PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Buflienko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Rob Zombie - Dragula as his entrance music. Ivan Buflienko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Buflienko
vs
Brown

175 cm
26
174 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conquer

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Buflienko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Brown!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buflienko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Buflienko tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown connects with a good right hand that stumbles Buflienko. Buflienko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Buflienko tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown feints a jab promting Buflienko to slip. Brown then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Buflienko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Buflienko wants to clinch
and Brown counters with a thumping low kick.
Buflienko wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side

and Brown counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Buflienko down! Brown is looking to finish but Buflienko is intelligently defending himself.

Buflienko is rocked!

It looks like Ivan Buflienko has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown prevents Buflienko from getting back to his feet.
Oh Buflienko is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brown is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Buflienko seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Matt Brown has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buflienko tries to clinch up
and Brown counters with a body kick.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Buflienko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown cracks the inside of Buflienko's front leg.
Buflienko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brown scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown connects with a body shot that sends Buflienko's belly button to the back.
Buflienko is breathing heavily.
Buflienko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buflienko closes the distance but Brown moves to the side
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Buflienko tries to clinch but Brown moves away

and Brown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buflienko takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buflienko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brown is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Buflienko has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Buflienko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Brown jumps into guard, dragging Buflienko to the mat.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Brown manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buflienko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown misses with a double jab.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Brown and Buflienko goes tumbling to the canvas! Brown follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Brown controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Brown has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Matt Brown hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Brown lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Buflienko sprawling to the canvas. Brown follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Buflienko hang on?
Brown stops Buflienko from getting back to his feet.
Brown is taking a breather. Buflienko 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Brown was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Buflienko tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Buflienko's cut.
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 jabs at Buflienko's body.
Buflienko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Brown and Buflienko goes tumbling to the canvas! Brown follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
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.
Brown performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Buflienko on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Buflienko tries to get out of the position.
Buflienko is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Matt Brown hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt

and Brown counters with a series of strikes that sends Buflienko to the canvas! Brown follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Ivan Buflienko's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brown slips nicely into half guard.
Brown slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Matt Brown hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice uppercut lands for Brown. That snapped Buflienko's head back.
Buflienko checks a leg kick nicely.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brown counters with a left and a right that stings Buflienko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buflienko, pushing him back against the cage.
Buflienko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buflienko is trying to maintain a safe position but Brown gets an underhook and turns Buflienko into the cage.
Buflienko lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Buflienko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buflienko lands with a light punch inside.
Buflienko looking to slow down the pace here.
Buflienko misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown slowing the pace effectively.
Buflienko working aggressively here.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown is stalling here.
Buflienko pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Buflienko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Buflienko misses with the head strike.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Buflienko is trying to stall.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Brown manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Brown is pulling down on Buflienko's head to control his posture.

Brown manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Brown.
Buflienko moves to clinch but Brown breaks away

and Brown counters with a series of strikes that sends Buflienko to the canvas! Brown follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ivan Buflienko's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Buflienko wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Buflienko tries to clinch up.
Buflienko misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a straight that turns Buflienko's legs to rubber! Brown pushes forward with more strikes and Buflienko goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Brown!
In his post fight interview, Matt Brown started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.