PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Vegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Vegas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don't Stop The Rock by Freestyle. Brown is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Splin - Moyo serdce. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vegas
vs
Brown

194 cm
20
250 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

193 cm
26
244 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kirill Brown!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johnny Vegas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brown on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick by Vegas misses

and Brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A left hand lands to the body for Brown.
Vegas can't break the clinch.
Vegas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vegas avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vegas is defending well for now.
Vegas managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Vegas blocks it.
Vegas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Vegas avoids the damage to the body.
Vegas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Vegas tries to break the clinch but Brown is controlling the position.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Vegas avoids the damage to the body.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vegas avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Vegas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vegas is trying to force a seperation but Brown has the dominant position.

Vegas manages to break the clinch.
Vegas misses with a body punch
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
Kirill Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Vegas on that attempt.
Vegas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Vegas keeps the fight on the outside.
Vegas throws a head kick that misses.
A shot to the body from Vegas misses
and Brown counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vegas throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown throws a front kick that sends Vegas stumbling back into the cage.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Vegas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brown as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Vegas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vegas keeps the fight on the outside.
Vegas takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Johnny Vegas has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Vegas moves out of range easily.
Brown slips under a jab from Vegas.
Vegas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vegas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Vegas wants to break free but Brown has control.
Vegas managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas working hard to break the clinch.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vegas.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brown lands a good knee to the midsection. Vegas won't want to take too many of those.
Brown landing knees to the head.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Vegas avoids the damage to the body.
Vegas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vegas.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Vegas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brown throws a wild body kick that Vegas sees coming a mile off.
Vegas misses the body punch
and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vegas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown looks to clinch
and Vegas counters with a left to the body.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vegas misses with a body shot
and Brown counters with a thumping low kick.
Vegas looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
A head kick by Vegas misses
and Brown counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brown.
Johnny Vegas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown darts in trying to clinch
and Vegas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vegas cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Vegas throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Vegas tries to land a leg kick but Brown saw it coming and moves away.
Brown takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vegas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brown but Brown pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vegas catches Brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegas checks a leg kick.
Vegas misses with the combination.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Vegas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vegas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vegas throws a sloppy body shot
and Brown counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Vegas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vegas looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Vegas throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
Kirill Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vegas cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brown scores with a leg kick.
Vegas shoots and misses
and Brown counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown wants to clinch.
Vegas with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Vegas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vegas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vegas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Vegas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Vegas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Brown moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Vegas avoids the damage to the body.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vegas avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Vegas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Vegas blocks with his arms.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vegas's face.
Vegas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kirill Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Vegas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Brown tries to clinch up but Vegas circles away and keeps his distance.
Brown wants to clinch up but Vegas keeps it at a distance.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vegas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vegas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vegas misses with a wild combination.
Vegas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brown counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vegas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Vegas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vegas is looking to wear down Brown with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vegas digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Vegas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vegas counters with a one-two to the body.
Vegas throws a lazy body kick
and Brown finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vegas throws a shot to the body.
Vegas throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Vegas looks to land a combination but Brown avoids it well.
Vegas throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Vegas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegas lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.
Vegas looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Vegas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vegas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Vegas punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Vegas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Vegas.
Brown cracks the inside of Vegas's front leg.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.

Brown clinches with his opponent.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnny Vegas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vegas blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown lands a damaging elbow.
Vegas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Vegas blocks it.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.

Vegas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy body kick from Vegas
and Brown counters with a good, hard body kick but Vegas shrugs it off.
Vegas takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown tries to clinch there but Vegas circles away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Vegas. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to clinch up but Vegas circles away and keeps his distance.
Vegas throws a sloppy head kick

and Brown counters by moving into the clinch.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Vegas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vegas managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Vegas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown misses with a knee strike.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vegas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vegas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vegas avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Vegas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown prevents a body shot from Vegas.
A short right from Vegas.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kirill Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brown has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

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