PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacoby Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and monk eastman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bryant might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ShiftKit. monk eastman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bryant
vs
eastman

188 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacoby Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, monk eastman!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
eastman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bryant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bryant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bryant lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like monk eastman has been cut.
eastman takes one to the chin there.
eastman is looking to clinch but Bryant is avoiding it.
eastman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bryant throws a one two combo.
Bryant misses with a body shot.
eastman tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Bryant looks to land a body kick but eastman moved away.
eastman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bryant is out of range and eastman settles back down.
eastman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bryant avoids it really well and circles away.
eastman tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Bryant swats away the attempt to clinch by eastman.
The fight stays on the outside here - eastman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant throws a series of punches but eastman moves out of range.
Bryant could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
eastman fails with a takedown attempt.
Bryant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
eastman avoids the body shot from Bryant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from eastman.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from eastman.
Jacoby Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of monk eastman.
Bryant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bryant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
eastman looks gassed!
Bryant bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
eastman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
eastman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
eastman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bryant jabs at eastman's body.
Bryant lands a right hook to the body.
eastman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bryant cracks a nice hook into eastman's ribs.
Bryant lands a body shot.
Bryant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but eastman was well out of range. Poor timing from Bryant.
Bryant misses with a jab, cross combination.
eastman is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bryant is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for eastman.
Bryant looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? eastman is fending him off so far but Bryant persists. Nope, eastman circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - eastman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant throws a combination. eastman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

eastman has Bryant up against the cage in a clinch.
eastman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bryant looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bryant is looking to break free of the clinch but eastman has double underhooks.
eastman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bryant wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
eastman has Bryant pressed against the cage, preventing Bryant from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bryant has had enough of the clinch but eastman keeps him there for the moment.

eastman breaks the clinch.
eastman wants to clinch.
eastman takes a jab right on the kisser.
eastman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bryant connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! eastman scrambles back to his feet.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch but Bryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bryant swats away the attempt to clinch by eastman.
Bryant swings for the body but eastman moves out of range.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant connects with a body shot that sends eastman's belly button to the back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bryant.
eastman stuffs the takedown attempt from Bryant. Bryant gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryant connects with a body shot that sends eastman's belly button to the back.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant looks to score with a jab to the body but eastman is just out of range.
eastman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bryant.
The fight stays on the outside here - eastman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
eastman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bryant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
eastman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bryant scores with a jab to the body.
Bryant lands a nice hook to eastman's body. eastman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bryant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryant with a jab.
Bryant connects with a body shot that sends eastman's belly button to the back.
eastman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bryant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent eastman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bryant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as eastman backs up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bryant.
Bryant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. eastman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left lands for Bryant.
Bryant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but eastman was well out of range. Poor timing from Bryant.
eastman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bryant as he jumps to the side.
Bryant is looking to wear down eastman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bryant lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bryant digs a good body shot into eastman's ribs.
eastman moves in looking to clinch but Bryant pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacoby Bryant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on monk eastman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bryant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bryant lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bryant scores with a nice right hand.
eastman is looking to clinch but Bryant is avoiding it.
eastman tries to clinch up.
eastman is looking to clinch.
Bryant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bryant lands a right hook to the body.
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
Bryant attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
eastman tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Bryant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but eastman manages to avoid it.
Bryant stuffs the takedown.
Bryant lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bryant scores with a body shot.
Bryant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but eastman circles away quickly and effectively.
Bryant throws a shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bryant!
Nice body punch from Bryant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
eastman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bryant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bryant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
eastman fails with a takedown attempt.
Bryant scores with a jab to the body.
Bryant thuds a left hand into eastman's body.
eastman fails to land the takedown.
Jacoby Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of monk eastman.
Bryant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but eastman moves away.
eastman tries to clinch up.
eastman takes one to the chin there.
Bryant misses with a kick to the body.
Bryant cracks eastman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryant. eastman does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
eastman tries to clinch up but Bryant circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bryant scores with a shot to the body.
Bryant throws a one two combo.
eastman is looking to clinch.
eastman is looking to land body kicks.

