PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Brakeley (ranked 1974 p4p, 1080 weight class) and Albert Van Rooy (ranked 216 p4p, 123 weight class). Albert Van Rooy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brakeley
vs
Van Rooy

201 cm
42
271
31 - 20 - 0

196 cm
30
256
23 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Hardcore Sports Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Brakeley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Van Rooy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brakeley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Rooy was well out of range. Poor timing from Brakeley.
A low kick lands for Brakeley.
Van Rooy ducks under a wild hook from Brakeley.

Van Rooy closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Van Rooy to work.
Brakeley trying to stall but Van Rooy improves his position.
Van Rooy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Brakeley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brakeley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Rooy.
Brakeley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Albert Van Rooy has been cut.
Van Rooy takes one to the side of the head.
Brakeley connects with a jab.
Van Rooy avoids the body shot from Brakeley.
Brakeley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Van Rooy rushes Brakeley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Van Rooy blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rooy stalling against the cage.
Brakeley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brakeley scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Van Rooy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brakeley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brakeley tried to score with a low kick but Van Rooy checks it.
Brakeley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brakeley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Van Rooy drives through and clinches with Brakeley against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brakeley scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley is trying to break free.
Van Rooy is trying to break free.
Van Rooy blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Van Rooy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brakeley throws a big shot that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brakeley.
Van Rooy shoots and misses
and Brakeley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brakeley scores with a push kick.
Van Rooy closes the distance but Brakeley moves to the side
and Brakeley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Rooy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brakeley finds it's way round the side to connect with Van Rooy's head.
Brakeley throws a sloppy head kick and Van Rooy moves out of range easily.
Van Rooy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Brakeley defends well and Van Rooy ends up having to push Brakeley into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Van Rooy misses with a takedown
and Brakeley counters with a nice uppercut.
Michael Brakeley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Van Rooy.
Brakeley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley throws a looping overhand right but Van Rooy ducks down to avoid it.
Van Rooy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Van Rooy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brakeley.
A combination from Brakeley does no damage.
Van Rooy unleashes a big counter combination but Brakeley bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brakeley misses with a body shot
and Van Rooy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brakeley throws a sloppy head kick and Van Rooy moves out of range easily.

Van Rooy has Brakeley up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rooy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Van Rooy breaks the clinch.
Brakeley missing with a left hand there. Van Rooy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Rooy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brakeley with the inside leg kick.
Brakeley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Rooy.

Van Rooy drives through and clinches with Brakeley against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Rooy backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Van Rooy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Van Rooy misses
and Brakeley counters with a left and a right that stings Van Rooy.
Van Rooy dives in and grabs Brakeley's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brakeley pushes down on Van Rooy's head and hops out.
Van Rooy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brakeley.
Van Rooy defending well as Brakeley loads up on a big left hand.
Brakeley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Van Rooy.
An inside leg kick from Brakeley misses.
Brakeley sets himself, and Van Rooy steps forward looking for the clinch! Brakeley avoids it this time.
Van Rooy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A jab from Brakeley misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Rooy misses.
Brakeley throws a hook but Van Rooy blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Brakeley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Rooy doesn't seem phased though.
Brakeley avoids the head kick by Van Rooy.
Brakeley tried to counter with a leg kick but Van Rooy avoided it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Brakeley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Van Rooy's cut.
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.

Van Rooy ducks under a wild hook from Brakeley.
Brakeley connects with a single shot there.
Van Rooy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brakeley.
Michael Brakeley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Brakeley.
A jab lands there for Brakeley.

