PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Houston Sprewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chopen Brockoley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chopen Brockoley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sprewell
vs
Brockoley

186 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Houston Sprewell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chopen Brockoley!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brockoley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sprewell misses with the combination.
No luck for Brockoley with that takedown attempt.
Sprewell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chopen Brockoley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sprewell has his takedown stuffed

and Brockoley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sprewell won't be happy with that.
Sprewell is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Brockoley throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sprewell pushes Brockoley away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Brockoley gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Brockoley scores with punches from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brockoley cracks Sprewell with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprewell is trying to get back to his feet.

Brockoley looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brockoley in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sprewell is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brockoley is controlling him well.
Sprewell is breathing heavily.
Brockoley trying to control the position but Sprewell is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sprewell misses with the combination.

Brockoley closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brockoley performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Brockoley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brockoley has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sprewell takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brockoley controlling the position easily from mount.
Sprewell squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brockoley is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Brockoley.
Brockoley scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sprewell?
Brockoley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sprewell wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brockoley landing punches.
Sprewell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brockoley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sprewell looks a forlorn figure.

Sprewell has left one of his arms exposed and Brockoley doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Sprewell screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chopen Brockoley!