PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Shears (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Brooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shears's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Shears
vs
Brooke

185 cm
30
221 lbs
21 - 11 - 1

190 cm
27
218 lbs
11 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Stonewall
{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

Stonewall

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Billy Shears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Donny Brooke!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shears gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brooke.
Shears throws a big shot that misses.
Brooke misses the jab.
Shears throws an off balance right hand
and Brooke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shears lands with a hook. Brooke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shears listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shears looks to land a right hand but Brooke moved out of range.
Shears lands a jab.
Shears throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brooke counters with a good low kick that Shears was not able to check.
Brooke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Billy Shears seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brooke misses with a looping left.
Brooke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Shears misses with an uppercut
and Brooke counters with a leg kick.
Shears throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brooke ducks under a wild hook from Shears.
Shears takes a swing at Brooke's ribcage but misses.
Brooke blocks a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Shears. No joy for Brooke on that attempt.
Shears looks to land a left hand but Brooke moved out of range nicely.
Shears throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brooke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brooke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shears misses with a takedown
and Brooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brooke throws a low kick but Shears moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Shears finds it's way through Brooke's defenses.
Shears looks to score with a jab to the body but Brooke is just out of range.
Shears misses with an uppercut.
Brooke throws an overhand right that lands on Shears's shoulder, as Shears tries to avoid the shot.
Shears thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Shears misses the target.
Shears ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brooke moves away.
Shears misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shears throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brooke manages to avoid it.
Brooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shears throws out the jab.
Shears throws a poor cross that misses
and Brooke counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shears checks a leg kick.
Brooke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shears doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brooke counters with a low kick, right behind Shears 's knee.
Brooke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shears avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shears with a poor takedown
and Brooke counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Shears. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooke closes the distance and clinches up with Shears, looking for a takedown. Brooke pushes Shears against the cage but Shears circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shears throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shears fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shears will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shears misses with a hook. Brooke ducked under it nicely.
Shears shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brooke but Brooke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Shears throws a jab but it's blocked by Brooke.
Shears steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brooke.
Shears throws a combination that misses
and Shears takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooke throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shears keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice jab there from Brooke.
Brooke connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donny Brooke dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A low kick from Brooke misses
and Shears counters with a stiff right hand.
Brooke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shears shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brooke but Brooke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brooke takes one to the chin there.
Brooke throws a leg kick
and Shears cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shears checks a low kick from Brooke.
Shears misses with a two punch combination.
Brooke misses with a takedown attempt
and Shears counters with a nice uppercut.
Shears misses the jab.
Shears lands with a good body shot.
Shears throws a series of punches but Brooke moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shears connects with a right hand. Brooke shakes it off.
Shears scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donny Brooke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Shears misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shears. Brooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brooke throws a sloppy body shot
and Shears counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brooke leaves Shears with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheers as Shears lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brooke doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Brooke.
Shears looks to score with a jab to the body but Brooke is just out of range.
Brooke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooke will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shears with a hook.
Brooke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shears on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shears fails to land with a series of punches.
Brooke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Shears misses.
A clash of legs there as Shears blocks the low kick.
Shears waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brooke.
Shears thuds a left hand into Brooke's body.
Shears scores with a jab to the body.
Shears gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brooke counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Shears. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Shears throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shears moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shears connects with a jab.
Shears is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shears throws a right hand that misses
and Shears takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billy Shears is winning the standup battle so far.
Shears swings for the body but Brooke moves out of range.
Brooke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Shears.
Brooke takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shears misses with a double jab.
Shears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brooke manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooke misses with a leg kick.
Brooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shears.
Shears ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brooke moves away.
A lazy left from Shears finds it's target.
Shears misses with an uppercut
and Brooke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooke defending well as Shears loads up on a big left hand.
Shears throws a lazy uppercut
and Brooke counters with an outside leg kick.
Shears throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brooke counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Horrible takedown by Shears or perhaps it was just good defense by Brooke which made him look bad.
No joy there for Brooke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Shears dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Brooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shears lands a right hook to the body.
A slow jab from Shears misses its intended target.
Shears throws a one two combo.
Shears throws a right and a left that Brooke avoids nicely.
Shears misses with a looping left.
Shears throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brooke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shears makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shears missing with a left hand there. Brooke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shears misses with a hook.
Shears dips to his left and cracks Brooke with an uppercut!
Shears fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooke slips a straight right by Shears.
Sloppy strikes from Shears. Those never looked like landing.
Shears lands a really nice looking cross but Brooke seems unphased.
Shears gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brooke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shears circles away.
Shears missing with a left hand there. Brooke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brooke throws a looping overhand right but Shears ducks down to avoid it.
Brooke has a takedown stuffed.
Brooke blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shears keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brooke shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shears eats them both and turns towards Brooke to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brooke scores with the left hand. Shears knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shears misses with a double jab
and Brooke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Brooke lands a head shot.
Shears misses with an uppercut
and Brooke counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shears with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brooke looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Billy Shears has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donny Brooke.
Shears misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooke closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brooke moves out of range as Shears strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shears.
Shears shoots in and drives through. Brooke sprawls well.
Shears throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brooke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck for Brooke with that takedown attempt.
Shears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brooke manages to avoid it.
Shears works over Brooke's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shears.
Brooke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the body from Shears misses
and Brooke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shears thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shears digs a good body shot into Brooke's ribs.
Shears misses with a hook
and Brooke counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shears tries to bum rush Brooke with a series of wild strikes but Brooke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brooke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooke walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brooke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brooke manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Donny Brooke.
Well Brooke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Brooke!
Donny Brooke very nearly forgot to thank BioPharm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.