PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Brekker (ranked 22881 p4p, 641 weight class) and Sonny Patrick (ranked 7866 p4p, 602 weight class). Andrew Brekker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brekker
vs
Patrick

186 cm
27
171 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

183 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Brekker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick lunges at Brekker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brekker's hand.
Brekker moves out of range as Patrick strikes.

Patrick has Brekker up against the cage in a clinch.
Patrick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Patrick looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brekker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Patrick scores with a shoulder strike.
Patrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brekker backwards.
Patrick lands with a left to the head.
Patrick tries a body shot but Brekker blocks it.
Brekker is trying to break free.
Brekker wants to get back to striking at distance but Patrick won't allow it.
Brekker has had enough of the clinch but Patrick keeps him there for the moment.
Brekker is trying to break free.
Brekker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Patrick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brekker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patrick has him pressed against the cage.
Patrick has a couple of punches blocked by Brekker.
Patrick scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patrick.

Brekker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brekker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brekker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patrick moves into range and clinches up with Brekker.
A right handed body shot lands from Patrick.
Brekker takes a shot to the head.
Patrick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patrick misses with some punches.
Patrick prevents Brekker from breaking the clinch.
Brekker is trying to push Patrick away but Patrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Patrick tries to throw a body punch but Brekker avoids it by throwing Patrick back against the cage.
Brekker wants to break free but Patrick has control.
Brekker misses with a punch to the body.
Our sources have told us that Brekker has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Patrick working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Brekker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brekker throws a series of punches but Patrick avoids them all with ease.

Patrick moves into the clinch successfully.

Brekker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Patrick forces Brekker back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Patrick.
Patrick lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Brekker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patrick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Patrick is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Patrick clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Patrick.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patrick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Patrick.
Brekker is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Patrick.
A short uppercut from Patrick.
Brekker is trying to push Patrick away but Patrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Patrick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Patrick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Patrick on the inside.
Patrick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Patrick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brekker backwards.

Brekker is rocked!
Patrick lands a big right hand that drops Brekker! The killer instinct kicks in and Patrick finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Patrick!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Patrick!