PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance Taken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by Nothing Else Matters. Chance Taken is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Brooks
vs
Taken

191 cm
26
255 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

191 cm
25
270 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eli Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chance Taken!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taken shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brooks as he jumps to the side.
Taken fails with a takedown attempt.
Brooks misses with a lunging right hand

and Taken counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taken is trying to control the action in half guard but Brooks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Taken thows a huge punch but Brooks dodges it nicely.
Brooks is looking to control Taken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brooks avoid being mounted?
Brooks tries to get to full guard but Taken has control of the leg.

Taken is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Taken working the head and body with strikes.
Taken has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taken tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brooks knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Taken not doing much here.
Brooks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Taken on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks is looking to control Taken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brooks avoid being mounted?
Brooks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brooks has hold of Taken's hands but Taken slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taken not doing much here.
Taken prevents Brooks from improving his position.
Brooks wants to control but Taken is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Taken working the head and body with strikes.
Still in half guard, Taken seems content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taken prevents Brooks from improving his position.
Taken lands with a punch from half guard.
Taken looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brooks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Taken missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Taken in particular looking to stall.
Brooks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taken scores with a couple of nice shots.

Brooks has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Taken escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Taken!
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Taken working the head and body with strikes.

It looks like Eli Brooks has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taken controlling the position.
Taken is putting a hurting on Brooks here, landing some big shots from side control.

Eli Brooks's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taken remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Taken working the body and head with strikes.

Eli Brooks's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Taken working away.
Taken scores with a couple of short elbows.
Brooks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taken advances to mount.
Taken landing punches.

Jeez, Eli Brooks's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eli Brooks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chance Taken!