PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Zadoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brookins comes into the arena with Kickstart blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Brookins
vs
Zadoff

183 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
30
140 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Brookins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Zadoff!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zadoff throws a sloppy head kick and Brookins moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Zadoff.
Brookins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zadoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pablo Zadoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zadoff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zadoff pushes Brookins away with a front kick.
Brookins slips under a jab.
Zadoff shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brookins eats them both and turns towards Zadoff to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Jonathan Brookins has been cut.
Horrible takedown by Brookins or perhaps it was just good defense by Zadoff which made him look bad.
Horrible takedown by Brookins or perhaps it was just good defense by Zadoff which made him look bad.
Zadoff slaps away a takedown attempt from Brookins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Brookins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zadoff displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Brookins.
Zadoff stalks Brookins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Brookins's face. Brookins staggers backwards, shaken.

Brookins is rocked!
Zadoff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brookins.
Zadoff thuds his shin into the meat of Brookins's side.
Brookins shoots for a double leg takedown but Zadoff sprawls well. He's pushed Brookins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brookins is breathing heavily.
Brookins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zadoff misses with a series of wild punches.
Zadoff lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Oh Brookins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zadoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brookins seems to have got his legs back now.
Zadoff misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zadoff swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Brookins drives through with a takedown into Zadoff's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Brookins postures up.
Brookins controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Brookins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Zadoff manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brookins manages to get himself to full guard.
Zadoff trying to control but Brookins is working from the bottom.
Zadoff stopping the sweep attempt from Brookins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brookins has a closed guard, preventing Zadoff from standing up.
Zadoff wants to stand and escape but instead Brookins has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Zadoff trying to keep a closed guard but Brookins is proving a slippery customer.
Brookins sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zadoff's guard.

Brookins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Brookins trying to control the action but Zadoff is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brookins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brookins throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zadoff looks like he's trying to stand up.
Zadoff trying to control from the bottom.
Brookins is trying to control. Zadoff wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Brookins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zadoff sees it coming and defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zadoff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Zadoff wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Zadoff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Brookins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zadoff throws a head kick but Brookins moves out of range.
Zadoff throws a head kick that misses.
Brookins takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brookins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brookins shoots in looking for a takedown. Zadoff tries to sprawl out of it but Brookins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Zadoff manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Zadoff throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zadoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zadoff throws a sloppy head kick and Brookins moves out of range easily.
Zadoff displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Brookins.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Brookins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zadoff lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadoff throws a sloppy head kick and Brookins moves out of range easily.
Zadoff tries a head kick but it misses.

Brookins shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Zadoff napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Zadoff is breathing heavily.
Zadoff seems a little lost for a moment, as Brookins dominates the positioning.
Zadoff is trying to control Brookins's posture but Brookins avoids it.
Brookins is putting a hurting on Zadoff here, landing some big shots from side control.
Zadoff being controlled for a moment.
Zadoff is not content to let Brookins control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zadoff is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Brookins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Zadoff is trying to control Brookins's posture but Brookins avoids it.
Brookins working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brookins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zadoff keeps working.
Brookins tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brookins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Brookins politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Brookins prefers to stall for the moment though.
Brookins connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Zadoff some visible discomfort.
Zadoff is trying to get back to half guard.

Brookins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Brookins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The referee asks Brookins politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Brookins prefers to stall for the moment though.
Zadoff struggling a bit here.
Zadoff is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Brookins takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zadoff wants to get back to his feet.
Zadoff wants to control but Brookins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zadoff wants to improve his position but Brookins is controlling well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zadoff is looking to control Brookins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zadoff avoid being mounted?

Brookins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Brookins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brookins prevents Zadoff from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jonathan Brookins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Brookins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Zadoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zadoff misses with a head kick.

Brookins gets a double leg takedown into Zadoff's guard.

Zadoff throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Zadoff looking to control.
Brookins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Brookins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zadoff works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zadoff working a defensive guard but Brookins manages to pass into side control anyway.
Zadoff tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadoff being controlled for a moment.
Zadoff takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Brookins working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Zadoff is not content to let Brookins control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zadoff gets back to half guard.
Jonathan Brookins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brookins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Zadoff does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zadoff is looking for a sweep. Brookins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zadoff looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brookins is keen to just control but Zadoff is a slippery customer.
Zadoff works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brookins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brookins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zadoff's head.
Zadoff is looking to stand up but Brookins isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zadoff keeping full guard, as Brookins tries to pass.
Brookins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brookins landing some decent shots from guard.
Brookins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brookins wants to control from the top but Zadoff keeps moving.
Brookins wants to pass the guard but Zadoff is keeping the position.
Brookins wants to control from the top but Zadoff keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zadoff wants to get back to his feet but Brookins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brookins trying to control but Zadoff is working from the bottom.
Brookins passes Zadoff's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Zadoff is not content to let Brookins control the position.
Zadoff tries to roll over but Brookins keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brookins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zadoff is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Brookins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brookins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Pablo Zadoff!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Jonathan Brookins!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Pablo Zadoff!

Pablo Zadoff wins by split decision!