PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Bullard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by 2nd Sucks - A Day To Remember. Bullard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wrecking Ball kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brooks
vs
Bullard

175 cm
28
155 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

175 cm
29
170 lbs
22 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Underworld Clothing

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Calvin Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Bullard!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bullard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brooks shoots in but no luck this time.

Brooks closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bullard to the mat! Bullard manages to get full guard.
Bullard keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
Brooks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bullard wants to stand up but Brooks is controlling him.

Brooks thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brooks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks tries to free his leg and advance position but Bullard is retaining full guard.
Bullard 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brooks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Brooks throws a big right hand that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bullard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brooks lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Bullard manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Brooks misses with a takedown attempt - Bullard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks shoots in looking for a takedown but Bullard manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brooks's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brooks misses with a two punch combination.
Bullard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brooks shoots in but no luck this time.
Brooks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brooks dives in for a single leg takedown but Bullard sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bullard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brooks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bullard is fending him off so far but Brooks persists. Nope, Bullard circles away and we're back to standing.
Bullard throws out a counter right but Brooks avoids it with no problem.
Brooks shoots and misses
and Bullard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullard stuffs the takedown attempt from Brooks. Brooks gets slowly back to his feet.
Bullard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brooks with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brooks shoots and misses
and Bullard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brooks misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bullard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brooks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bullard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Bullard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brooks shoots in but Bullard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bullard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks moves forwards but Bullard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brooks fails with the takedown.
Brooks tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bullard defends well and Brooks ends up having to push Bullard into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bullard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brooks misses with a left hand
and Bullard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bullard clobbers Brooks with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Brooks closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bullard's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brooks trying to control but Bullard is working from the bottom.

Brooks thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bullard is looking to stand up but Brooks isn't so interested in that idea.
Bullard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brooks won't allow Bullard to get back to his feet.
Brooks pushing down on Bullard's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bullard pushes Brooks off looking to stand but Brooks dives back in and keeps control.
Brooks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brooks is trying to control the action in half guard but Bullard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bullard is looking to escape.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Brooks misses with a two punch combination.
Brooks closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bullard circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bullard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bullard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brooks was well out of range. Poor timing from Bullard.
Bullard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brooks shoots in but Bullard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brooks throws an off balance right hand
and Bullard counters with a stiff right hand.
Brooks closes the distance and clinches up with Bullard, looking for a takedown. Brooks pushes Bullard against the cage but Bullard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brooks looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brooks shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Bullard to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bullard counters with a stiff right hand.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bullard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brooks misses with a combination
and Bullard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks fails with the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brooks.
Bullard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Brooks tries for a takedown but Bullard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Bullard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brooks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bullard.
Brooks looks to score with a jab to the body but Bullard is just out of range.
Bullard throws out a counter right but Brooks avoids it with no problem.
Brooks misses with a takedown attempt
and Bullard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brooks tries for a takedown but Bullard sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bullard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brooks with a poor takedown
and Brooks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Brooks is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brooks misses with a takedown
and Bullard counters with a big right hand! Oh Brooks is in trouble here! Bullard follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Bullard!
Tony Bullard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.