PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between dominique brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Mexican Samurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mexican Samurai has chosen Forever And A Day as his entrance music. The Mexican Samurai told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

brown
vs
Mexican Samurai

168 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, dominique brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Mexican Samurai!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mexican Samurai fails in his attempt to clinch.
brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mexican Samurai moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
No luck for brown with that takedown attempt.
Mexican Samurai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mexican Samurai doesn't succeed with the takedown

and brown counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mexican Samurai!
Mexican Samurai is looking to improve his position but brown isn't that keen on the idea.

brown has hold of Mexican Samurai's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Mexican Samurai manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Mexican Samurai working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

brown is working for a guillotine from mount but Mexican Samurai frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

brown is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Mexican Samurai has managed to escape the submission attempt.

brown is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Mexican Samurai has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Mexican Samurai!

brown had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Mexican Samurai is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. brown Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Mexican Samurai's back instead.
brown is breathing heavily.
Mexican Samurai breaks brown's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

brown escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mexican Samurai gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

brown is working an open guard so Mexican Samurai takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai wants to clinch but brown slips to the side

and brown counters with a single leg into guard. Mexican Samurai didn't expect that.
Mexican Samurai striking from his own guard.
Mexican Samurai bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in brown's guard.
Mexican Samurai is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mexican Samurai postures up and lands a big shot to brown's brow.

Mexican Samurai gets to his feet. brown looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Mexican Samurai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mexican Samurai lands a right hook to the body.
brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mexican Samurai.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai moves in looking to clinch but brown pushes him off.
Mexican Samurai wants to clinch up but brown keeps it at a distance.
Mexican Samurai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
brown shoots and misses

and Mexican Samurai counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in brown's guard now.
Mexican Samurai slips nicely into half guard.
brown wants to improve his position but Mexican Samurai is controlling well.
Mexican Samurai passes to full mount!
Mexican Samurai controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai scoring with strikes but brown is staying in there.
Mexican Samurai with shots to the head and body - brown looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mexican Samurai tries to control but brown wriggling away.
brown working to try and regain half guard.
Mexican Samurai takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mexican Samurai is going olschool here, as he tries to force brown to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so brown shrugs it off.
Mexican Samurai lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mexican Samurai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mexican Samurai feints and as brown raises his hands in defense, Mexican Samurai changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

brown throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mexican Samurai's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The Mexican Samurai has got the better of the ground game so far.

brown throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

brown working for a triangle but Mexican Samurai defends it easily.
brown will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
brown keeping moving, preventing Mexican Samurai from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mexican Samurai chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

brown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mexican Samurai can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mexican Samurai sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Mexican Samurai stands and steps away. brown gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Mexican Samurai wants to clinch up but brown keeps it at a distance.
brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mexican Samurai throws a sloppy head kick and brown moves out of range easily.
brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mexican Samurai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mexican Samurai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mexican Samurai cracks a nice hook into brown's ribs.
Mexican Samurai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mexican Samurai wants to clinch up but brown keeps it at a distance.
Mexican Samurai moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mexican Samurai tries to clinch up.
Mexican Samurai just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown keeps the fight on the outside.
dominique brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Mexican Samurai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mexican Samurai pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mexican Samurai cracks brown with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
brown is looking to improve his position but Mexican Samurai isn't that keen on the idea.
Mexican Samurai lands a nice shot to the head.
Mexican Samurai controlling from mount.
Mexican Samurai dominating with strikes here.
brown is trying desperately to improve position.
Mexican Samurai breaks from brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
brown tries to lock up and control but Mexican Samurai gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
brown working to try and regain half guard.
Mexican Samurai landing strikes from the mount and brown is in trouble!

Mexican Samurai working for a submission but brown is keeping him at bay.
brown is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
brown looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Mexican Samurai connects with a big shot to the side of brown's head.
brown is keeping busy.
brown rolls, trying to escape but Mexican Samurai keeps control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Mexican Samurai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

No joy there for Mexican Samurai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mexican Samurai tries a head kick but it misses.
brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mexican Samurai counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mexican Samurai lands with an overhand left.
Mexican Samurai fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Mexican Samurai misses.
The Mexican Samurai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
brown misses with a takedown attempt

and Mexican Samurai counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Mexican Samurai postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for brown to stand up.

Mexican Samurai looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown wants to control but Mexican Samurai is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mexican Samurai is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
brown is squirming around, avoiding Mexican Samurai's attempts to control the action.
Mexican Samurai lands a heavy elbow.
brown is just holding on here. Mexican Samurai manages to take his back.
Mexican Samurai tries to get the hooks in deep but brown pushed the leg off.

Mexican Samurai is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but brown has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai softening up his opponent with strikes here.
brown tries to escape the position.

Mexican Samurai is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. brown is defending well though. Mexican Samurai let's go of the attempt for now.
Mexican Samurai lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Mexican Samurai landing with strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
brown is trapped and Mexican Samurai is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Mexican Samurai lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can brown hold on?!
brown turns into Mexican Samurai and is now in his guard.
brown trying to control but Mexican Samurai is working from the bottom.

brown drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mexican Samurai looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mexican Samurai looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mexican Samurai!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mexican Samurai tries to move into full mount but can't pass brown's legs.
brown struggling a bit here.
Mexican Samurai cracks brown with a big elbow.

Mexican Samurai decides to stand back up.
brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mexican Samurai.
Nice sprawl there from brown as Mexican Samurai shoots in.
Mexican Samurai tries to close the distance and clinch but brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
brown misses with a takedown attempt
and Mexican Samurai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for dominique brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mexican Samurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by brown.
Mexican Samurai fails with the takedown

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

brown is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Mexican Samurai is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Mexican Samurai has escaped and now he's on top!
Mexican Samurai is in close to brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.
dominique brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

brown is working an open guard so Mexican Samurai takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Mexican Samurai connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between brown's hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Mexican Samurai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mexican Samurai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Mexican Samurai!