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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Gonzales (ranked 3295 p4p, 2312 weight class) and Pepper Brooks (ranked 332 p4p, 242 weight class). Brooks has chosen Pump Up The Jam as his entrance music. Pepper Brooks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Gonzales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pepper Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks forces Gonzales back against the cage and clinches.
Gonzales tries to work over Brooks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzales has Brooks pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brooks manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gonzales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gonzales wants a takedown but no success here.
Brooks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gonzales gets through Brooks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brooks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gonzales or not.
Brooks gets through Gonzales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brooks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gonzales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brooks.
Gonzales scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brooks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzales is rocked!
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oh Gonzales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brooks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gonzales.
Gonzales tries to land knees in the clinch but Brooks avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzales seems to have got his legs back now.
Brooks lands a left hand.
Brooks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brooks manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brooks works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gonzales or not.
Brooks lands with a light punch inside.
Brooks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Brooks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Brooks lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brooks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gonzales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Brooks.
A right hand to the body from Brooks.
Brooks lands a nice shot to the body.
Brooks's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brooks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Brooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brooks lands a body shot.
Brooks lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Brooks.
Brooks stalling against the cage.
Gonzales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzales is working for takedown but Brooks is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzales.
Brooks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Brooks.
Brooks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Brooks.
Brooks pushes Gonzales back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Brooks.
Brooks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Brooks on the inside.
Brooks lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gonzales to his knees! Brooks keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pepper Brooks!
Pepper Brooks is the new featherweight champion!
Pepper Brooks took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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