PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Townsend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tom Sawyer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brooks
vs
Townsend

168 cm
23
140 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

166 cm
20
137 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

MMA ANIMAL

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jerome Townsend!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Townsend darts in and clinches Brooks up against the cage.
Townsend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Townsend is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Townsend misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Townsend - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Townsend trying to stall but Brooks improves his position.
Townsend throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brooks blocks it with crossed arms.
Townsend misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
A frustrated look appears on Townsend's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Townsend misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Townsend's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Townsend can't find room to land a body shot as Brooks controls the action.
Townsend wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Townsend misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
Townsend wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Townsend is trying to break the clinch but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Brooks.
Townsend working Brooks over with knees to the body.
Townsend tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brooks's elbow.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Townsend blocks with his arms.
Townsend misses with a knee strike.
Brooks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brooks tries to pull guard but Townsend forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Townsend can't find room to land a body shot as Brooks controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brooks.
Townsend lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Brooks breaks the clinch.
Townsend swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Townsend circles away.
Townsend tries to clinch up but Brooks circles away and keeps his distance.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Townsend circles away.

Brooks shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brooks was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Brooks lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks controlling the pace for now.

Brooks jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Townsend manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Brooks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Townsend has escaped the position, nice work there.
Townsend wants to control but Brooks postures up.
Townsend is being controlled here.
Brooks trying to control the position but Townsend is working away.

Brooks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Townsend has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Townsend is looking to regain half guard here but Brooks keeps moving and retains side control.
Brooks throws an elbow but Townsend slips to the side and avoids it well.
Brooks cracks Townsend with a big right hand but Townsend just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Townsend takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Townsend is trying to control Brooks's posture but Brooks avoids it.
Townsend is looking to reverse the position.
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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooks scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brooks working away.
Brooks working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Brooks dominated that round.
That's time! Brooks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brooks avoids the head kick by Townsend.

Brooks fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Townsend to the ground. Brooks is now in Townsend's guard.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Townsend is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks passes Townsend's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Townsend wants to get back to full guard but Brooks has passed into side control.
Brooks working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Brooks is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Townsend knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Townsend takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brooks working the ground and pound.
Townsend struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Brooks's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Townsend is rocked!

Brooks in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Townsend is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tyler Brooks!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tyler Brooks waved his t-shirt featuring MMA ANIMAL's logo in front of the cameras.