PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ian Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Marvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marvin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: King of Kings by Motorhead. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as King Marvin enters the cage!

Brown
vs
Marvin

178 cm
27
164 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
147 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Brown!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, King Marvin!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marvin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown throws a lazy uppercut
and Marvin counters with a stiff right hand.
King Marvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marvin tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marvin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marvin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Marvin wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Marvin.
Marvin throws a right hand that misses
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Marvin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Marvin.
Marvin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marvin misses with an uppercut
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marvin thinking.
Marvin ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Brown walks into a straight right hand from Marvin.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marvin closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Marvin.
Brown blocks a body shot from Marvin.
Marvin keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Marvin gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Brown regains guard.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marvin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Marvin is trying to control the action in half guard but Brown is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marvin stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Brown is staying active underneath Marvin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Marvin thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
Brown is looking to escape.
Marvin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Marvin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marvin is looking for a kimura here.

Marvin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Marvin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brown does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Marvin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Marvin thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
Marvin trying to control the action but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown won't allow Marvin to pass to mount.

Marvin is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brown has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Marvin seems to be working for a kimura but Brown defends the submission attempt.
Marvin lands strikes from half guard.
Marvin trying to control from half guard but Brown is working away.
Brown looks like he's trying to stand up.
Marvin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marvin.

Brown has one foot on Marvin's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin throws out a powerful jab.
Marvin misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marvin misses with a series of wild punches.
Marvin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brown to score with a decent uppercut.
Ian Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Marvin counters with a nice body shot.
Marvin wants to clinch
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marvin thinking.
Marvin throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Brown needs to keep his hands up - Marvin had a free shot at his head there.
A jab from Marvin misses.
Marvin tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Marvin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marvin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marvin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown avoids the body shot from Marvin.
Marvin throws an off balance right hand
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marvin throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Marvin moves out of range of the strikes.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Marvin. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Marvin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brown's waist but Brown gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Marvin off to one side.
Marvin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marvin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Marvin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marvin throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown with a jab.
Marvin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marvin scores with a jab to the head.
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Marvin counters with a straight right hand.
Marvin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Marvin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.
Brown misses with an uppercut
and Marvin counters with a straight right hand.
Marvin misses with a straight right.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Marvin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marvin scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marvin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.

Marvin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brown sprawls well initially but Marvin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Marvin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marvin wants to work for an arm triangle but Brown is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown is trying to escape back to his feet but Marvin uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Marvin trying to control the action but Brown is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Marvin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Marvin landing strikes.
The ground and pound from Marvin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Brown is working to avoid the ground and pound but Marvin connects with a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Marvin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Marvin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Marvin working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Brown bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Brown misses with a hook
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marvin misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Marvin swings widly with a right hand
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand

and Marvin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Marvin.
Marvin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marvin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marvin is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Marvin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Marvin scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marvin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brown defends it well.

Marvin is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brown has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brown is trying to stand.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Marvin maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Brown could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Marvin has cracked it and Brown is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Marvin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). King Marvin! King Marvin retains his lightweight title!