PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CJ Juniour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brad Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Brown
vs
Juniour

185 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, CJ Juniour!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Juniour moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brown drops Juniour with a right and a left! Brown comes rushing in but Juniour regains his composure and manages to keep Brown in guard.

Juniour is rocked!

It looks like CJ Juniour has been cut.
Brown passes Juniour's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Juniour is still in real trouble! Can Brown finish him?

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Juniour is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Juniour has eaten all the pies!

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Juniour seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juniour is trying is best to control the position here.

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Juniour has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Brown is breathing heavily.

Brown is working for a submission of some sort.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Juniour is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Brown swings around for an armbar but Juniour sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Brown's guard.

Brown looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Juniour trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.

Brown working for a triangle but Juniour defends it easily.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Juniour is one step ahead there.
Brown manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Brown working for a guillotine from mount but Juniour is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to take his opponent's back but Juniour doesn't allow it.
Juniour doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?

Brown has hold of Juniour's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Juniour manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Brown is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Juniour is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brad Brown!