PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Cappo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brookins has chosen Kickstart as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Cappo
vs
Brookins

180 cm
24
140 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

183 cm
22
140 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

***** Supertouch Clothing *****

Hopkins Athletics

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Cappo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Brookins!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cappo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brookins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cappo keeps the fight on the outside.
Jonathan Brookins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brookins swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cappo counters with a two punch combo.
Cappo slips under a jab from Brookins.
Cappo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brookins.
Cappo swinging wildly here.
Brookins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brookins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cappo swats away the attempt to clinch by Brookins.
Cappo throws a series of punches but Brookins moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins takes a swing at Cappo's ribcage but misses.
Cappo walks into a straight right hand from Brookins.
Brookins misses with an uppercut
and Cappo counters with a one-two to the body.
Brookins tests Cappo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cappo.

Brookins closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cappo's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cappo looking to control.

Cappo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brookins defends it easily.
Cappo wants to sweep here but Brookins controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brookins postures up in Cappo's guard and throws a big left but Cappo blocks it.

Cappo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Brookins passes into side control.
Cappo is trying to buck Brookins off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brookins tries to score with some ground and pound. Cappo controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Check out the look on Brookins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Brookins working the ground and pound from side control.
Cappo tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappo struggling a bit here.
Cappo is looking for a sweep.
Cappo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cappo struggling a bit here.
Cappo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Cappo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins cracks Cappo with a big right hand but Cappo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Cappo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cappo struggling a bit here.
Cappo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cappo tries to buck Brookins off but Brookins is having none of it.
Cappo is pushing Brookins's head away, looking to escape. Brookins manages to hold on to the position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Cappo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Cappo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Cappo misses.
Cappo misses with an uppercut

and Brookins counters with a takedown into side control.
Cappo taking a bit of punishment here - Brookins scoring with strikes.
Cappo can't do much from the bottom here.
Cappo gets back to half guard.
Cappo misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cappo trying to get back to full guard but Brookins takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Cappo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Brookins scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cappo?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Brookins landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Brookins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cappo is looking to improve his position but Brookins isn't that keen on the idea.
Cappo wants to control but Brookins is having none of it.
Brookins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cappo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cappo regains half guard.
Cappo is trying to control but can't.
Brookins throwing shots but Cappo is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brookins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cappo is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cappo is controlling Brookins's trapped leg to prevent Brookins from advancing to side control.
Cappo missing with punches from the bottom.
Cappo wants to get back to full guard.
Brookins is thwarting Cappo's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Brookins connects with a nice short shot to Cappo's temple.
Brookins prevents Cappo from improving his position.
Cappo controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Brookins prevents Cappo from standing back up.
Cappo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brookins lands a couple of digs.

Cappo is looking for a triangle here but Brookins uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brookins is controlling him well.
Brookins lands a few punches from side control.
Cappo dodges the ground and pound from Brookins.
Cappo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Cappo taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cappo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Cappo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Brookins controlling the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brookins is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jonathan Brookins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Brookins shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Cappo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brookins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brookins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brookins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice combination there by Brookins.
Brookins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cappo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cappo is looking to clinch but Brookins is avoiding it.
Brookins pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cappo is out of range and Brookins settles back down.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brookins swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins scores with the left hand. Cappo knows he should have avoided that one.
Brookins bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cappo's head.
Nice shot lands for Brookins.
Ray Cappo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Cappo.
Brookins tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Brookins misses its intended target.
Cappo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cappo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ray Cappo is winning the standup battle so far.
Brookins with a nice cross.
Cappo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brookins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cappo circles away.
Ray Cappo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brookins. Cappo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cappo throws a combination. Brookins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cappo needs to keep his hands up - Brookins had a free shot at his head there.
Brookins doesn't manage to clinch there - Cappo circles away.
Brookins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cappo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Brookins misses.
Cappo blocks a jab.
Brookins misses the shot to the body.
Cappo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brookins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cappo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brookins somewhat.
Ray Cappo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Brookins.
Brookins keeps the fight on the outside.
Cappo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cappo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brookins.
Brookins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brookins staying out of range there.
Brookins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Brookins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cappo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brookins's best efforts.
Cappo has hold of Brookins's hands but Brookins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Brookins is trying to work for a kimura but Cappo is defending well.
Cappo trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cappo actively working from the bottom here.
Cappo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brookins scores with a couple of nice shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Brookins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brookins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Brookins!
Jonathan Brookins very nearly forgot to thank Hopkins Athletics amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.