PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Brennan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brown
vs
Brennan

187 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Brennan!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice uppercut there from Brennan.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brennan.
Brennan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good standup being displayed there by Brown as he connects with a hook.
Brennan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
Brown has been working on his boxing with his coaches at School of Hard Knocks in the buildup to the fight.

Brennan clinches up with Brown and pushes him back against the cage.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brennan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brennan misses with some punches.
Brown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brennan blocks an uppercut.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Brennan avoids the damage to the body.
Brown blocking some punches.

Brennan manages to break the clinch.
Brennan throws a shot to the body.
Brown throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brennan takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brennan throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brennan scores with the left hand. Brown knows he should have avoided that one.
Brennan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brennan misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Brennan is predictable there
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Brennan sees coming a mile off.
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Brennan's front leg but catches the back leg as Brennan tries to avoid it.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown but Brennan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brown's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brennan.
A big right from Brennan misses.
Brennan avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown slips a jab from Brennan.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brennan lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Brennan.
Brennan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brennan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Brennan blocks it.

Brennan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brown throws a head kick that half lands.
Brennan fails to land with a series of punches.
Brennan lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Brennan throws a head kick that misses.
Brown shoots in but no luck this time.
Ryan Brennan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brennan throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown avoids the body shot from Brennan.
Brennan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brennan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Brown avoids the head kick by Brennan.
Ryan Brennan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brown scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brennan in his tracks.
A jab from Brennan misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brennan.
It appears Brown was looking to counter with a kick there.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brennan.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown throws a half hearted mid kick.

Brennan gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Brennan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Brown can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brennan lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brennan managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brennan is looking to break free of the clinch but Brown has double underhooks.
Brennan misses with a hook from the clinch.

Brennan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brennan swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Brennan throws a lazy uppercut
and Brown counters with a body kick.
A lazy body kick from Brennan
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Brennan backing up. Brennan nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
Brennan digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brown crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brennan - the referee stops the clock and Brown gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brennan. Brown manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brennan leaves Brown with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Brennan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brennan clinches with his opponent.
Brown has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brennan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brennan backwards.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Brennan's ribcage.
Brennan blocks an uppercut.
Brown keeps control of Brennan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brennan can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Brennan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brennan is trying to break the clinch but Brown is controlling him.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brennan avoids it.
Brown pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brennan.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown prevents a body shot from Brennan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brennan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brennan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Brennan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brennan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown is looking to counter punch.
Brennan tries a head kick but it misses.

Brennan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brennan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brennan up against the cage.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Brennan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Brennan.
Brennan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brennan gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brennan lands a body shot.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brennan.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Brennan manages to break the clinch.
Brennan scores with a shot to the body.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brennan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brennan throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but Brennan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Brown tries to keep at a distance but Brennan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brennan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Brennan lands an uppercut.
Brennan misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Brown.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Brennan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Brennan uses good head movement to avoid it.

Brennan breaks from the clinch.
Brown scores with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Brown blocks the low kick.
Ryan Brennan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brennan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Brennan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brennan misses with a looping right.
Brennan lands a head kick!
Brennan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brennan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brennan checks a low kick from Brown.
Brown avoids the head kick by Brennan.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head kick but Brennan moves out of range.
Brennan throws an off balance right hand
and Brown counters with a body kick that stops Brennan in his tracks momentarily.
Brown takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Brennan motions for Brown to come forward. Brennan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brennan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brown is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brennan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown throws a quick counter head kick but Brennan was just out of range.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Brennan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brennan prevents a body shot from Brown.
A right hook to the body lands for Brown.

Brennan manages to break the clinch.
A head kick from Brennan lands but Brown takes it in his stride.
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crunch! Brown slams his shin into Brennan's torso.
Brennan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brennan catches Brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brennan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Brown clinches up with Brennan and pushes him back against the cage.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Brennan is blocking nicely.
Brennan blocks an elbow strike.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Brennan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brennan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Brennan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brennan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brennan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brennan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brennan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
Brennan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brennan has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
Brennan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brown lands a right hand.
Brennan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brennan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brennan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brennan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brennan lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brennan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Brown seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Brennan can turn it around.
Brennan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brennan can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Brennan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Brennan tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brennan misses with a punch to the body.
Brennan tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brennan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brennan is trying to pull guard but Brown turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dan Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Brennan.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Brennan blocks with his arms.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Brennan avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brennan tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Brennan back against the cage.
Brennan throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown is looking to control Brennan's arms but Brennan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.

Brennan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Brennan misses its intended target.
Brennan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brennan misses with a wild combination.
Brennan blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown slips a jab from Brennan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brennan. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown takes one to the chin there.
Dan Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brennan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brown's head backwards.
Brown tries to clinch there but Brennan circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennan loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.

Brennan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brennan blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brennan avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Dan Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brennan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown lands an elbow just above Brennan 's eye.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brennan dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown prevents a body shot from Brennan.
Brennan tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Brennan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brennan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ryan Brennan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brennan.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brennan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Brennan!
Dan Brown spoke after the fight, saying 'Beating me doesn't make me unfuck your mom'.