position.
Fry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brandao tries to kick Fry off but Fry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fry lands strikes from half guard.
Brandao is trying to stand.

Fry is trying to work for a kimura but Brandao is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fry lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fry lands a nice short elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandao wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fry lands a nice short elbow.
Fry prevents Brandao from standing back up.
Brandao is breathing heavily.
Fry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brandao with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Brandao is rocked!
Fry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Brandao is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fry scores with a big shot! Brandao's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Brandao! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Fry!
Cody Fry decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.