PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobcat Gremlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by ZAO - the psalm of the city of the dead.. This should be a great matchup!

Brooks
vs
Gremlin

175 cm
24
162 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

170 cm
23
155 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Brooks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobcat Gremlin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gremlin pushes Brooks up against the cage in a clinch.
Brooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gremlin is defending well for now.
Brooks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gremlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Eric Brooks has been cut.
Gremlin lands with a left to the head.
Brooks tries to land knees in the clinch but Gremlin avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Gremlin.
Brooks looking for a takedown.
I was talking to Brooks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Gremlin.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gremlin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
Gremlin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooks's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Gremlin as the two fighters clinch.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin lands with a right to the head.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Gremlin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gremlin working Brooks over with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin lands a shoulder strike.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooks's face.
Gremlin lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gremlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gremlin to keep the fight standing.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooks's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gremlin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brooks or not.
Brooks is trying to drag Gremlin to the mat but Gremlin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A hook to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gremlin working Brooks over with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but Brooks blocks with his arms.
Gremlin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gremlin avoids it.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
Gremlin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brooks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a nice uppercut.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin cracks Brooks with a nice body shot.
Gremlin can't find room to land a body shot as Brooks controls the action.
Gremlin working Brooks over with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands an elbow just above Brooks 's eye.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gremlin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brooks takes a shot to the head.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobcat Gremlin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
That's time! Brooks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gremlin closes the distance and clinches.
Gremlin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Brooks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brooks takes an elbow to the temple.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brooks takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gremlin.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Brooks takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Bobcat Gremlin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brooks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gremlin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brooks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gremlin just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin is working Brooks over against the cage.
A short right from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gremlin lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Gremlin - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Gremlin.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.
Brooks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gremlin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brooks's face.
Gremlin tries to throw a body punch but Brooks avoids it by throwing Gremlin back against the cage.
Brooks fails to pull guard.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin lands a body shot.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gremlin.
Gremlin working Brooks over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Gremlin landing knees to the body.
A short left from Gremlin.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brooks takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a shoulder strike.
Gremlin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gremlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gremlin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Brooks is trying to drag Gremlin to the mat but Gremlin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobcat Gremlin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brooks moves forwards but Gremlin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gremlin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brooks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brooks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brooks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gremlin lands an elbow just above Brooks 's eye.
Gremlin cracks Brooks with a nice body shot.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks takes an elbow to the temple.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside.
Gremlin with a knee to the head.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gremlin avoids it.
Brooks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gremlin managing to block the knees to the body from Brooks.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gremlin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Gremlin.
Brooks takes an elbow to the temple.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brooks wants a takedown.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks is looking for a takedown.
Gremlin connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin scores with a shoulder strike.
Gremlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brooks in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gremlin scores a nice knee to the body.
Brooks trying to land knees to the body.
Gremlin crunches a lovely knee into Brooks's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gremlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brooks in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Gremlin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Brooks is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gremlin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gremlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gremlin working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks avoiding damage as Gremlin throws knees to the body.
Brooks goes for a takedown attempt but Gremlin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brooks is looking to land body kicks.
Gremlin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brooks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Brooks scores with a takedown into Gremlin's guard.
Brooks throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brooks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gremlin is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobcat Gremlin really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gremlin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brooks landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brooks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gremlin blocks it with crossed arms.
Gremlin avoiding damage as Brooks throws knees to the body.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.
Gremlin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brooks's defenses.
Brooks tries to pull guard but Gremlin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a knee to the body.
Gremlin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Gremlin.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Brooks turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Gremlin is looking for a sweep.
Gremlin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brooks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brooks throws an elbow but Gremlin slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gremlin is looking for a sweep.
Brooks throws an elbow but Gremlin slips to the side and avoids it well.
A lull in the action here.
Brooks has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gremlin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brooks moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Gremlin has worked his arm free - good work by Gremlin!

Brooks wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gremlin, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooks working the ground and pound but Gremlin is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin prevents Brooks from improving position.
Brooks works to advance to full mount. Gremlin defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Brooks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Brooks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brooks throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gremlin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Brooks trying to control but Gremlin is having none of it.
Gremlin blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Eric Brooks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brooks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gremlin but Gremlin pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Brooks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gremlin, pushing him back against the cage.
Gremlin pushes Brooks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brooks looking to throw knees to the head but Gremlin is blocking nicely.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Brooks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gremlin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gremlin throws a series of punches but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gremlin lands a nice looking body kick.

Gremlin clinches up against the cage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Gremlin lands a damaging elbow.
Brooks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gremlin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brooks jumps guard but Gremlin stands there with Brooks around his waist. Brooks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin lands an elbow just above Brooks 's eye.
Brooks jumps guard but Gremlin stands there with Brooks around his waist. Brooks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brooks jumps guard but Gremlin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Brooks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gremlin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin lands with a short shot to the head.
Gremlin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brooks.
Gremlin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gremlin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
Gremlin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gremlin.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brooks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Gremlin.
A hook to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brooks is trying to pull guard but Gremlin has him pressed against the cage.
Gremlin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.
Gremlin lands a good knee to the midsection. Brooks won't want to take too many of those.
Bobcat Gremlin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brooks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gremlin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gremlin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Eric Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks it.
Gremlin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gremlin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside.
Brooks is trying to pull guard but Gremlin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooks tries to pull guard but Gremlin won't allow it.
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!
Brooks has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gremlin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobcat Gremlin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gremlin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 44:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 44:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 44:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobcat Gremlin!
Bobcat Gremlin is the new lightweight champion!
Bobcat Gremlin really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Zombie Nutrition - LOD logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.