Bryant closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. eastman did well to prevent Bryant getting side control.
Bryant is thwarting eastman's attempts to control the position.
eastman taking some punishment here, with Bryant in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Bryant.

Bryant decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Bryant scores with a shot to the body.
eastman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bryant scores with a jab to the body.
Bryant throws a right and a left that eastman avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
eastman tries to clinch up but Bryant circles away and keeps his distance.
eastman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the liver by Bryant. Beautiful body shot.
eastman moves in looking to clinch but Bryant pushes him off.
Bryant lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jacoby Bryant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
eastman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bryant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bryant connects with the punch.
eastman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
eastman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fight stays on the outside here - eastman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant checks a leg kick nicely.
Bryant bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps eastman's head backwards.
Bryant wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
eastman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bryant moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bryant punishes eastman's body with a nice straight punch.
eastman tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Bryant throws a body punch but eastman moves out of range.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bryant lands a nice hook to eastman's body. eastman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bryant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that eastman can do to turn this around?
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Bryant both land. Nice combination.
eastman is looking to clinch.
eastman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bryant keeps the fight on the outside.
eastman moves in looking to clinch but Bryant pushes him off.
Bryant is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bryant scores with a body shot.
Bryant misses with a series of wild punches.
eastman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacoby Bryant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on monk eastman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant misses with a body shot.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
eastman fails with an attempt to clinch.
eastman throws a nice outside leg kick.
eastman wants to clinch up but Bryant keeps it at a distance.
Bryant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
eastman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant throws a body punch but eastman moves out of range.
Bryant lands with a cross.
Bryant closes the distance and clinches up with eastman, looking for a takedown. Bryant pushes eastman against the cage but eastman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
eastman staying out of range there.
eastman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bryant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
eastman tries to clinch there but Bryant circles away.
Bryant scores with a hook.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
eastman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bryant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant takes a swing at eastman's ribcage but misses.
eastman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bryant. That did some damage!
eastman is looking to clinch.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch but Bryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
eastman moves in looking to clinch but Bryant pushes him off.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch but Bryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
eastman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryant.
eastman fails in his attempt to clinch.
eastman is looking to clinch but Bryant is avoiding it.
Bryant tries to bum rush eastman with a series of wild strikes but eastman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bryant throws a series of punches but eastman avoids them all with ease.
Bryant keeps the fight on the outside.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
eastman doesn't manage to clinch there - Bryant circles away.
Bryant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but eastman was well out of range. Poor timing from Bryant.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
eastman wants to clinch.

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.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
eastman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bryant.
eastman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bryant blocks a head kick by eastman.
Bryant scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Donk. Bryant catches eastman right on the button with a cross.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bryant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bryant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bryant with a body punch. A glancing blow.
eastman shoots in for a takedown but Bryant shows good takedown defense.
Bryant scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
eastman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
eastman fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant scores with a one two! eastman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bryant lands a slapping body shot.
Bryant scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. eastman doesn't seem bothered though.
eastman tries to clinch but Bryant is having none of it.
eastman avoids the body shot from Bryant.
eastman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryant swats him away and circles back towards the center.
eastman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
eastman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
monk eastman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryant scores with a nice head shot.
eastman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
eastman wants to clinch up but Bryant keeps it at a distance.
Bryant bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps eastman's head backwards.
Bryant fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
eastman wants to clinch up but Bryant keeps it at a distance.
Nice cross by Bryant.
Bryant connects with a body shot that sends eastman's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant swats away the attempt to clinch by eastman.
Bryant misses the shot to the body.
Bryant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant scores with a hook to the body. eastman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
Bryant clobbers eastman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

eastman clinches.
eastman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bryant fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jacoby Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of monk eastman.
Bryant goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jacoby Bryant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
eastman is looking to clinch but Bryant is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bryant blocks a head kick by eastman.
Bryant lands a body shot.
Bryant connects with a good right hand that stumbles eastman. eastman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bryant lands with a shot to the body.
eastman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bryant checks it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacoby Bryant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bryant, 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacoby Bryant!