PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Brooks (ranked 25268 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jairo Valea (ranked 5235 p4p, 0 weight class). Valea has chosen DJ Shadow - Organ Donor as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Brooks
vs
Valea

160 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jerome Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jairo Valea!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks swings widly with a right hand
and Valea counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Brooks forces Valea back against the cage and clinches.
Brooks really is a fat lump.
Valea is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brooks avoiding damage.
Brooks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Valea gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Valea blocks with his arms.

Valea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brooks takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valea wants a takedown but no success here.
Valea working hard to break the clinch.
Brooks wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Brooks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Valea digs a good body shot into Brooks's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valea tries to land a body kick

and Brooks counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Valea managing to control the position.
Brooks throws a strike but Valea rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Valea throwing strikes from guard but Brooks blocks nicely.
Valea scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brooks throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valea sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brooks wants to sweep but no luck.
Valea must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brooks bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Valea's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks distracts Valea with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Brooks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brooks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brooks throws a strike but Valea rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

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!
Brooks is trying to keep Valea in close.
Brooks keeping full guard, as Valea tries to pass.
Valea is pushing down on Brooks's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brooks is fighting to maintain full guard but Valea has managed to sneak the leg through.
Valea looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brooks is trying to get back to full guard.
Brooks tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Valea has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Valea controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valea lands a big shot there that rocks Brooks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valea controlling the position easily from mount.
Brooks wants to hold on but Valea pushes him away.
Valea controlling from mount.
Valea connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valea wants to control the action but instead Brooks gets a body lock and reverses into Valea's guard! Nice work!
Brooks is looking to work some ground and pound but Valea has wrist control.
Brooks wants to stand but Valea has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Valea wants to sweep but no luck.
Valea is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brooks postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brooks wants to stand and escape but instead Valea has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Brooks is looking for a triangle but Valea pushes his legs off easily.
Brooks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jairo Valea dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Valea connects with a body shot.
Valea throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Jerome Brooks has been cut.

Brooks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valea, pushing him back against the cage.

Brooks successfully pulls guard.
Brooks is trying to control the position but Valea postures up.

Brooks throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Valea escapes and throws Brooks's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Valea controls the position from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks is trying to improve his position.
Valea trying to control the action but Brooks is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valea in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Brooks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brooks on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brooks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brooks is looking for a sweep.
Brooks is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Valea taking a breather here.
Valea has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Valea cracks Brooks with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Brooks is looking to regain half guard here but Valea keeps moving and retains side control.

Valea tries for a kimura but Brooks is defending well.
Brooks gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Valea controlling his opponent.
Brooks is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valea working Brooks over with strikes here.
Valea in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Valea lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brooks hang on?
Brooks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Valea takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Valea trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brooks sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valea scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Valea keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Valea is continuing to stall.
Brooks tries to get to full guard but Valea has control of the leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Brooks actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Valea there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Valea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brooks might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brooks has hold of Valea's hands but Valea slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jairo Valea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jerome Brooks'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. This is the final round!

Brooks steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Valea. That one must have hurt.
Valea throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brooks appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Brooks misses with an uppercut. Valea saw that one coming.
Valea lands a nice looking body kick.
Valea connects with a leg kick. Brooks looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Valea tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brooks swivels and escapes.
Brooks closes the distance but Valea moves to the side
and Valea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Brooks closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Valea can't do much from the bottom here.
Valea wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brooks fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks cracks Valea with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brooks wants to stand but Valea is controlling his arm.
Brooks laying and praying for a moment but Valea takes advantage and regains half guard.
Brooks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brooks wants to take a breather but Valea is having none of it.
Valea won't allow Brooks to pass to mount.
Brooks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Valea defending well though.

Valea kicks off Brooks and gets to his feet.
Valea throws a right and a left that both miss.

Valea tries to keep at a distance but Brooks has taken the fight into the clinch.

Valea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks closes the distance but Valea moves to the side
and Valea counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Brooks rushes Valea and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Brooks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Valea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brooks.
We've been informed that Valea has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valea comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valea swings for the body but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Valea is fending him off so far but Brooks persists. Nope, Valea circles away and we're back to standing.
Valea throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily.
Valea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brooks on the side of the head.
Brooks blocks a head kick by Valea.
Brooks takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Valea.
Brooks fails to land with a series of punches.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Valea - that will leave a mark!
Valea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brooks.
Valea throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Brooks's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Valea dives in looking to finish as Brooks flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Valea's strikes! Valea is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Brooks's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Brooks was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jairo Valea!
Jairo Valea was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.