PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Browne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Trooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Browne
vs
Trooper

177 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Browne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Trooper!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Browne tries to clinch
and Browne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Browne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Trooper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trooper cracks Browne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Trooper misses with a straight right.
Browne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trooper lands with an uppercut that bounces Browne off the cage and back into range.
Trooper throws a shot from downtown. Browne moves away and avoids it.
Browne closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Trooper to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Trooper misses.
Browne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Browne tries to clinch there but Trooper circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Browne tries to clinch but Trooper moves out of range.
Browne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trooper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trooper throws out a counter right but Browne avoids it with no problem.
Trooper lands with a straight right. Browne didn't see that one coming.
Trooper misses with a hook.
Trooper connects with the punch.
Browne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Browne moves to clinch but Trooper breaks away
and Trooper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Browne thinking.
Browne throws a hook but Trooper avoids it easily.
Browne tries to clinch but Trooper moves out of range.
Simon Browne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Browne throws a sloppy body shot
and Trooper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Browne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Browne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trooper connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Browne scrambles back to his feet.
Trooper throws a big shot that misses.
Browne tries to clinch
and Trooper counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Browne tries to clinch up but Trooper circles away and keeps his distance.
Trooper is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A slow jab from Trooper misses its intended target.
Browne tries to clinch up
and Trooper counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Browne thinking.
Trooper tests Browne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Browne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trooper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trooper misses with an uppercut.
Trooper connects with a looping right hand.
Trooper swats away the attempt to clinch by Browne.
Trooper throws out a counter right but Browne avoids it with no problem.
The fight stays on the outside here - Browne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trooper is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Browne had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Browne takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Browne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Trooper lands a shoulder strike.
Browne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trooper's elbow.
Trooper scores with a shoulder strike.
Trooper has a couple of punches blocked by Browne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trooper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trooper pushes Browne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Browne tries to work over Trooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Browne goes for a takedown attempt but Trooper pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Trooper. That snapped Browne's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Browne moves in looking to clinch but Trooper pushes him off.
Browne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trooper.
A shot to the liver by Trooper. Beautiful body shot.
Trooper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trooper lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Trooper as he connects with a hook.

Browne is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Trooper dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Browne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Trooper cracks Browne with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Trooper has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Browne to stand back up!
Oh Browne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trooper connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for Browne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trooper sizes up Browne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trooper slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bruce Trooper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Browne just misses with a punch to the body.
Browne seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Trooper.
Browne tries to clinch there but Trooper circles away.
A little jabbing left from Trooper on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Trooper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trooper throws a jab but it's blocked by Browne.
Browne seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Trooper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Browne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trooper keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Trooper on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Browne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Browne throws a body punch but Trooper moves out of range.
Browne drops his hands momentarily and Trooper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Trooper scores with a decent looking hook.
Trooper throws a jab when Browne was well out of range.
Trooper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trooper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Browne is looking to wear down Trooper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trooper looks to land a right hand but Browne moved out of range.
Browne ducks under a wild hook from Trooper.
Browne appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Browne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trooper.
Trooper lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trooper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Browne.
Trooper swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trooper misses the shot to the body.
Browne tries to clinch there but Trooper circles away.
Trooper looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Browne tries to clinch but Trooper moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Trooper misses.
Browne gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Browne walks into a stiff left hand from Trooper.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trooper keeps the fight on the outside.
Trooper stuns Browne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Trooper throws a lazy right hand but Browne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Browne tries to bum rush Trooper with a series of wild strikes but Trooper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Browne tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Trooper counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trooper sizes up Browne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Browne moves into range and clinches up with Trooper.
Trooper lands a nice uppercut.
Browne wants to take the fight to the mat but Trooper manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trooper.
Browne is trying to break the clinch but Trooper has him pressed against the cage.
Trooper pushes Browne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Trooper.
A short left from Trooper.
Browne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A short left from Trooper.
Browne wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trooper.
Trooper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trooper creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Browne's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Browne drops to his knees and Trooper pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Trooper!