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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Brooks (ranked 2308 p4p, 2168 weight class) and Bejamin Gold (ranked 280 p4p, 263 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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7 - 3 - 0 |
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5 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bejamin Gold!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gold lands the left hand.
Brooks has Gold up against the cage in a clinch.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Gold blocks with his arms.
Gold tries to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling the position.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brooks prevents Gold from breaking the clinch.
Brooks keeps control of Gold as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Gold's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Gold wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Brooks misses its intended target.
Gold throws a right hand that Brooks ducks under and follows up with a left that Brooks also avoids with ease.
Gold misses with the combination.
Gold scores with a three punch combo!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brooks changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brooks.
Brooks slips a jab and a cross from Gold.
Brooks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brooks throws a leg kick which misses Gold's front leg but catches the back leg as Gold tries to avoid it.
Gold tries to keep at a distance but Brooks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks effectively controlling the action here.
Brooks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gold breaks the clinch.
Gold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brooks feints and then cracks Gold's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gold down.
Brooks tries to land a front kick but Gold steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick misses from Brooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brooks scores with a nice body kick.
Brooks throws a wild body kick that Gold sees coming a mile off.
Gold throws a counter combo.
No joy there for Brooks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gold looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.
Brooks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gold momentarily.
Brooks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gold.
Gold throws a body punch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gold misses with an uppercut.
A cross from Gold lands.
Gold avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gold lands a nice hook to Brooks's body. Brooks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Gold throws a shot to the body.
Brooks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brooks rushes Gold and presses him up against the cage.
Gold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Gold misses.
Brooks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gold blocks a low kick nicely.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brooks with the inside leg kick.
Brooks throws a leg kick
enabling Gold to counter with a crisp jab.
Brooks with the inside leg kick.
Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks breaks the clinch.
Gold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brooks throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Bejamin Gold has been cut.
Brooks looks to land a right hand but Gold moved out of range.
Gold doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brooks avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brooks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gold swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.
Brooks scoring well with a low kick there.
Brooks misses with a low kick.
Nice body kick there by Brooks.
Brooks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gold lands a head shot.
Brooks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sloppy strikes from Gold. Those never looked like landing.
Gold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brooks. Brooks obviously looking to wear him down.
Brooks closes the distance and pushes Gold back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Gold is blocking nicely.
Brooks pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brooks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Brooks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bejamin Gold's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks.
Gold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brooks tests Gold's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brooks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gold misses with a wild combination.
Brooks thumps Gold with a low kick.
Gold's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Brooks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brooks has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gold takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Gold is blocking nicely.
Brooks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gold breaks from the clinch.
Gold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brooks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gold misses with a wild body shot.
Brooks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gold can do to turn this around?
Brooks slips under a jab.
Gold swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gold takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brooks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gold throws an overhand right that lands on Brooks's shoulder, as Brooks tries to avoid the shot.
Brooks appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A big right from Gold misses.
Brooks connects with a looping right hand.
Brooks drives through and clinches with Gold against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Brooks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooks lands a right hand.
Brooks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gold.
Gold can't break the clinch.
Brooks scores a nice knee to the body.
Gold is breathing heavily.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brooks lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gold is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gold avoids it.
Brooks has Gold pressed against the cage, preventing Gold from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gold has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brooks unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gold is trying to break free.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Gold is blocking nicely.
Brooks stalls.
Brooks lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gold's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brooks slips a jab from Gold.
Brooks forces Gold back against the cage and clinches.
Gold is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gold tries to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gold's efforts to push away.
Gold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks landing knees to the head.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gold breaks from the clinch.
Brooks feints and then cracks Gold's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gold down.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Brooks jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That has opened up Bejamin Gold's cut even more.
Gold misses with a hook.
It looks like Brooks has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Gold has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brooks.
Gold checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gold staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Brooks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bejamin Gold's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Brooks scores with a nice head shot.
Gold connects with a body shot.
Eric Brooks is winning the standup battle so far.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Brooks.
Gold misses with an uppercut.
Gold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brooks appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick from Brooks, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gold throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brooks appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Gold swinging wildly here.
Brooks scores with a three punch combo!
That kick from Brooks tenderised Gold's leg. Gold is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gold swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brooks takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws a nice looking combination but Gold bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brooks gets a clinch.
Gold tries to circle away but Brooks has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Gold's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brooks.
Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bejamin Gold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gold takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brooks scores with a hook.
Brooks feints a jab and as Gold dips his head, Brooks unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Gold right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Gold falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Brooks smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eric Brooks!
Eric Brooks thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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