PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vince Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Salavara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Salavara struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Roger Salavara 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
Salavara

180 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Salavara!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Salavara clinches.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salavara avoids it.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Salavara's face.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salavara's efforts to push away.
Salavara tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Salavara is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown has Salavara pressed against the cage, preventing Salavara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Salavara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Salavara shrugs off.
Brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Salavara has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Salavara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Salavara has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Brown is trying to keep an underhook but Salavara manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Brown kicks off Salavara and gets to his feet.
Brown tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Salavara counters with a big head kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Salavara looks for a takedown but Brown sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salavara tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Salavara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Salavara looks gassed!
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salavara is defending well for now.

Salavara jumps into guard, dragging Brown to the mat.
Brown has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Salavara is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salavara is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brown tries to stand but Salavara is controlling from the bottom.
Salavara working a defensive guard here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Brown moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown prevents Salavara from breaking the clinch.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Salavara tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Salavara tries to circle away but Brown has him pinned against the cage.
Salavara wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salavara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Salavara won't want to take too many of those.
Salavara managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Salavara tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Salavara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Salavara breaks from the clinch.
Brown is looking to clinch but Salavara is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Salavara is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Salavara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salavara's defenses.
Salavara tries to break free but Brown pushes him back against the cage.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Salavara wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Salavara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Salavara's ribcage.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salavara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salavara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown is looking to clinch but Salavara is avoiding it.
Brown tries to clinch but Salavara moves out of range.
Brown tries to clinch there but Salavara circles away.
Salavara shoots in for a takedown but Brown shows good takedown defense.
Salavara keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Salavara counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Salavara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown tries to clinch up but Salavara circles away and keeps his distance.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Salavara.
Brown stops a takedown attempt from Salavara.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Salavara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Salavara shrugs off.
Salavara is breathing heavily.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salavara's defenses.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Salavara won't want to take too many of those.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Salavara in his tracks for a moment.
Salavara wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Salavara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Salavara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Salavara is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salavara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Salavara shrugs off.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Salavara won't want to take too many of those.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Vince Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Salavara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Salavara's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Salavara's ribcage.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Brown dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Salavara swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.

Brown pushes Salavara up against the cage in a clinch.
Salavara fails to pull guard.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Salavara shrugs off.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Salavara is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Salavara shrugs off.
Salavara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salavara is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands an elbow inside.
Salavara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salavara tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Salavara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Salavara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown lands a knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Salavara's efforts to push away.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salavara's defenses.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Salavara won't want to take too many of those.
Brown lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brown working Salavara over with knees to the body.
Salavara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Salavara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Salavara wants to get back to striking at distance but Brown won't allow it.
Brown landing knees to the body.
Salavara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salavara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salavara's defenses.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Salavara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salavara fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Salavara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salavara lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Salavara's ribcage.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Vince Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salavara's defenses.
Brown lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Salavara is trying to break free.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Salavara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown lands an elbow just above Salavara 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Salavara takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Roger Salavara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vince Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vince Brown!