PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Lichfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Brunos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lichfield
vs
Brunos

176 cm
25
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Lichfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Brunos!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lichfield drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Brunos bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Lichfield scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brunos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Brunos struggling a bit here.
Brunos is trying to buck Lichfield off.

Lichfield is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Brunos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Brunos is looking for a sweep.

Lichfield tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lichfield has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Brunos manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lichfield lands with a punch from half guard.
Lichfield is nestled in close to Brunos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brunos wants to control but Lichfield is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Lichfield wants to work for an arm triangle but Brunos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brunos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lichfield working Brunos over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lichfield lands a nice short elbow.
Brunos misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Brunos wants to improve his position but Lichfield is controlling well.
Lichfield is nestled in close to Brunos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunos wants to improve his position but Lichfield is controlling well.
Lichfield seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Brunos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lichfield is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lichfield lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lichfield prevents Brunos from standing back up.

Lichfield is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Lichfield is working for a submission of some sort.
Brunos is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lichfield is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Brunos!

Lichfield is working for a guillotine from mount but Brunos frees his head quite easily.

Lichfield is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Brunos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lichfield is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brunos tries to hold on but Lichfield pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lichfield cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lichfield looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lichfield in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brunos wants to hold on but Lichfield pushes him away.
Lichfield cracks Brunos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Brunos is rocked!
Brunos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Brunos gets back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lichfield makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lichfield's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brunos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lichfield landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Lichfield dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brunos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lichfield's waist but Lichfield gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brunos off to one side.

Lichfield manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Brunos on his heels. He'll look to pass Brunos's guard now, I'm sure.
Lichfield scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brunos is still in real trouble! Can Lichfield finish him?
Brunos keeping full guard, as Lichfield tries to pass.
Brunos seems to have recovered his senses.
Lichfield working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lichfield passes Brunos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Lichfield is looking for a kimura here.
Brunos has hold of Lichfield's hands but Lichfield slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lichfield scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lichfield really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brunos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunos gets back to full guard.
Lichfield lands a couple of digs.
Lichfield is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brunos can do to turn this around?
Brunos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lichfield working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brunos's head.

Lichfield thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lichfield scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brunos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lichfield postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lichfield landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lichfield is working Brunos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lichfield postures up.
Brunos has momentary wrist control but Lichfield slips an elbow through the middle.
Brunos wants to sweep but no luck.
Lichfield chips away with some ground and pound.
Lichfield is fighting to break Brunos's control of his arms but Brunos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lichfield keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brunos's head.
Brunos is breathing heavily.
Lichfield wants to pass the guard but Brunos is keeping the position.
Lichfield content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lichfield landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lichfield lands a couple of elbows.
Lichfield postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lichfield chips away with some ground and pound.
Lichfield lands a couple of digs.
Lichfield working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brunos's head.
Lichfield passes Brunos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Lichfield trying to work for an americana but Brunos has managed to regain full guard.

Lichfield is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lichfield content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lichfield lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brunos trying to control the position.
Lichfield prevents Brunos from getting back to his feet.
Lichfield pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brunos is keeping the position for now.
Lichfield working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brunos's head.
Lichfield stopping the sweep attempt from Brunos.
Brunos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lichfield scoring with some ground and pound.
Lichfield landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Lichfield dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Brunos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lichfield is looking to counter punch.

Lichfield throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Brunos was covering up waiting for the punch and Lichfield finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lichfield 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.
Lichfield scoring with some ground and pound.
Lichfield landing with the ground and pound.
Lichfield distracts Brunos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brunos is trying to keep Lichfield in close.
Brunos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lichfield postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brunos is trying to keep Lichfield in close.
Lichfield working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lichfield drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Brunos dives on top into guard.

In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Brunos working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Lichfield looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lichfield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Lichfield has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brunos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Lichfield looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Brunos has picked Lichfield up and slammed him! Lichfield can't keep hold of the triangle and Brunos manages to pass to side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Brunos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lichfield, who protects the arm well.
Lichfield tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brunos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunos sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lichfield is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lichfield tries to buck Brunos off but Brunos is having none of it.
Lichfield is working hard here to advance position.

Brunos stands up and beckons Lichfield to his feet.

Lichfield darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lichfield is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brunos is trying to stand.
Lichfield lands strikes from half guard.

Brunos is defending against the submission attempts here by Lichfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lichfield landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lichfield connects with a nice short shot to Brunos's temple.
Lichfield 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 two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lichfield connects with a nice short shot to Brunos's temple.
Lichfield is nestled in close to Brunos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brunos is looking to control Lichfield's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brunos avoid being mounted?
Lichfield drops an elbow to the side of Brunos's head.

Lichfield is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Brunos is just riding it out for now. Lichfield eventually gives up the hold.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lichfield connects with a nice short shot to Brunos's temple.

Brunos actively working from the bottom here.

Lichfield is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brunos has managed to free his arm - good work.

Lichfield is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jimmy Brunos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lichfield drops an elbow to the side of Brunos's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Lichfield showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lichfield has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Lichfield!