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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Holly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holly has chosen Gotham Road - On My Way as his entrance music. Hank Holly is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Holly!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holly misses with a wild combination.
Holly misses with an uppercut.
Brooks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holly.
Brooks misses with a shot to the body
and Holly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holly defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Brooks.
Holly wants to clinch.
Brooks tries to work over Holly's front leg with a kick but Holly checks it.
Holly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Holly misses.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holly connects with a looping right hand.
Brooks tries a head kick but it misses.
Brooks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Holly to score with a decent uppercut.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brooks.
Hank Holly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holly looks to throw the jab but Brooks is out of range.
Holly throws a hook to the side of Brooks's head but Brooks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Holly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Holly throws a looping overhand right but Brooks ducks down to avoid it.
Holly moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Brooks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holly.
Jab by Holly.
Holly is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
Brooks will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Holly!
Holly lands with a good body shot.
Holly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holly takes a swing at Brooks's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hank Holly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Holly lands with a right hand.
Brooks tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holly is able to avoid easily.
Holly moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Holly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brooks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holly was well out of range. Poor timing from Brooks.
Holly swings for the body but Brooks moves out of range.
Holly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Holly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brooks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holly checks the leg kick.
Holly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.
Holly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brooks.
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Brooks moves away from the strike by Holly.
Holly looks to score with a jab to the body but Brooks is just out of range.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Holly avoids them all with ease.
Holly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brooks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holly is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Brooks misses.
Holly scores with a jab.
Brooks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Holly misses with a looping left.
Brooks moves into the clinch successfully.
Brooks wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Holly pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brooks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brooks tries to work over Holly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Holly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Holly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brooks.
Holly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brooks wants a takedown.
Brooks tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brooks misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Holly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Brooks. Holly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holly lands with an uppercut that bounces Brooks off the cage and back into rage.
Holly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brooks shoots in looking for a takedown. Holly tries to sprawl out of it but Brooks keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Holly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Holly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brooks moves away.
Holly lands with a nice body punch.
Holly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brooks fails with the takedown
and Holly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Holly jabs Brooks right on the nose. Brooks blinks but takes it well.
Holly lunges at Brooks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brooks's hand.
Holly tries to clinch
and Brooks counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Holly.
Brooks gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Holly.
Holly throws a looping overhand right but Brooks ducks down to avoid it.
Brooks fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Holly sprawls well initially but Brooks persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holly is trying to stand.
Holly is breathing heavily.
Brooks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brooks is nestled in close to Holly, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brooks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holly's head.
Brooks is trying to control the action in half guard but Holly is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brooks has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holly is in a horrible position here. Brooks smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Holly wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Brooks.
Brooks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Brooks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Holly can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brooks landing punches.
Holly working to try and regain half guard.
Brooks looking to control but Holly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brooks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks with a couple of short strikes.
Brooks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brooks is working for a guillotine from mount but Holly frees his head quite easily.
Holly is desperately trying to improve his position but Brooks has a good base and remains in mount.
Brooks has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Holly's face.
Holly tries to buck Brooks off but he can't manage it.
Brooks landing shots from mount.
Holly tries to lock up and control but Brooks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brooks thowing shots but they're missing.
Holly blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks with the ground and pound from mount.
Holly taking shots to the head.
Brooks trying to control but Holly is having none of it.
Brooks is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Holly is surviving well by controlling Brooks's body position as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holly is squirming around, avoiding Brooks's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brooks scoring with strikes but Holly is staying in there.
Brooks unloads with some shots from mount but Holly bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Brooks dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Holly keeps the fight on the outside.
Holly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks misses with a wild combination.
Holly darts in trying to clinch
and Brooks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Holly is positioning himself well to prevent Brooks advancing to mount.
Brooks wants to take a breather but Holly is having none of it.
Brooks trying to mount his opponent but Holly defends it.
Holly controlling the position well.
Holly wants to improve his position but Brooks is controlling well.
Holly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brooks thows a huge punch but Holly dodges it nicely.
Holly wants to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Holly throws a one two combo.
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Holly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Holly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brooks.
Brooks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brooks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Holly.
Brooks fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Holly avoids them all with ease.
Holly throws an overhand right that lands on Brooks's shoulder, as Brooks tries to avoid the shot.
Holly throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brooks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A left and a right from Holly both land. Nice combination.
Brooks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brooks closes the distance and pushes Holly back into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Brooks.
Holly blocks a body shot from Brooks.
Brooks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brooks cracks Holly with a nice body shot.
Brooks tries for a takedown but Holly manages to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brooks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brooks working aggressively here.
Holly working aggressively here.
Brooks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brooks has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Holly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holly working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Holly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brooks working aggressively here.
Brooks looking to stall.
Brooks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brooks has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Holly avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brooks.
Holly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Holly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brooks.
Some wild striking there from Brooks.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but Holly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Holly misses with a two punch combination.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Holly but Holly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
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.
Holly takes the fight into the clinch.
Holly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Brooks.
Brooks has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Holly clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Brooks struggling to keep hold of the position.
Brooks struggling to land strikes to the head as Holly covers up.
Holly grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Holly is really stuck here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holly is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Brooks off. It looks like it's working - Brooks slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Holly displaying calm under pressure there.
Brooks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Brooks showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brooks has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Brooks!
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energy
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hype
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