PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kabuko Nabakenya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brooks might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to (Matallica) Ride the lightning. Nabakenya has chosen Stand up and shout (Steel Dragon) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brooks
vs
Nabakenya

185 cm
22
206 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
208 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kabuko Nabakenya!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabakenya misses with a series of wild punches.
Nabakenya pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brooks back to the cage. Nabakenya follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Brooks scores with a kick to the body.
Brooks throws a body kick that misses.
Nabakenya swinging wildly here.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Nabakenya circles away.
Nabakenya shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brooks eats them both and turns towards Nabakenya to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brooks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch combination from Nabakenya misses.
Brooks is looking to clinch but Nabakenya is avoiding it.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nabakenya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nabakenya looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.
Brooks tries to clinch up but Nabakenya circles away and keeps his distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nabakenya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nabakenya misses with a hook.
Nabakenya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brooks slips a jab and a cross from Nabakenya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabakenya throws a jab but it's blocked by Brooks.
Brooks wants to clinch
and Nabakenya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brooks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nabakenya counters with a one-two to the body.
Jason Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brooks slips a jab from Nabakenya.
Nabakenya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brooks can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nabakenya. Brooks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nabakenya slips a jab from Brooks.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nabakenya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nabakenya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brooks.
Nabakenya looks gassed!

Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Nabakenya has had enough of the clinch but Brooks keeps him there for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nabakenya blocks an elbow strike.
Brooks lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brooks obliges.
Brooks is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabakenya is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nabakenya.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brooks.
Brooks missing with knees to the body.
Brooks keeps control of Nabakenya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brooks throws an elbow but misses.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nabakenya.
Nabakenya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks misses with an elbow over the top.
Brooks wants to stall.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nabakenya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nabakenya.
Nabakenya tries to break free but Brooks pushes him back against the cage.
Brooks has Nabakenya pressed against the cage, preventing Nabakenya from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brooks throws an elbow but it misses.
Brooks prevents Nabakenya from breaking the clinch.
Nabakenya blocks an uppercut.
Nabakenya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nabakenya up against the cage.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Nabakenya is trying to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabakenya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks lands a good knee to the midsection. Nabakenya won't want to take too many of those.
Nabakenya takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Kabuko Nabakenya has been cut.
Brooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but Nabakenya blocks it.
Brooks pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nabakenya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabakenya can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nabakenya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brooks misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Brooks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kabuko Nabakenya's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brooks moves away from the strike by Nabakenya.
A slow jab from Nabakenya misses its intended target.
Nabakenya misses the shot to the body.
Brooks lands an overhand right.
Brooks throws the left hand but Nabakenya avoids the punch easily.
Kabuko Nabakenya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brooks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nabakenya.
Nabakenya moves out of range of the body kick from Brooks.
Nabakenya stalks Brooks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Brooks's face. Brooks staggers backwards, shaken.
Nabakenya lands with a straight right. Brooks didn't see that one coming.
Nabakenya lands with a cross.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nabakenya to score with a decent uppercut.
Nabakenya throws a jab but it's blocked by Brooks.
Nabakenya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brooks's hands.
Nabakenya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brooks looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nabakenya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brooks tries to clinch but Nabakenya is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Nabakenya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nabakenya is breathing heavily.
Nabakenya misses with a straight right.
Brooks scores with a head kick.
Brooks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sloppy strikes from Nabakenya. Those never looked like landing.
Nabakenya throws a right hand that Brooks ducks under and follows up with a left that Brooks also avoids with ease.
Nabakenya misses with a double jab.
Nabakenya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brooks.
Brooks lands with a right hand.
Brooks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nabakenya swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Brooks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brooks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brooks just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nabakenya's brow.
Jason Brooks has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Nabakenya blocks with his arms.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Brooks lands a knee to the body.
Nabakenya blocks an elbow strike from Brooks.
Nabakenya managing to block the knees to the body from Brooks.
Brooks taking a breather.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Brooks stalling.
Nabakenya can't break the clinch.

Nabakenya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brooks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nabakenya makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nabakenya looks to land a right hand but Brooks moved out of range.
Nabakenya throws a right and a left that Brooks avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nabakenya bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Nabakenya misses.
Nabakenya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Nabakenya circles away.
Brooks is looking to clinch but Nabakenya is avoiding it.
Brooks throws a head kick that Nabakenya semi-blocks.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Nabakenya pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brooks keeps control of Nabakenya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabakenya takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nabakenya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brooks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nabakenya's defenses.
Nabakenya tries to break free but Brooks pushes him back against the cage.
Brooks misses with an elbow over the top.
Brooks lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nabakenya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Brooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nabakenya is defending well for now.
Brooks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brooks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Brooks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kabuko Nabakenya's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nabakenya lands with a shot to the body.
Brooks tries to clinch but Nabakenya moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nabakenya, as that shot connected.
Sloppy strikes from Nabakenya. Those never looked like landing.
Nabakenya closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brooks circles away.
Nabakenya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brooks.
Brooks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Nabakenya moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nabakenya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nabakenya throws a series of punches but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks stuffs the takedown attempt from Nabakenya. Nabakenya gets slowly back to his feet.
Nabakenya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nabakenya lands a nice hook to Brooks's body. Brooks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Nabakenya keeps it at a distance.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Nabakenya pushes him off.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Nabakenya pushes him off.
Brooks tries to clinch but Nabakenya moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks tries to clinch but Nabakenya is having none of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Nabakenya misses the target.
Nabakenya swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nabakenya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brooks keeps Nabakenya at a distance using the push kick.

Brooks moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Brooks.
Brooks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brooks prevents Nabakenya from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks stalling against the cage.
Brooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nabakenya is defending well for now.
Nabakenya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Brooks on the inside.
Brooks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nabakenyas head.
Brooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nabakenya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabakenya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Nabakenya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brooks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nabakenya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nabakenya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks looking to stall.
Brooks has a couple of punches blocked by Nabakenya.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nabakenya avoids it.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Nabakenya is blocking nicely.
Brooks throws an elbow that misses.
Knees to the body from Brooks.
Nabakenya tries to break free but Brooks pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brooks.
Nabakenya looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabakenya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by Brooks.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to stall but Nabakenya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brooks throws an elbow that misses.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brooks misses with an elbow strike.
Brooks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kabuko Nabakenya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Nabakenya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nabakenya misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nabakenya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nabakenya misses with a double jab
and Brooks counters with a thumping low kick.
Jason Brooks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kabuko Nabakenya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brooks misses the shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Brooks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brooks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Brooks!
Jason Brooks looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am so pretty, o so pretty. I want to thank Kabuko for the war we just went through. We have the same manager and he didn't know if this would go over to well, we are both great fighters and tonight was our fight for the fans'.