PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nino Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Ruiz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brown
vs
Ruiz

190 cm
21
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nino Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz shoots and misses

and Brown counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ruiz won't be happy with that.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ruiz trying to remain calm as Brown controls from the top position.
Brown landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ruiz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brown lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown slows the pace down in half guard.
Brown lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ruiz has a hand on Brown's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Brown takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to control but Ruiz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brown lands a couple of good shots and Ruiz has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Brown 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.
Brown controls the position.
Brown is landing with strikes. Ruiz can't take much more of this.
Brown trying to control.
Ruiz is trapped and Brown is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ruiz looking very determined here, making life difficult for Brown.
Brown avoiding Ruiz 's attempts to control his hands.
Ruiz is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Brown off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Brown keeps control of the position as Ruiz tries to break free.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brown is riding his opponent, not letting Ruiz buck him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown scores with punches to the body.
Brown has good solid back control here.
Can Ruiz hold on?! Brown is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Brown trying to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz tries to break free.
Ruiz looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Brown's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Ruiz tries to escape but Brown has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Brown punishes Ruiz with strikes from the back mount.
Ruiz breaks Brown's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Ruiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brown is on top in guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Ruiz keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown working some strikes from top position.
Ruiz looking to control but Brown passes into half guard.
Brown controlling the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ruiz is looking to get back to full guard here but Brown has managed to pass to side control instead.
Brown happy to just control the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown trying to control the position but Ruiz is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nino Brown dominated that 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.

Ruiz throws a head kick that misses

so Brown counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Ruiz has his foot on Brown's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brown works his way back into a safe position though.
Brown advances to half guard.
Brown is taking a breather. Ruiz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Brown passes into side control, despite Ruiz's attempt to control the position.
Brown landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown lands an elbow.
Brown landing a few strikes.
Brown is putting a hurting on Ruiz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Brown landing strikes.
Brown in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brown working the ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is putting a hurting on Ruiz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Brown remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Ruiz tries to improve position but can't.
Brown is working Ruiz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Brown lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ruiz is trying to escape the position but Brown is controlling the position.
Ruiz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ruiz is trying to control but Brown passes into side control!
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruiz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nino Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown working the head with strikes.
Ruiz is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Ruiz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brown lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ruiz down.
Brown in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brown working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Brown's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brown lands some shots froms side control.
Brown working the head with strikes.

Ruiz is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ruiz is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him?
Brown scoring with punches and elbows.
Brown lands a few punches from side control.
Brown scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Ruiz is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Brown can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nino Brown!
Post fight, an emotional Nino Brown said 'From selling drugs to becoming a champ. I'm taking over New York.Shouts out to Kaiser Clothing!'.