PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Brown (ranked 3213 p4p, 2319 weight class) and Andrey Zlobin (ranked 401 p4p, 298 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Brown
vs
Zlobin

193 cm
19
205
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
222
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

HELLBENT

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Zlobin!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zlobin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
Brown throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zlobin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zlobin.
Zlobin throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big right from Zlobin misses.
Brown was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brown scores with the left hand. Zlobin knows he should have avoided that one.
Zlobin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zlobin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zlobin. Zlobin obviously looking to wear him down.
A combination from Zlobin does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Brown misses the target.
Brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zlobin misses with an uppercut.
Brown misses with a hook
and Zlobin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zlobin is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Andrey Zlobin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zlobin cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zlobin sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zlobin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zlobin punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Zlobin is just out of range.
Zlobin throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Zlobin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zlobin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Zlobin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zlobin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Brown counters by clinching up.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Brown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Brown.
A short left from Brown.
Zlobin told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown pushes Zlobin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Zlobin breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Brown misses.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
Brown lands a jab to the nose.
Zlobin throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brown seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Zlobin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Zlobin throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zlobin throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
Zlobin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zlobin missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zlobin manages to circle out of the way.
Zlobin cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Zlobin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zlobin.
Brown misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Zlobin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zlobin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Zlobin is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Zlobin connects with a solid leg kick.
Zlobin misses with the combination.
It looked like Brown was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zlobin.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Zlobin slips the punch.
Brown takes a swing at Zlobin's ribcage but misses.
Zlobin misses with a series of wild punches.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Brown gets through Zlobin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Zlobin.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Brown tries a body shot but Zlobin blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zlobin has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zlobin backwards.

Zlobin breaks the clinch.
A big left from Brown misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Brown checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown avoids the head kick by Zlobin.
Zlobin walks straight into a right hand from Brown - that's dropped him! Brown jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Zlobin from any more punishment! Zlobin complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Robert Brown!
Our winner, Robert Brown, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.