PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brennan Brunswick (ranked 1690 p4p, 1915 weight class) and Longsun Zhao (ranked 230 p4p, 269 weight class). Longsun Zhao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brunswick
vs
Zhao

195 cm
19
200
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
187
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brennan Brunswick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Longsun Zhao!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Darius Henderson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brunswick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zhao has had enough of the clinch but Brunswick keeps him there for the moment.
Brunswick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Longsun Zhao has been cut.
Brunswick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zhao's efforts to push away.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brunswick.
Brunswick misses with a punch on the inside.
Brunswick is leaning against Zhao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Brunswick fails to land.
Brunswick can't find room to land a body shot as Zhao controls the action.
Brunswick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zhao backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhao is trying to push Brunswick away but Brunswick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Zhao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brunswick darts in and clinches Zhao up against the cage.

Zhao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Brunswick moves into range and clinches up with Zhao.
Zhao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zhao looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhao can't break the clinch.
Zhao is trying to push Brunswick away but Brunswick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zhao wants to break free but Brunswick has control.
Zhao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brunswick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zhao.
Brunswick lands an uppercut.
Brunswick tries a body shot but Zhao blocks it.
Brunswick is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zhao looks winded!
Brunswick tries a body shot but Zhao blocks it.
Zhao takes a shot to the head.
Zhao blocks a body shot from Brunswick.
Brunswick tries a body shot but Zhao blocks it.
Brunswick misses with an elbow strike.
Brunswick tries a body shot but Zhao blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Zhao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brunswick misses with a punch to the body.
Brunswick throws a head punch that misses.
Brunswick lands with a left to the head.
Brunswick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zhao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Zhao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brunswick is looking to clinch.

Brunswick pushes Zhao up against the cage in a clinch.
Zhao is trying to break the clinch but Brunswick is controlling him.
A nice left hand lands by Brunswick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brunswick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Brunswick.
Zhao blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhao can't break the clinch.
Zhao blocks an uppercut.
Brunswick struggles to land a body shot inside as Zhao controls his hands.
Brunswick tries to throw a body punch but Zhao avoids it by throwing Brunswick back against the cage.
Brunswick lands a body punch.
Brunswick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brunswick tries to work over Zhao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zhao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brunswick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brunswick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zhao backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zhao.
Brunswick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Zhao manages to break the clinch.

Brunswick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brunswick misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunswick throws a head punch that misses.
Brunswick cracks Zhao with a nice body shot.
Brunswick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Brunswick.
Brunswick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brunswick misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Brunswick as the two fighters clinch.
Brunswick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brunswick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zhao blocks a body shot from Brunswick.
Brunswick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brunswick.
Good body shot from Brunswick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Brennan Brunswick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Longsun Zhao's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brunswick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zhao, pushing him back against the cage.
Zhao prevents a body shot from Brunswick.
Zhao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brunswick misses with some punches.
Zhao blocks an uppercut.
Zhao prevents a body shot from Brunswick.
Brunswick scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brunswick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brunswick lands a good knee to the midsection. Zhao won't want to take too many of those.
Brunswick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zhao can do to turn this around?
Brunswick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brennan Brunswick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunswick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brunswick lands a shoulder strike.
Brunswick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zhao.
Zhao is breathing heavily.
Brunswick throws a punch but it's blocked by Zhao.
A hook to the body from Brunswick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brunswick tries to throw a body punch but Zhao avoids it by throwing Brunswick back against the cage.
Brunswick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brunswick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brunswick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zhao takes a shot to the head.

Zhao is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brunswick.
Zhao is still on wobbly legs! Can Brunswick finish him?
Zhao blocking some punches.
Brunswick creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Zhao's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Zhao drops to his knees and Brunswick pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brennan Brunswick!
An out of breath Brennan Brunswick thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.