PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ash Camble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ash Camble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Camble
vs
Brooks

199 cm
25
198 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

185 cm
22
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ash Camble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camble looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.
Brooks goes for a double leg but Camble avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Camble continues to drive forward.
Brooks shoots in but Camble avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brooks with a lazy takedown attempt
and Camble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ash Camble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Brooks.
Camble looks to land a left hand but Brooks moved out of range nicely.
Camble fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Brooks finds it's way through Camble's defenses.

Brooks gets the takedown into side control.
Camble can't do much from the bottom here.
Camble trying to control but Brooks flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Camble trying to control the action but Brooks just sinks the hooks in.
Brooks wants to control but Camble is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camble is trying to remain composed but Brooks is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camble is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Brooks lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Brooks lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Brooks.
Brooks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Camble rolls, trying to escape but Brooks keeps control of the position.
Brooks controls the action.
Brooks controlling well, preventing Camble from escaping the position.

Brooks is looking for the choke from the back position but Camble is controlling his hands well.

Brooks is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Camble can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brooks has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Camble! Can he survive? No! He's out! Brooks gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Damian Brooks!
During a confident post fight interview, Damian Brooks thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.