PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Brooklyn Brawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Le Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brawler comes to the ring accompanied by Where Brooklyn At?!?!. Le Banner has chosen Carmina Burana as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brawler
vs
Le Banner

210 cm
27
274 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

205 cm
27
282 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

World class boxer
Powerful

KAISER
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brooklyn Brawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Le Banner!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Banner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Le Banner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brawler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves out of range.
Le Banner looks to clinch
and Brawler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Le Banner scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Brooklyn Brawler has been cut.
Le Banner misses with a wild body shot.
Le Banner looks to clinch
and Brawler counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Banner closes the distance but Brawler moves to the side
and Le Banner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le Banner tries to close the distance and clinch but Brawler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le Banner wants to clinch

and Brawler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le Banner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Le Banner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Brawler counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Brawler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brawler misses with a body shot.
Le Banner throws a hook but Brawler blocks it.
Le Banner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Brawler counters with a right hand to the body.
Brawler lands with a cross.

It looks like Jerome Le Banner has been cut.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves away
and Brawler counters with a two punch combo.
Le Banner moves to clinch but Brawler breaks away

and Brawler counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brawler.

Brawler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le Banner fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Banner moves to clinch but Brawler breaks away
and Brawler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler is having none of it.
Brawler misses with a wild body shot.
Le Banner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves away
and Brawler counters with a three punch combo that has Le Banner backing up. Le Banner nods at Brawler to acknowledge the strikes.
Le Banner throws a wild body kick that Brawler sees coming a mile off.
Le Banner moves to clinch but Brawler breaks away
and Brawler counters with a two punch combo.
Brawler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Le Banner wants to clinch but Brawler slips to the side

and Brawler counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Le Banner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Le Banner slips a jab and a cross from Brawler.
Le Banner wants to clinch

and Brawler counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brawler.
Brawler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brawler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Le Banner has him pressed against the ropes.
Brawler tries to break free but Le Banner pushes him back against the ropes.
Le Banner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Le Banner is trying to break the clinch but Brawler is controlling him.
Brawler blocks an elbow strike.
Le Banner working hard to break the clinch.
Brawler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brawler slowing the pace effectively.
Le Banner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brawler throws an off balance right hand
and Le Banner counters with a nice uppercut.
Brawler is looking to wear down Le Banner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Le Banner is looking to clinch but Brawler is avoiding it.
Le Banner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le Banner falls off balance throwing a combination

and Brawler moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Brawler - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A frustrated look appears on Le Banner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Le Banner.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Brawler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brawler. Le Banner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Banner closes the distance but Brawler moves to the side
and Brawler counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brooklyn Brawler dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brawler misses with a head kick.
Le Banner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Le Banner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brawler throws a shot from downtown. Le Banner moves away and avoids it.
Brawler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le Banner is looking to clinch but Brawler is avoiding it.

Le Banner closes the distance and pushes Brawler back into the ropes.
Brawler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Le Banner lands an elbow inside that Brawler shrugs off.
Brawler looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Le Banner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Banner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner tries to clinch up
and Brawler counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Le Banner misses.
Le Banner misses with a looping right.
Le Banner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le Banner cracks Brawler with a right hand to the side of the head.

Brooklyn Brawler's cut is getting worse.
Jerome Le Banner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Banner tries to clinch there but Brawler circles away.
Le Banner tries to clinch up
and Le Banner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler throws an overhand right that lands on Le Banner's shoulder, as Le Banner tries to avoid the shot.
Brawler moves out of range as Le Banner throws a body kick.
Brawler circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Brawler counter with a right hand.
Le Banner lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Le Banner gets a clinch.
Brawler takes an elbow to the temple.

Brawler manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Banner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brawler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brawler takes a jab right on the kisser.

Brooklyn Brawler's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Le Banner wants to clinch up but Brawler keeps it at a distance.
Le Banner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brawler throws an overhand right that lands on Le Banner's shoulder, as Le Banner tries to avoid the shot.
Le Banner misses with a double jab
and Brawler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Le Banner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Banner avoids the body shot from Brawler.
Le Banner wants to clinch
enabling Brawler to counter with a crisp jab.
Brawler looks to land a left hand but Le Banner moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Banner lands a jab to Brawler's midsection.
Le Banner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Brawler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jerome Le Banner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Le Banner feints a jab promting Brawler to slip. Le Banner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Brawler slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Le Banner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Banner throws a right hand that Brawler ducks under and follows up with a left that Brawler also avoids with ease.
Brawler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Le Banner.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves away
and Brawler counters with a series of strikes. Le Banner will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brawler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le Banner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Banner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves out of range.
Brawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Le Banner was well out of range. Poor timing from Brawler.
Le Banner lands the left hand.
Brawler misses with a double jab.
Brawler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brawler looks to land a right hand but Le Banner moved out of range.
Brooklyn Brawler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves away
and Brawler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Banner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le Banner moves to clinch but Brawler breaks away
enabling Brawler to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le Banner misses with a double jab.
Brawler throws a hook to the side of Le Banner's head but Le Banner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Banner tries to clinch up
letting Brawler counter with a right hand.
Brawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Le Banner.
Le Banner tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner is looking to clinch but Brawler is avoiding it.
Le Banner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Le Banner wants to clinch but Brawler slips to the side

and Brawler counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brawler.

Brawler breaks the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brawler misses with the combination.
Le Banner is looking to clinch but Brawler is avoiding it.
Le Banner wants to clinch but Brawler slips to the side
and Brawler counters with a nice uppercut.
Brawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Le Banner.
Le Banner is looking to clinch but Brawler is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brawler looks to land a combination but Le Banner avoids it well.
Le Banner takes one to the chin there.
Le Banner tries to clinch but Brawler moves out of range.
Le Banner tries to clinch up but Brawler circles away and keeps his distance.
Brawler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Le Banner wants to clinch but Brawler slips to the side

and Brawler counters by clinching up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brawler breaks from the clinch.
Brawler looks to land a left hand but Le Banner moved out of range nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brawler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Banner to score with a decent uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brooklyn Brawler.
Well Brawler has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brooklyn Brawler!
A very excited looking Brooklyn Brawler made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.