PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Chargaff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brook Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chargaff might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Choking Victim - Five Finger Discount. Erwin Chargaff had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Chargaff
vs
Brown

165 cm
20
148 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

160 cm
20
130 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erwin Chargaff!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brook Brown!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chargaff fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Chargaff.

Brown bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Chargaff is holding Brown down, trying to stall.
Chargaff wants to control but Brown postures up.
Brown throws an elbow but Chargaff slips to the side and avoids it well.
Brown working the body and head with strikes.
Brown trying to control the action but Chargaff is working from the bottom.
Chargaff is trying to control Brown's posture but Brown avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chargaff sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Chargaff is pressing down on Brown's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Brown wants to control from the top but Chargaff keeps moving.
Brown throws a big right hand that misses.
Chargaff is trying to keep Brown in close.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brown lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Chargaff wants to sweep but no luck.
Chargaff is controlling Brown's posture.
Brown trying to stand up but can't free himself from Chargaff's guard.
Chargaff looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Chargaff working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brown works over Chargaff with some ground and pound from guard.
Chargaff avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chargaff is controlling Brown's posture.
Brown throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chargaff works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Chargaff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brown lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown throwing strikes from guard but Chargaff blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chargaff is on top in guard.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Chargaff from controlling successfully.
Chargaff throwing strikes but missing.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.
Chargaff throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chargaff lands a couple of digs.
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chargaff. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chargaff preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brown seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chargaff slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Chargaff slows the pace down.
Brown tries to bench press Chargaff off him but Chargaff keeps the position.
Chargaff in the domination position with Brown hanging on.
Brown tries to bench press Chargaff off him but Chargaff keeps the position.
Chargaff lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chargaff in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Chargaff has hold of Brown's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Brown tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Chargaff cranks the arm and Brown screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Brown, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Erwin Chargaff!
Erwin Chargaff is the new bantamweight champion!