PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Broomsdale (ranked 1849 p4p, 21286 weight class) and Pablo Sir (ranked 230 p4p, 563 weight class). Broomsdale comes to the cage accompanied by Masta. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Broomsdale
vs
Sir

189 cm
24
186
11 - 2 - 0

180 cm
32
179
8 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ezekiel Broomsdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Sir!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Broomsdale's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sir connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Broomsdale scrambles back to his feet.
Broomsdale uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sir.
A left lands for Sir.
Sir throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sir misses with a hook
and Broomsdale counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Broomsdale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Sir.
Sir has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Broomsdale misses with a body kick.
Broomsdale misses with an uppercut.

Broomsdale fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sir sprawls well initially but Broomsdale persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sir gets full guard.

Sir escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Broomsdale gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sir manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Broomsdale manages to get himself to full guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sir wants to pass the guard but Broomsdale is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broomsdale lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Broomsdale sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sir's guard.

Sir actively working from the bottom here.
Broomsdale is looking to take a break and control but Sir is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Broomsdale is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sir is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sir keeps trying to improve his position.
Broomsdale is looking to take a break and control but Sir is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sir tries to get to full guard but Broomsdale has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Broomsdale is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sir wants to get back to full guard.

Broomsdale is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Broomsdale is trying to control the action in half guard but Sir is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Broomsdale is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Broomsdale wants to control but Sir is keeping him busy.
Sir wants to get back to full guard.
Broomsdale trying to control the action but Sir is working from the bottom.
Sir tries to get to full guard but Broomsdale has control of the leg.
Broomsdale is trying to control. Sir wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sir is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Broomsdale's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Broomsdale's back!
Sir is hanging on to Broomsdale's back as he tries to escape.

Sir is persistently looking for the submission but Broomsdale is defending it well.
Sir is trying to stick to Broomsdale's back but Broomsdale is turning into Sir. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Sir's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Broomsdale.

Sir working for submissions but it's allowed Broomsdale to get to half guard.
Sir gets full guard.
Broomsdale advances position into side control!
Sir tries to bench press Broomsdale off him but Broomsdale keeps the position.
Sir sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Broomsdale trying to control the action but Sir is working from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sir manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sir keeping full guard, as Broomsdale tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sir looking for a guillotine here but Broomsdale defends easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Broomsdale forces his way into half guard.
Sir is looking for a sweep. Broomsdale is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Broomsdale sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sir defending well though.
Broomsdale sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Broomsdale tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sir knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sir moves into full guard.

Sir is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Broomsdale is aware though and is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ezekiel Broomsdale will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sir throws a jab when Broomsdale was well out of range.
Broomsdale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Broomsdale.
Sir scores with a sloppy right hand. Broomsdale should have avoided that one.
Broomsdale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sir throws out the jab.
Broomsdale drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sir sprawls and moves away.
Pablo Sir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sir throws a hook but Broomsdale blocks it.
Broomsdale drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sir sprawls and moves away.

Broomsdale looking to score a takedown here. Sir is defending well but Broomsdale drives through and ends up in Sir's guard.
Broomsdale trying to control but Sir is working from the bottom.

Sir throws his legs up looking for a submission but Broomsdale uses it to pass to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sir sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Broomsdale is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sir!
Sir is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Broomsdale trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sir regains half guard.
Broomsdale wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sir keeps working.

Sir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Broomsdale pulls his head out easily.
Sir wants to improve his position but Broomsdale is controlling well.

Sir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Broomsdale pulls his head out easily.
Broomsdale trying to control from half guard but Sir is working away.

Sir looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Broomsdale moves into full mount! Sir won't be happy about that!
Broomsdale landing strikes from the mount and Sir is in trouble!
Sir is squirming around, avoiding Broomsdale's attempts to control the action.
Broomsdale has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Sir is wriggling around trying to escape.
Broomsdale looking to finish Sir with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sir!

Broomsdale is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sir can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
BOOM! Broomsdale connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Broomsdale lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sir hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Broomsdale tries to control but Sir wriggling away.
Sir is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Broomsdale forces the positional change into back control.
Broomsdale is trying to stick to Sir's back but Sir is turning into Broomsdale. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Broomsdale's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sir.
Sir passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Sir tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sir has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Broomsdale tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Broomsdale struggling a bit here.
Broomsdale is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sir's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Broomsdale trying to control from the bottom.
Sir wants to pass the guard but Broomsdale is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Broomsdale tries to roll over but Sir keeps him under control.
Sir works his foot free and advances to mount.
Broomsdale wants to control but Sir is having none of it.
Broomsdale is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sir moves to back control.
Broomsdale rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sir frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Broomsdale working to try and regain half guard.

Sir jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Broomsdale manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Broomsdale tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ezekiel Broomsdale will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Sir looks to score with a jab to the body but Broomsdale is just out of range.
Sir fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Broomsdale moves out of range as Sir strikes.
A punch combination from Sir misses.
Broomsdale half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sir misses with a looping left.

Broomsdale changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sir looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sir regains half guard.
Broomsdale wants to take a breather but Sir is having none of it.

Sir looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sir wants to improve his position but Broomsdale is controlling well.

Broomsdale 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.
Sir is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sir is staying active underneath Broomsdale, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Broomsdale is really struggling to control Sir but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Broomsdale is looking for a kimura but Sir is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Broomsdale to get the leverage.
Broomsdale lands strikes from half guard.
Broomsdale trying to control from half guard but Sir is working away.

Broomsdale is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sir has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sir moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Broomsdale throws a big elbow that misses.
Pablo Sir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Broomsdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Sir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Broomsdale trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Broomsdale got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sir has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Broomsdale has managed to get both his arms back between Sir's legs - danger averted.

Sir has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Broomsdale can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sir keeping full guard, as Broomsdale tries to pass.
Broomsdale is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Sir working for a triangle but Broomsdale defends it easily.
Broomsdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Sir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sir had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Broomsdale defends it easily.
Broomsdale sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Sir has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Broomsdale can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Broomsdale passes Sir's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sir tries to get to full guard but Broomsdale has control of the leg.
Sir is still trying to improve position.
Broomsdale is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Sir looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ezekiel Broomsdale is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Sir looking for submissions off his back.
Broomsdale has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Broomsdale controlling the position easily from mount.
Sir can't escape the position.
Broomsdale content just to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sir can't escape the position.
Broomsdale looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ezekiel Broomsdale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Broomsdale, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezekiel Broomsdale!
Our winner, Ezekiel Broomsdale, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.