PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Papa John (ranked 5392 p4p, 416 weight class) and Dave Brooksbank (ranked 2066 p4p, 226 weight class). Dave Brooksbank struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Dave Brooksbank has the eye of the tiger tonight.

John
vs
Brooksbank

170 cm
27
140 lbs
8 - 9 - 1

175 cm
35
160 lbs
13 - 23 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Papa John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Brooksbank!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Brooksbank misses
and John counters with a right hand to the body.
John lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brooksbank throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brooksbank keeps the fight on the outside.

Brooksbank rushes John and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
John connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooksbank's face.
Brooksbank looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brooksbank blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Brooksbank breaks from the clinch.
Brooksbank throws a head kick that misses.
John wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brooksbank misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooksbank tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brooksbank throws a head kick that misses.
John tried to counter with a leg kick but Brooksbank avoided it.

John closes the distance and clinches.
Brooksbank is trying to stall.
John landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
John lands a knee to the body.
Brooksbank looks winded!
John gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John connects with a knee to the head.
John misses with a punch to the body.

Brooksbank breaks the clinch.
Brooksbank throws a combination but it was largely blocked by John.
John with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Brooksbank clinches.
John lands a body punch in the clinch.
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brooksbank looking to stall.
John with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from John.
John lands an elbow inside that Brooksbank shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John throws a knee to the head but misses.
John doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brooksbank is trying to force a seperation but John has the dominant position.
Brooksbank tried to land a shot to the body but connects with John's elbow.
Brooksbank blocks an uppercut.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brooksbank wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but John has him pressed against the ropes.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brooksbank blocks it with crossed arms.
John connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooksbank's face.

Brooksbank's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooksbank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An inside leg kick lands from John.
John tries to clinch but Brooksbank moves out of range.
John chopping away at his opponent's legs.

John gets a clinch.
John throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John throws a knee to the head but misses.

Brooksbank manages to break the clinch.

John has Brooksbank up against the ropes in a clinch.
John scores a nice knee to the body.
John avoiding damage.
John using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brooksbank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brooksbank tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
John works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brooksbank is trying to push John away but John has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A right hook to the body lands for John.
Brooksbank being controlled against the ropes.

Brooksbank breaks from the clinch.
Brooksbank has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

John takes the fight into the clinch.
John tries to work over Brooksbank's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
John lands a nice knee to the body.
Brooksbank is looking to break free of the clinch but John has double underhooks.
John prevents Brooksbank from breaking the clinch.
John lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Brooksbank is rocked!
John creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Brooksbank off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Brooksbank is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! John is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Papa John!