PBP Commentary

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

Martin
vs
Brown

188 cm
22
288 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
29
285 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keith Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Logan Brown!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a right hand that Martin ducks under and follows up with a left that Martin also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brown staying out of range there.
Martin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown darts in looking for a takedown but Martin gets double underhooks and turns Brown into the cage.
Martin tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Martin prevents a body shot from Brown.
Brown prevents Martin from breaking the clinch.
Brown lands a shot to the body.
Martin stops a takedown attempt from Brown.
Martin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martin can't break the clinch.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Martin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brown has Martin pressed against the cage, preventing Martin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown is trying to pull guard but Martin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Keith Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Brown.
Brown misses with the head strike.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Brown takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martin throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Martin takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Martin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Martin slips the punch.
Brown slips under a jab.
Keith Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin blocks a head kick by Brown.
Martin works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Martin throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown shoots for a double leg takedown but Martin sprawls well. He's pushed Brown's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martin clobbers Brown with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Martin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Martin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Martin has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Martin is trying is best to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown seems to be working for a kimura but Martin defends the submission attempt.
Brown working Martin over with strikes.
Brown is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brown stops Martin from getting back to his feet.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Martin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown prevents Martin from improving his position.
Martin has hold of Brown's hands but Brown slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martin tries to get out of the position.
Brown prevents Martin from standing back up.

Brown is trying to work for a kimura but Martin is defending well.
Martin wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown working the head and body with strikes.
Brown thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.
Martin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martin wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown trying to mount his opponent but Martin defends it.
Martin is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Martin wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Martin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown staying busy and making it hard for Martin to control.

Martin has his opponent's back but Brown is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Martin.
Brown tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martin with a nice cross.
Martin throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Martin taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Brown winds up and cracks Martin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Martin wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Brown there.
Martin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brown scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin is trying to stand.
Brown slips a nice elbow through Martin's hands, connecting with Martin's forehead.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brown thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan 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.

Brown misses the shot to the body.
Martin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martin was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Martin lands a nice hook to Brown's body. Brown takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
Martin throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Martin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Martin slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martin was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Brown is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Martin rather than just go for the knockout.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martin lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Martin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brown throws a jab when Martin was well out of range.
Brown slips a jab from Martin.
Nice straight punches there by Martin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martin.

Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throwing shots but Martin is blocking nicely.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Martin is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.

Martin has one foot on Brown's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Brown lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martin circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Martin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brown slips under a jab.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Martin tries to sprawl out of it but Brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Keith Martin is winning the standup battle so far.

Brown shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Brown was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brown is breathing heavily.
Martin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Martin wants to get back to his feet.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown prevents Martin from improving his position.
Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground.
Martin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown is keen to just control but Martin is a slippery customer.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brown lands with a punch from half guard.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martin is doing well to control the position and prevent Brown from advancing to side control.
Brown drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Brown trying to control the action but Martin is working from the bottom.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Martin defending well though.

Brown is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Martin is just riding it out for now. Brown eventually gives up the hold.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Martin trying to hold on to Brown's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Brown prevents Martin from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Brown.
Brown lands with a punch from half guard.
Logan Brown has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Martin trying to hold on to Brown's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Martin is looking to escape.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Martin wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Martin is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martin trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Brown manages to pass to mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Keith Martin has been cut.
Martin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brown dominating with strikes here.

Keith Martin's cut is getting worse.
Brown landing shots from mount.

Martin is rocked!

Jeez, Keith Martin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Keith Martin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Logan Brown!
After winning the bout, Logan Brown thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.