PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brooklyn Brawler (ranked 759 p4p, 117 weight class) and Ribociclib Kisqali (ranked 2260 p4p, 298 weight class). Brawler comes to the cage accompanied by Beastie Boys- No Sleep till Brooklyn. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Brawler
vs
Kisqali

180 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Dauntless
IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brooklyn Brawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ribociclib Kisqali!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kisqali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brawler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brawler lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Ribociclib Kisqali has been cut.
Kisqali misses with a hook to the body
and Brawler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kisqali throws a hook but Brawler blocks it.
Kisqali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kisqali lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sloppy strikes from Kisqali. Those never looked like landing.
Brawler is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kisqali.
Kisqali throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brawler counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brawler seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kisqali throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Brawler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brawler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kisqali misses with a punch on the inside.
Kisqali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kisqali goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brawler misses with a punch to the body.
Brawler misses with the head strike.
Brawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brawler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kisqali.
Kisqali is trying to maintain a safe position but Brawler gets an underhook and turns Kisqali into the cage.
Nice body punch from Brawler.
Brawler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Kisqali manages to break the clinch.
We've been informed that Kisqali has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kisqali misses with a right hand
and Brawler counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Kisqali misses.
Kisqali throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brawler on the side of the head.

Brawler clinches.
Brawler cracks Kisqali with a nice body shot.
Kisqali looks winded!
Brawler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kisqali's elbow.
Brawler lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kisqali manages to break the clinch.
Brawler scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Brawler clinches up with Kisqali and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kisqali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brawler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kisqali.
Brawler wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brawler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kisqali scores with the left hand. Brawler knows he should have avoided that one.
Kisqali is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Brawler has managed to clinch.
Kisqali is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brawler is keeping busy.
Brawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kisqali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kisqali taking a breather.
Kisqali swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Brawler on the inside.
A short right from Kisqali.
A left hand lands to the body for Brawler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Brawler.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Brawler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brawler blocks an uppercut.
Brawler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brawler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brawler lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Brawler.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Brawler scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kisqali fails to land.
Brawler misses with some punches.
Brawler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kisqali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brawler's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brawler.
A left hand lands to the body for Brawler.
A right handed body shot lands from Brawler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kisqali misses with a body punch.
Brawler working aggressively here.
Kisqali misses with a body punch.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Kisqali stalling in the clinch but Brawler improves position.
Kisqali tries a body shot but Brawler blocks it.
Brawler struggles to land a body shot inside as Kisqali controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Kisqali fails to land.
Brawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kisqali tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Brawler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kisqali lands with a short shot to the head.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Kisqali blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brooklyn Brawler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ribociclib Kisqali's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kisqali throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brawler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kisqali misses the jab.
Kisqali lands a nice hook to Brawler's body. Brawler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kisqali throws a right hand that Brawler ducks under and follows up with a left that Brawler also avoids with ease.
Brawler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kisqali throws an off balance right hand
and Brawler counters with a nice uppercut.
Kisqali misses with a wild body shot.
Brawler defending well as Kisqali loads up on a big left hand.
Kisqali loads up on a big right hand but Brawler slips the punch.
Brawler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kisqali can do to turn this around?
Brawler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kisqali.
Brawler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kisqali misses with an uppercut

and Brawler counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Kisqali breaks from the clinch.

Brawler drives through and clinches with Kisqali against the cage.
Kisqali blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kisqali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brawler is looking to wear down Kisqali with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brawler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kisqali.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisqali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kisqali is breathing heavily.
Brawler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kisqali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brawler moves away from the strike by Kisqali.
Kisqali moves forwards but Brawler connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That has opened up Ribociclib Kisqali's cut even more.
Brawler moves out of range of the strikes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brawler here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Brawler slips a jab from Kisqali.

Brawler clinches with his opponent.
Kisqali swings wildly with an uppercut but Brawler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Brawler.
Brawler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brawler throws a punch but it's blocked by Kisqali.
Kisqali lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brawler.
Kisqali tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brawler gets through Kisqali's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kisqali throws a head punch that misses.
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!
Brawler lands a hook that snaps the head of Kisqali backwards.
Brawler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Brawler is working Kisqali over against the cage.
Brawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kisqali struggles to land a body shot inside as Brawler controls his hands.
Brawler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brawler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brawler lands with a light punch inside.
Brawler tries to throw a body punch but Kisqali avoids it by throwing Brawler back against the cage.
Brawler blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brawler.
Brawler lands a shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brawler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Brawler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brawler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brawler lands a shoulder strike.

The cut above Ribociclib Kisqali's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Brawler tries a body shot but Kisqali blocks it.
Kisqali prevents a body shot from Brawler.

Kisqali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kisqali throws an off balance right hand
and Brawler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Kisqali is rocked!
Kisqali throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brawler scores with a counter punch that sends Kisqali to the canvas! Brawler smells blood - he's punishing Kisqali with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Kisqali has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brooklyn Brawler!
Brooklyn Brawler took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, IniTech Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.