PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Grayson (ranked 1976 p4p, 1603 weight class) and Eric Brooks (ranked 258 p4p, 220 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Grayson
vs
Brooks

178 cm
36
175
11 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
175
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Grayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Grayson.
Brooks throws a body kick that misses.

Grayson instigates a clinch.
Grayson throws an elbow but it misses.
Brooks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Brooks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brooks checks the leg kick.
Brooks jabs Grayson right on the nose. Grayson blinks but takes it well.
A leg kick checked by Brooks.
Brooks lands a head kick. Grayson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jab by Grayson.
Brooks just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson throwing a counter right hand but Brooks manages to avoid it.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks takes a swing at Grayson's ribcage but misses.
Brooks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grayson at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Grayson pushes Brooks up against the cage in a clinch.
Grayson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brooks struggles to land a body shot inside as Grayson controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Brooks.
Grayson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grayson lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
Brooks has a couple of punches blocked by Grayson.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grayson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brooks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brooks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grayson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBrooks.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grayson.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grayson.
Brooks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grayson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grayson blocks the body kick.
Grayson blocks a head kick by Brooks.
Brooks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grayson lands a really nice looking cross but Brooks seems unphased.
Grayson walks into a stiff left hand from Brooks.
A low kick from Brooks is predictable there
and Grayson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Brooks's knee momentarily.
Grayson lands a nice shot that snaps Brooks's head back.
Brooks checks a low kick from Grayson.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Grayson.
Brooks now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grayson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brooks has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brooks avoids a wild elbow strike from Grayson.
Brooks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grayson throws an elbow but misses.
Brooks tries a body shot but Grayson blocks it.
Grayson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Brooks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grayson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike.
Grayson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee calls for Grayson to work.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brooks misses with a low kick.
Grayson thows a leg kick but Brooks checks it
and Brooks counters with a stiff right hand.
Grayson throws a leg kick but Brooks sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks misses with a straight left.
Brooks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grayson moves away.
Grayson looks for the body kick but Brooks saw that one coming.
Grayson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brooks tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grayson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grayson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grayson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Grayson.
Grayson moves away from the strike by Brooks.
Grayson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Brooks throws a lazy right hand but Grayson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grayson wants to clinch.
Grayson sets himself, and Brooks steps forward looking for the clinch! Grayson avoids it this time.
A good leg kick by Grayson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Brooks, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grayson wants to slow Brooks down by chopping away at his legs.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Grayson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grayson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brooks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grayson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Brooks misses.
A nice leg kick from Brooks, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brooks fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grayson is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Brooks 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Brooks misses.
Grayson tries to clinch up.
As Grayson backs off Brooks throws a huge counter combo but Grayson manages to avoid it all.
Brooks throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grayson is looking to slow Brooks down with leg kicks.
Brooks lands with a good body shot.

Grayson moves into range and clinches up with Brooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grayson lands a nice elbow.

Brooks breaks from the clinch.
Brooks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grayson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Grayson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brooks's sensitive parts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Grayson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brooks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grayson was well out of range. Poor timing from Brooks.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grayson.
Grayson misses with an elbow over the top.
Brooks avoids the elbow strike from Grayson, against the cage.
Brooks blocks the elbow strike.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jason Grayson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grayson stalling in the clinch.
Brooks throws a punch but it's blocked by Grayson.
Brooks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grayson backwards.
Brooks misses with some punches.
Grayson throws an elbow that misses.
Grayson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brooks up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brooks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grayson.
Brooks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grayson manages to avoid it.
Grayson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brooks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Brooks.
Grayson misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Brooks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick lands from Grayson.

Brooks rushes Grayson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Grayson pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brooks throws a head punch that misses.
Grayson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Grayson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Grayson throws an elbow but it misses.
The referee calls for Grayson to work.
Grayson lands a damaging elbow.
Brooks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grayson backwards.

Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brooks looks to land a right hand but Grayson moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Grayson.
A head kick misses from Brooks.
Brooks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Brooks gets tackled into the cage by Grayson. Grayson maintains the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grayson throws an elbow but it misses.
Grayson lands an elbow that stopped Brooks in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grayson lands an elbow inside that Brooks shrugs off.

