PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soul Jah (ranked 716 p4p, 63 weight class) and Frank Brewer (ranked 1713 p4p, 189 weight class). Jah comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier. Brewer has chosen Gangster's Paradise as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jah
vs
Brewer

196 cm
35
240 lbs
29 - 8 - 0

193 cm
32
240 lbs
26 - 14 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soul Jah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Brewer!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewer throws a head kick but Jah moves out of range.
Jah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brewer. Brewer obviously looking to wear him down.
Brewer tries to clinch up but Jah circles away and keeps his distance.
Jah swats away the attempt to clinch by Brewer.

Brewer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brewer misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jah leaning against his opponent.
Jah misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer tries a body shot but Jah blocks it.
Jah tries to land a knee to the head but Brewer blocks with his arms.
Jah missing with knees to the body.

Jah manages to break the clinch.

Brewer rushes Jah and presses him up against the cage.
Jah swings wildly with an uppercut but Brewer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brewer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jah missing with knees to the body.
Jah misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Jah.
Brewer scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer struggles to land a body shot inside as Jah controls his hands.
Brewer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jah's elbow.
Brewer misses with a punch to the body.
Jah is trying to break free.
Jah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brewer.
Brewer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jah cracks Brewer with a nice body shot.
Jah tries to land knees in the clinch but Brewer avoids the damage to the body.
Jah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brewer misses with a body punch.
Jah working Brewer over with knees to the body.
Come on Brewer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jah blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer struggles to land a body shot inside as Jah controls his hands.
Brewer misses with some punches.
Jah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jah tries to throw a body punch but Brewer avoids it by throwing Jah back against the cage.
Jah has a couple of punches blocked by Brewer.
Brewer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jah looking to throw knees to the head but Brewer is blocking nicely.
Jah putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brewer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brewer tries to throw a body punch but Jah avoids it by throwing Brewer back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brewer blocks it with crossed arms.
Brewer takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Frank Brewer has been cut.
Brewer lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brewer.
Jah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brewer.
Jah prevents a body shot from Brewer.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Brewer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jah.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jah throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soul Jah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Brewer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brewer forces Jah back against the cage and clinches.
Brewer swings wildly with an uppercut but Jah uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jah breaks from the clinch.
Brewer tries to close the distance and clinch but Jah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jah swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Brewer moves in looking to clinch but Jah pushes him off.
Jah is looking for a counter combo.
Brewer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brewer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brewer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jah, pushing him back against the cage.
Brewer lands an uppercut.
Brewer tries to stall but Jah uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brewer is struggling to control the position.
Jah lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Brewer.
Brewer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Jah tries to work over Brewer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jah looking to throw knees to the head but Brewer is blocking nicely.
Brewer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brewer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brewer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jah missing with knees to the body.
Brewer lands a right hand.
Brewer blocks a body shot from Jah.
Jah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brewer working aggressively here.
Jah misses with a knee strike.
Brewer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brewer tries a body shot but Jah blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brewer blocks it with crossed arms.
Brewer being controlled against the cage.
Brewer pushes Jah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brewer misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Brewer.
Brewer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Jah.
Brewer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jah wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah throws a head punch that misses.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Jah trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Brewer.
Brewer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Brewer.
Brewer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brewer scores with a hook to the body.
Brewer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jah misses with a knee strike.

Jah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brewer lands with a kick to the temple. Jah shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Brewer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Brewer'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Brewer lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Brewer tries to clinch there but Jah circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Jah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brewer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jah's calf.
Brewer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brewer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jah quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Brewer tries to clinch but Jah is having none of it.
Jah throws a quick counter head kick but Brewer was just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jah takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Brewer pushes Jah up against the cage in a clinch.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Jah trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brewer's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brewer.
Jah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brewer avoids it.

Jah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brewer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brewer doesn't manage to clinch there - Jah circles away.
Brewer is looking to clinch but Jah is avoiding it.
A counter left hand to the body from Jah misses its target.
Brewer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jah throwing a counter right hand but Brewer manages to avoid it.
Brewer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brewer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jah throws a quick counter head kick but Brewer was just out of range.
Brewer throws a sloppy head kick and Jah moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Brewer clinches with his opponent.
Brewer misses with a body punch.

Jah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jah avoids a kick to the body.
Brewer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brewer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Jah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Brewer has closed the distance and engaged Jah in a clinch.
Brewer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jah's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer has Jah pressed against the cage, preventing Jah from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jah tries a knee to the head but Brewer blocks it.
Brewer throws a punch but it's blocked by Jah.
Brewer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brewer tries to work over Jah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jah missing with knees to the body.
Brewer controlling the action here for a moment.
Jah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jah is trying to break the clinch but Brewer is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah lands a knee to the head.
Jah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brewer.
Frank Brewer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brewer avoids it.
Brewer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jah tries to work over Brewer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jah blocking some punches.
Brewer can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Jah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brewer is defending well for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jah misses with the head strike.
Jah trying to land knees to the body.
Brewer content to slow the pace in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Brewer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brewer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Brewer!
Frank Brewer decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Soul Jah spoke after the fight, saying 'Dude tried to bite my dick off! Unreal man!'.