PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Wirtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Brooks
vs
Wirtanen

180 cm
22
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaska Wirtanen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Wirtanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Brooks gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wirtanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Brooks.
Brooks landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brooks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but Wirtanen blocks it.
Wirtanen tries to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling the position.
Wirtanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wirtanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Brooks won't allow it.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Wirtanen blocks with his arms.
Wirtanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Brooks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wirtanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Brooks lands a knee to the head.
Brooks prevents Wirtanen from breaking the clinch.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Wirtanen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Wirtanen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Wirtanen is trying to break free.
Brooks with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brooks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wirtanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Brooks prevents Wirtanen from breaking the clinch.
Wirtanen is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirtanen is trying to break free.
Brooks prevents Wirtanen from breaking the clinch.
Wirtanen is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Wirtanen can't break the clinch.

Wirtanen manages to break the clinch.
Wirtanen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.

Wirtanen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wirtanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Brooks won't allow it.
Wirtanen is trying to break free.
A short right from Wirtanen on the inside.
Brooks keeps control of Wirtanen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brooks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wirtanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wirtanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks connects with a knee to the head.
Brooks is pressed up against the cage. Wirtanen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brooks down to the mat. Brooks avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Brooks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wirtanen, pushing him back against the cage.
Brooks taking a breather.
Brooks scores with a knee to the head.

Wirtanen is rocked!
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Wirtanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Brooks finish him?
Brooks holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wirtanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wirtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Brooks lands a nice knee to the body.
Wirtanen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brooks misses with an elbow over the top.
Brooks landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wirtanen avoids the elbow strike from Brooks, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Wirtanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks lands with a light punch inside.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wirtanen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wirtanen managing to block the knees to the body from Brooks.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wirtanen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wirtanen tries to break the clinch but Brooks is controlling the position.

Wirtanen jumps guard.
Wirtanen looking for a sweep. Not yet Wirtanen, not yet.

Wirtanen pushes Brooks off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wirtanen lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Brandon Brooks has been cut.
Brandon Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wirtanen shoots in but no luck this time.
Wirtanen misses with a double jab.
Wirtanen looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.
Wirtanen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brandon Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Wirtanen.
Wirtanen throws a nice looking combination but Brooks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Brooks moves into range and clinches up with Wirtanen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks keeps control of Wirtanen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wirtanen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brooks unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wirtanen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wirtanen has had enough of the clinch but Brooks keeps him there for the moment.

Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Wirtanen throws a nice looking combination but Brooks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wirtanen's corner calls for a 1-2. Wirtanen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Brooks is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wirtanen.
Oh Brooks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wirtanen drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Brooks right on the button. Brooks goes down! Wirtanen follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Wirtanen gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaska Wirtanen!