PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck The Great Weasel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brooks might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thunder Struck. Micheal Brooks could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Buck The Great Weasel's chin.

Brooks
vs
The Great Weasel

187 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Micheal Brooks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Buck The Great Weasel!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Great Weasel shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Great Weasel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
Brooks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Brooks. No joy for The Great Weasel on that attempt.
The Great Weasel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Micheal Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck The Great Weasel.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brooks.

Brooks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brooks is trying to force a seperation but The Great Weasel has the dominant position.
The Great Weasel has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brooks avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brooks working hard to break the clinch.
Brooks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Great Weasel tries to work over Brooks's front leg with a kick but Brooks checks it.
Nice takedown defense from Brooks. No joy for The Great Weasel on that attempt.
Micheal Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Brooks closes the distance and clinches.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks has had enough of the clinch but The Great Weasel keeps him there for the moment.
Brooks has had enough of the clinch but The Great Weasel keeps him there for the moment.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks tries to circle away but The Great Weasel has him pinned against the cage.
Brooks tries to break free but The Great Weasel pushes him back against the cage.

Brooks breaks the clinch.
Brooks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Micheal Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Great Weasel is defended easily by Brooks.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Great Weasel.
Brooks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
An inside leg kick from The Great Weasel misses.
Brooks misses with a low kick.
The Great Weasel fails with a takedown attempt.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but The Great Weasel pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brooks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brooks throws a shot from downtown. The Great Weasel moves away and avoids it.
The Great Weasel fails with the takedown.

Brooks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows The Great Weasel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Great Weasel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brooks is keeping the position for now.
The Great Weasel trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great Weasel trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brooks's guard.
The Great Weasel wants to pass the guard but Brooks is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Great Weasel trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Great Weasel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks misses the shot to the body.
Brooks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Great Weasel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brooks misses with a body shot.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but The Great Weasel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brooks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micheal Brooks dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brooks is looking to clinch but The Great Weasel is avoiding it.
Brooks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Great Weasel doesn't seem bothered though.
The Great Weasel has a takedown stuffed.
Brooks scores with a body shot.
Brooks misses the jab.
The Great Weasel closes the distance and clinches up with Brooks, looking for a takedown. The Great Weasel pushes Brooks against the cage but Brooks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Brooks tries to clinch there but The Great Weasel circles away.
The Great Weasel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crunch! Brooks slams his shin into The Great Weasel's torso.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great Weasel tries a head kick but it misses.
Brooks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The Great Weasel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brooks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Great Weasel circles away quickly and effectively.
The Great Weasel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brooks swivels and escapes.
Micheal Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck The Great Weasel.
Nice defenses there by The Great Weasel.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Horrible takedown by The Great Weasel or perhaps it was just good defense by Brooks which made him look bad.
Brooks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Great Weasel is breathing heavily.
Brooks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brooks punishes The Great Weasel's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks cracks The Great Weasel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brooks tries a head kick but it misses.
The Great Weasel is looking to chop away at Brooks's legs.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Great Weasel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks lands a head shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from The Great Weasel - that will leave a mark!
Brooks is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Great Weasel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Great Weasel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brooks.
Brooks tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Great Weasel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The Great Weasel looking to control but Brooks is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

The Great Weasel looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

The Great Weasel goes for an armbar but Brooks turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Brooks.
Brooks content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Great Weasel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

The Great Weasel has control of Brooks's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Brooks regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Brooks wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micheal Brooks dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

No luck for The Great Weasel with that takedown attempt.
The Great Weasel slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Brooks misses its intended target.
Brooks tries to clinch but The Great Weasel is having none of it.
Brooks misses with a low kick as The Great Weasel jumps back.
The Great Weasel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brooks throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brooks misses with a looping left.
Brooks throws a push kick but The Great Weasel slaps the foot to one side.
The Great Weasel fails with a takedown attempt.
Micheal Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buck The Great Weasel.
The Great Weasel closes the distance and clinches up with Brooks, looking for a takedown. The Great Weasel pushes Brooks against the cage but Brooks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Great Weasel.
The Great Weasel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Great Weasel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brooks throws a series of punches but The Great Weasel moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Brooks just misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Great Weasel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Brooks.
The Great Weasel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Brooks lands with a nice combination. The Great Weasel backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brooks throws a right hand that The Great Weasel ducks under and follows up with a left that The Great Weasel also avoids with ease.
Brooks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Great Weasel moves away.
The Great Weasel slips a jab from Brooks.
The Great Weasel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks.
The Great Weasel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brooks.
The Great Weasel misses with a takedown attempt - Brooks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brooks throws a body punch but The Great Weasel moves out of range.

The Great Weasel shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Great Weasel showed some decent athleticism there.

The Great Weasel is working for a submission of some sort.

Brooks has one foot on The Great Weasel's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks lands a head shot.
Brooks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brooks throws the left hand but The Great Weasel avoids the punch easily.
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brooks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brooks lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Brooks missing with a left hand there. The Great Weasel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Great Weasel shoots in for a takedown but Brooks shows good takedown defense.
The Great Weasel checks a leg kick nicely.
Brooks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Brooks fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Great Weasel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

The Great Weasel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Brooks wants to stand and escape but The Great Weasel is having none of it.

The Great Weasel drops back, looking for a kneebar! Brooks looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Brooks looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Brooks!
The Great Weasel is trying to control Brooks's posture but Brooks avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Micheal Brooks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brooks, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micheal Brooks!
Micheal Brooks is the new middleweight champion!