It looks like Eric Brooks has been cut.
Brooks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brooks can't find room to land a body shot as Grayson controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grayson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
Brooks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grayson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brooks tries to throw a body punch but Grayson avoids it by throwing Brooks back against the cage.
Brooks lands a left hand.
Grayson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brooks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grayson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grayson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brooks's brow.
Grayson pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grayson prevents a body shot from Brooks.
Brooks is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Grayson throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike from Grayson.
Grayson throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grayson throws an elbow but misses.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike from Grayson.
Grayson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grayson pushes off an throws an elbow but Brooks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grayson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brooks's efforts to push away.
Brooks taking a breather.
Brooks blocks an elbow strike from Grayson.

Grayson breaks the clinch.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grayson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brooks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Grayson backs off Brooks throws a huge counter combo but Grayson manages to avoid it all.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grayson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks wants to slow Grayson down by chopping away at his legs.
Grayson misses with a body kick.
Brooks tries to work over Grayson's front leg with a kick but Grayson checks it.
Grayson with the inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries a head kick but it misses.
Brooks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brooks tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Brooks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grayson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grayson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Some wild striking there from Brooks.
Eric Brooks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brooks misses with a head kick.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Grayson keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot by Grayson.
Brooks wants to land a leg kick but Grayson is out of range.
Grayson 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.
Grayson thows a leg kick but Brooks checks it
letting Brooks counter with a right hand.
Brooks throws a right and a left that both miss.

Grayson drives through and clinches with Brooks against the cage.
Grayson blocks a body shot from Brooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jason Grayson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eric Brooks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brooks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brooks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grayson.
Brooks throws a sloppy head kick and Grayson moves out of range easily.
Grayson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Brooks avoids it.
Grayson moves out of range as Brooks strikes.
Grayson throws out a leg kick but Brooks moves out of range and Grayson only half commits.
A slapping body kick lands there for Grayson.
A bone on bone clash there as Grayson blocks the leg kick.
A left lands for Grayson.
Grayson tries to score with a low kick but Brooks moves his leg out of the way.
Grayson lands a leg kick that knocks Brooks off balance momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Brooks scores with a four punch combination!
Brooks throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grayson tests Brooks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brooks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grayson.
Good leg kick by Brooks.
Grayson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brooks manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grayson scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grayson.
Grayson connects with an inside leg kick.
Brooks misses with a straight right.
Grayson throws a low kick but Brooks moves out of range easily.
Brooks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Grayson throws a quick inside leg kick.

Brooks gets a clinch.
Brooks is trying to force a seperation but Grayson has the dominant position.
Brooks dodges an elbow strike from Grayson.
Brooks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grayson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brooks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grayson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brooks dodges an elbow strike from Grayson.
Grayson lands an elbow inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Brooks.

Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Brooks looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks misses the jab.
Brooks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grayson is looking to score with low kicks.
Brooks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grayson.
Brooks throws a low kick but Grayson moves out of range easily.
Brooks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grayson counters with a stiff right hand.
Brooks looks to score with a jab to the body but Grayson is just out of range.
Brooks keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grayson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brooks fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grayson is out of range.
Jab, jab by Grayson - just one landing.
Grayson throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily.
Grayson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brooks.
Brooks throws a body punch but Grayson moves out of range.
Brooks takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brooks appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Brooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brooks.
Grayson works the jab nicely.
Brooks keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brooks wants to counter the offense by Grayson and move into the clinch position.
Brooks slips under a jab.
Brooks lands with a hook. Grayson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grayson tries a low kick but Brooks avoids it.
Grayson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brooks was well out of range. Poor timing from Grayson.
Brooks moves out of range of the body kick.
Brooks connects with a looping right hand.
A clash of legs there as Brooks blocks the low kick.
Grayson staying out of range there.
Nice shot lands for Brooks.
Brooks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grayson moves away.
Grayson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grayson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grayson checks a low kick from Brooks.
Jason Grayson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grayson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brooks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brooks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab from Brooks misses.
Brooks misses with a head kick.
Brooks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grayson punishes Brooks's body with a nice straight punch.
Grayson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brooks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks throws a big shot that misses.
Eric Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grayson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grayson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brooks's sensitive parts.
Brooks looks to land a body kick but Grayson moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as Grayson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grayson jabs Brooks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brooks looks to land a left hand but Grayson moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brooks. Grayson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brooks misses with an uppercut.
Brooks keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Brooks.
Grayson chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jason Grayson.
Well Grayson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Grayson!
A very excited looking Jason Grayson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.