PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jarrad Justice (ranked 5149 p4p, 4435 weight class) and Caesar Brooks (ranked 609 p4p, 564 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Justice
vs
Brooks

179 cm
18
168
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
173
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jarrad Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Caesar Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justice misses with a looping left.
Justice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caesar Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brooks darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Justice pushes Brooks off but Brooks dives into side control.
Justice trying to remain calm as Brooks controls from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks working away.
Brooks taking a breather here.

Brooks is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Justice knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Justice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Brooks decides to stand back up.
Brooks tries for a takedown but Justice sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brooks misses with a double jab
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jarrad Justice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Justice stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Justice wants it to stay on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Brooks does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Justice backs off Brooks throws a huge counter combo but Justice manages to avoid it all.
Brooks closes this distance looking for a takedown but Justice circles away.
Jarrad Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caesar Brooks.
Justice stuffs the takedown attempt from Brooks. Brooks gets slowly back to his feet.
Justice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Brooks moves into the clinch.
Justice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brooks is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Justice gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Justice throws a head punch that misses.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Brooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Justice on the inside.
Justice lands a hook that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.

Brooks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brooks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Justice swivels and escapes.
Justice catches Brooks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big right from Justice misses.
Justice throws the left hand but Brooks avoids the punch easily.
Brooks steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Justice.
Brooks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Brooks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brooks dives in and grabs Justice's left leg, looking for a takedown. Justice pushes down on Brooks's head and hops out.
Brooks fails with the takedown
letting Justice counter with a right hand.
Justice swings widly with a right hand
and Brooks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks has his takedown stuffed
enabling Justice to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Brooks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justice lands a head shot.
Brooks shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Justice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick from Brooks lands but Justice takes it in his stride.

It looks like Jarrad Justice has been cut.
Justice keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brooks blocks a jab.
Justice looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brooks closes the distance but Justice moves to the side
and Justice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrad Justice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarrad Justice's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brooks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Justice is looking to counter punch.
Brooks shoots for a takedown but Justice saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Justice misses with a few strikes there.
Justice throws a one two combo.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but Justice shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jarrad Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caesar Brooks.
Brooks takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Justice tries to clinch up.
Justice misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks tries to clinch but Justice moves away
and Brooks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justice lands a nice hook to Brooks's body. Brooks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brooks doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Justice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice swinging wildly here.
Brooks slips a jab and a cross from Justice.
Justice is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brooks can do to turn this around?
Justice keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Justice lands the left hand.
Brooks throws a head kick that Justice semi-blocks.
Justice stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Justice wants it to stay on the feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Justice.
Brooks doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Justice counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Justice defends it nicely.
Justice is looking for a counter combo.
Justice paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brooks is trying hard to land a takedown here. Justice sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brooks closes this distance looking for a takedown but Justice circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justice lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Justice.

Justice pushes Brooks up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice tries to circle away but Brooks has him pinned against the cage.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brooks looking for a takedown.
Brooks jumps guard but Justice stands there with Brooks around his waist. Brooks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Justice swings wildly with an uppercut but Brooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Justice stops a takedown attempt from Brooks.
Brooks fails to pull guard.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brooks.
Justice gets through Brooks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brooks drops down looking for an ankle pick but Justice pulls his leg out and moves away.
Justice keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
It looked like Justice was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Justice is fending him off so far but Brooks persists. Nope, Justice circles away and we're back to standing.
Justice throws a series of punches but Brooks moves out of range.
Justice lands a jab to the nose.
We've been informed that Brooks has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Justice lands a slapping body shot.
Justice is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Justice keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Justice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Brooks misses.
Brooks has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarrad Justice dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jarrad Justice's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Nice cross by Justice.
Brooks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justice throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A jab from Justice does it's job there.
Justice doesn't manage to clinch there - Brooks circles away.
A jab from Justice misses.
Brooks takes one to the chin there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Brooks saw that one coming.
Justice swinging wildly here.
Justice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brooks counters with a nice double leg into side control. Justice won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice parries the strikes from Brooks easily there. Brooks is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Justice to escape.

Brooks tries for a kimura but Justice is defending well.
Brooks moves into full mount!
Brooks content just to control the position here.
Justice tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Justice tries to control the position but Brooks now has his back.

Brooks working for a choke but Justice is defending well.
Brooks scores with strikes from the back.

Brooks working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Justice is doing well to defend. Brooks seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Justice is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Caesar Brooks!