PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Alaniz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrance Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alaniz comes to the cage accompanied by Beck - Loser . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alaniz
vs
Brookins

163 cm
28
146 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

169 cm
25
147 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Alaniz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Terrance Brookins!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brookins fails with a takedown attempt.
Brookins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alaniz manages to avoid it.
Brookins doesn't manage to clinch there - Alaniz circles away.

Brookins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Alaniz!
Alaniz is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Alaniz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brookins is looking to take a break and control but Alaniz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alaniz tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alaniz manages to get back to half guard.
Brookins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brookins missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Alaniz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brookins pulls his head out easily.

Alaniz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brookins pulls his head out easily.
Brookins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alaniz's head.
Alaniz wants to get back to full guard.
Alaniz is looking to control Brookins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Alaniz avoid being mounted?
Alaniz is trying to get back to full guard.
Brookins working the head and body with strikes.
Alaniz wants to get back to full guard but Brookins has passed into side control.
Brookins is looking to take a break and control but Alaniz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brookins working the ground and pound from side control.
Brookins lands a nice forearm strike.
Alaniz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Alaniz can't do much from the bottom here.
Brookins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alaniz is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Alaniz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Alaniz wants to control but Brookins is keeping busy.
Alaniz tries to roll over but Brookins keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alaniz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Alaniz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Brookins works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brookins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brookins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Alaniz moves into full guard.
Alaniz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brookins manages to get himself to full guard.

Brookins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brookins wants to sweep here but Alaniz controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alaniz connects with a couple of short punches.

Brookins has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Alaniz doesn't defend quickly enough and Brookins has managed to lock this one up! Can Alaniz escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Brookins on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). 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.
The defeated Charlie Alaniz had this to say: 'congratulations, who will the next one to beat me?'.