PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azusa Moribe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Moribe's choice of entrance music: Krayzie Bone - Drama. This should be a great matchup!

Brown
vs
Moribe

180 cm
29
165 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

165 cm
32
158 lbs
19 - 12 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Héritage!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Azusa Moribe!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moribe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
Brown slips under a jab from Moribe.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Brown with a jab.
Moribe connects with a right hand. Brown shakes it off.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Moribe moves away and avoids it.
Moribe takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moribe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good leg kick by Moribe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Moribe throws a body shot but no joy.
Brown tests Moribe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brown fails to pull guard.
Brown lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Moribe is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brown is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Moribe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right handed body shot lands from Moribe.

Brown has clasped his hands together around Moribe's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Brown wants to control but Moribe is keeping him busy.
Brown looking to control but instead Moribe has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moribe does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Moribe trying to control but Brown postures up.
Brown wants to control but Moribe is keeping him busy.
Brown seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Moribe trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Brown trying to control the action but Moribe is working from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Brown seems content to control.
Moribe works his way to full guard. Good work.
Moribe keeping full guard, as Brown tries to pass.
Moribe keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown stopping the sweep attempt from Moribe.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moribe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brown scores with a jab. Moribe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Moribe throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown throws a low kick but Moribe avoids it.
Moribe throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Moribe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brown is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
We've been informed that Moribe has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Daniel Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A little jabbing left from Moribe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moribe cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Moribe throws a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Moribe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moribe sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brown somewhat.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Brown misses.
Moribe misses with a body kick.
Moribe throws a big shot that misses.
Brown is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A low kick from Brown misses
and Moribe counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown swings for the body but Moribe moves out of range.
Moribe cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Daniel Brown will probably get the nod.
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.

Moribe ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Moribe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moribe misses with a two punch combination.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moribe manages to avoid it.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Moribe misses with a wild body shot.
Brown tried to counter with a leg kick but Moribe avoided it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brown.
Moribe pushes Brown away with a front kick.
Brown tries a low kick but Moribe avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Moribe misses.
Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Moribe's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Moribe.
Daniel Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moribe.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Moribe - that will leave a mark!
Moribe misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moribe was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Moribe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moribe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown throws a leg kick that misses.
Moribe appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Moribe moves out of range of the body kick.
Moribe moves out of range of the leg kick from Brown.
Moribe counters with a body kick.
Azusa Moribe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown misses with a hook.
Moribe feints and then cracks Brown's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brown down.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moribe.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Moribe throws a body shot but no joy.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Moribe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moribe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Moribe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Moribe is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown throws a hook but Moribe blocks it.
Moribe dips to his left and cracks Brown with an uppercut!
Nice shot by Moribe.
Moribe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!
Brown lands with a shot to the body.
Moribe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown attempts a counter takedown but Moribe avoids it well and moves away.
Brown scores with the left hand. Moribe knows he should have avoided that one.
Moribe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brown scores with a jab to the body.
Brown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moribe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Moribe avoids the head kick by Brown.
Moribe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!
Moribe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brown throws a leg kick but Moribe moved away.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Moribe looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Nice shot by Brown.
Brown tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown slips a jab from Moribe.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moribe moves away.
Brown throws a leg kick that is checked
and Moribe counters with an outside leg kick.
Brown lands a jab to Moribe's midsection.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
Moribe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brown feints and then cracks Moribe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Moribe down.
Brown throws a solid leg kick but Moribe takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brown.
Moribe tries to counter with a clinch but Brown shakes him off and moves away.
Moribe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Moribe avoids the body shot from Brown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Moribe does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moribe.
Brown jabs at Moribe's body.
Brown avoids the body shot from Moribe.
Moribe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A swing and a miss from Moribe.
Brown is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Moribe throws a leg kick
and Brown counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brown will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brown tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Moribe is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Azusa Moribe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Moribe throws a good cross that connects.
Moribe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Moribe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Moribe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moribe.
Brown throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Moribe misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Moribe slips a jab from Brown.
Moribe flicks out a counter leg kick but Brown steps away.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Moribe's shoulder, as Moribe tries to avoid the shot.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brown takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decent striking displayed by Moribe there.

Brown is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moribe closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Moribe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moribe.
Moribe misses with a combination
and Brown counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Moribe. Brown shrugs it off though.
Moribe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Moribe saw that one coming.

Moribe lands a big head kick that sends Brown tumbling to the mat! Moribe takes a step backwards and waves Brown back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moribe looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Moribe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moribe.
Moribe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brown's calf.
Brown takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Moribe - that will leave a mark!
Brown throws a leg kick
and Moribe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moribe drops Brown with a naaaaasty hook - Brown is in real trouble here! Moribe dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Azusa Moribe!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Azusa Moribe made sure he mentioned Héritage!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Daniel Brown was interviewed post fight and said 'XxX'.