Van Rooy manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Brakeley on his heels. He'll look to pass Brakeley's guard now, I'm sure.
Brakeley wants to stand but Van Rooy is controlling the position.
Brakeley is trying to control the position but Van Rooy postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rooy won't allow Brakeley to get back to his feet.
Van Rooy throwing strikes from guard but Brakeley blocks nicely.
Brakeley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brakeley is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Van Rooy looking to sit in guard and control but Brakeley gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brakeley wants to control from the top but Van Rooy keeps moving.
Brakeley is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Rooy has wrist control.
Van Rooy is looking to sweep but instead, Brakeley has passed into half guard.
Van Rooy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Brakeley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rooy keeping moving, preventing Brakeley from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brakeley throwing strikes from guard but Van Rooy blocks nicely.
Brakeley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Rooy keeping moving, preventing Brakeley from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brakeley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Brakeley pushes Van Rooy off and scrambles back to his feet.
Van Rooy ducks under a wild hook from Brakeley.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Van Rooy.
Van Rooy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van Rooy dives in and grabs Brakeley's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brakeley pushes down on Van Rooy's head and hops out.
Brakeley thumps Van Rooy with a low kick.
Brakeley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brakeley thumps Van Rooy with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A cross from Brakeley lands.
Brakeley connects with the punch.
Brakeley throws a wild body kick that Van Rooy sees coming a mile off.
Brakeley misses with a low kick.
Brakeley stuffs the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Brakeley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Michael Brakeley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Van Rooy.
Brakeley throws a hook to the side of Van Rooy's head but Van Rooy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brakeley sets himself, and Van Rooy steps forward looking for the clinch! Brakeley avoids it this time.
Brakeley throws a low kick, looking for Van Rooy's leg but Van Rooy calmly moves out of range.
Van Rooy shoots for a double leg takedown but Brakeley sprawls well. He's pushed Van Rooy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brakeley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Rooy fails with the takedown
and Brakeley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Rooy is breathing heavily.
Brakeley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van Rooy in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Van Rooy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Brakeley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Albert Van Rooy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Brakeley with the inside leg kick.
Albert Van Rooy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Rooy darts in looking for a takedown but Brakeley gets double underhooks and turns Van Rooy into the cage.
Brakeley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brakeley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Rooy throws a big counter head kick but Brakeley avoids it with no problem.
Brakeley lands a jab-cross combination.
Van Rooy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Rooy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brakeley but Brakeley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Van Rooy checks a leg kick.
Van Rooy tries for a takedown but Brakeley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Michael Brakeley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Van Rooy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brakeley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Van Rooy has his takedown stuffed
and Brakeley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Rooy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Brakeley cracks Van Rooy with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Van Rooy looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Brakeley finish him?

Van Rooy is rocked!
Brakeley stuns Van Rooy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Rooy is still on wobbly legs! Can Brakeley finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Brakeley misses.
Van Rooy seems to have recovered his senses.
Van Rooy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Brakeley backs off Van Rooy throws a huge counter combo but Brakeley manages to avoid it all.
Brakeley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brakeley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rooy wants to counter the offense by Brakeley and move into the clinch position.
Van Rooy tries for a takedown but Brakeley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brakeley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brakeley connects with a body shot.
Brakeley misses with the combination.
Van Rooy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brakeley is looking to land body kicks.
Brakeley cracks Van Rooy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut there from Brakeley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley lands a leg kick that knocks Van Rooy off balance momentarily.
Van Rooy misses with a combination
and Brakeley counters with a left and a right that stings Van Rooy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brakeley throws a lazy right hand but Van Rooy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brakeley connects with an inside leg kick.

Van Rooy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Rooy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Rooy prevents Brakeley from breaking the clinch.

Brakeley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brakeley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Van Rooy with a poor takedown
and Brakeley counters with a one-two to the body.
Van Rooy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brakeley misses with a kick to the body.
Van Rooy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rooy checks a low kick from Brakeley.
A head kick from Brakeley lands but Van Rooy takes it in his stride.
Brakeley scores with a body shot.
Brakeley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Rooy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Rooy moves in looking to clinch but Brakeley pushes him off.
Michael Brakeley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brakeley throws a right and a left that Van Rooy avoids nicely.
Albert Van Rooy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brakeley throws a head kick that misses.
Brakeley connects with an inside leg kick.
Brakeley works the jab nicely.
No joy there for Van Rooy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brakeley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Brakeley tests Van Rooy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brakeley pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brakeley misses with a straight right.
Brakeley throws a big shot that misses.
Brakeley throws a head kick that misses.
Van Rooy moves out of range of the strikes.
Brakeley keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Rooy misses with a kick to the body
and Brakeley makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Van Rooy really felt that one!
Brakeley scores with a jab.
Brakeley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Van Rooy's head backwards.
Brakeley misses with a head kick.
And Van Rooy tries to counter it with a takedown but Brakeley pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A low kick from Brakeley misses

and Van Rooy counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Brakeley scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brakeley misses with a lunging right hand
and Van Rooy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Michael Brakeley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick misses from Brakeley.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Brakeley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brakeley, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Brakeley!