PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hao Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrance Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wang
vs
Brookins

174 cm
20
166 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

169 cm
20
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hao Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terrance Brookins!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wang darts in trying to clinch
and Brookins counters with a one-two to the body.
Brookins lands a head kick!
Wang takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Brookins rushes Wang and presses him up against the cage.
Brookins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brookins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Wang breaks the clinch.

Brookins gets a clinch.
Wang gets through Brookins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wang struggles to land a body shot inside as Brookins controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Brookins.
A nice left hand lands by Brookins.
Brookins throws an elbow but it misses.
Wang fails to pull guard.
Wang jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brookins walks away with a smile on his face. Wang gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brookins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wang scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brookins swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hao Wang. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Brookins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Wang is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brookins is aware though and is defending well.
Wang wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Brookins is now in half guard.
Brookins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wang with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brookins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brookins wants to take a breather but Wang is having none of it.
Brookins drops an elbow to the side of Wang's head.
Brookins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brookins winds up and cracks Wang with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brookins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Wang is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brookins wants to take a breather but Wang is having none of it.
Brookins throwing shots but Wang is blocking nicely.
Brookins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brookins scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Wang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wang blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brookins.
Brookins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brookins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wang works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brookins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wang is keeping the position for now.
Brookins wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.
Wang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brookins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brookins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brookins engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Brookins throws a big right hand that misses.
Wang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brookins.
Brookins throws a big elbow that misses.
Wang looking for a sweep. Not yet Wang, not yet.

Wang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brookins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brookins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brookins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Brookins connects with a couple of short punches.
Brookins scoring with some ground and pound.
Brookins is working Wang over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wang keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Wang has momentary wrist control but Brookins slips an elbow through the middle.
Brookins throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brookins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Brookins passes Wang's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wang is trying to control but can't.
Brookins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brookins winds up and cracks Wang with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wang taking some punishment here, with Brookins in his half guard.
Oh Wang is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wang throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Brookins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brookins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wang defending well though.
Wang has hold of Brookins's hands but Brookins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brookins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wang defending well though.
Brookins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wang gets back to full guard.
Wang seems to have got his legs back now.
Wang striking off his back but it's not causing Brookins any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Brookins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wang looks to score with a jab to the body but Brookins is just out of range.
Wang swinging wildly here.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Brookins. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Brookins throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Wang tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Brookins is in Wang's guard.
Brookins throws a big right hand that misses.
Brookins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brookins throwing strikes but missing.
Brookins works over Wang with some ground and pound from guard.
Brookins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wang is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Brookins throws a big elbow that misses.
Wang tries to strike from the bottom.
Brookins won't allow Wang to sweep him here.
Brookins is in close to Wang's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brookins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wang trying to strike off his back.
Wang throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Brookins stands and throws Wang's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Brookins tries for a kimura but Wang is defending well.
Wang can't do much from the bottom here.
Brookins is working Wang over with some ground and pound from side control.
Brookins 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.
Brookins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brookins lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wang tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Brookins wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Brookins wants to control but Wang is keeping him busy.
Brookins gets to mount! Wang was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Brookins with a couple of short strikes.
Wang is trying desperately to improve position.
Brookins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Brookins looking to control but Wang is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wang taking shots to the head.
Brookins cracks Wang with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrance Brookins!
After winning the bout, Terrance Brookins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.