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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Irwin Estevez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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155 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Irwin Estevez!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks tries to clinch but Estevez is having none of it.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Estevez pushes him off.
Estevez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Estevez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Brooks tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Estevez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Brooks gets back to half guard.
Estevez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Estevez trying to mount his opponent but Brooks defends it.
Estevez lands strikes from half guard.
Estevez is working for a kimura but Brooks is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Estevez is trying to control the action in half guard but Brooks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez throwing shots but Brooks is blocking nicely.
Estevez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Estevez thows a huge punch but Brooks dodges it nicely.
Brooks is pressing down on Estevez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Brooks trying to keep a closed guard but Estevez is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Estevez is pushing down on Brooks's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brooks is fighting to maintain full guard but Estevez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brooks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Estevez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brooks works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brooks preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Estevez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Brooks manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Estevez manages to get himself to full guard.
Estevez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brooks is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Estevez looking for subs off his back but Brooks has passed one foot through into half guard.
Brooks tries to pass the half guard into mount. Estevez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brooks is trying to work for a kimura but Estevez is defending well.
Brooks wants to work for an arm triangle but Estevez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estevez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Estevez working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Brooks has passed into half guard!
Estevez moves into full guard.
Brooks won't allow Estevez to sweep him here.
Estevez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brooks defends it easily.
Brooks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Estevez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estevez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Brooks desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Estevez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Estevez is working for a kimura but Brooks is defending it quite comfortably.
Brooks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Estevez is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Irwin Estevez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brooks wants to clinch up but Estevez keeps it at a distance.
Brooks tries to clinch but Estevez moves out of range.
Jab by Estevez.
Brooks darts in and clinches Estevez up against the cage.
Brooks has Estevez pressed against the cage.
Estevez is looking to control Brooks's arms but Brooks gets an underhook and turns him. Now Estevez has his back to the cage.
Brooks is leaning against Estevez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Estevez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brooks's elbow.
Brooks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Estevez can't get the takedown.
Brooks has Estevez pushed against the cage.
Estevez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Estevez looking to slow down the pace here.
Brooks pushes Estevez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brooks stops a takedown attempt from Estevez.
Brooks lands an elbow just above Estevez 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks lands a body punch.
Estevez is breathing heavily.
Brooks lands a good knee to the midsection. Estevez won't want to take too many of those.
A short left from Brooks.
Brooks scores with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Brooks.
Brooks gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Estevez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brooks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Brooks.
Estevez is rocked!
Brooks just leaning against Estevez, taking a breather.
Estevez is still on wobbly legs! Can Brooks finish him?
Brooks drops Estevez with a big knee straight up the middle! Estevez is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Estevez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks tries to clinch there but Estevez circles away.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Estevez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Estevez pushes him off.
Estevez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brooks looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Brooks is trying to control Estevez's posture but Estevez avoids it.
Estevez seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks manages to get back to half guard.
Brooks is looking to control Estevez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brooks avoid being mounted?
Estevez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Estevez wants to control but Brooks is keeping him busy.
Brooks tries to get to full guard but Estevez has control of the leg.
Brooks is holding on to half guard well.
Estevez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Still in half guard, Estevez seems content to control.
Brooks is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Estevez keeps the fight on the outside.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Brooks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Estevez has a takedown stuffed.
Kevin Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Irwin Estevez.
Nice jab there from Estevez.
Estevez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brooks darts in and clinches Estevez up against the cage.
Brooks lands a nice elbow.
Brooks lands a damaging elbow.
Brooks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Estevez's defenses.
Estevez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Brooks.
Brooks lands a hook that snaps the head of Estevez backwards.
Estevez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brooks pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estevez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Estevez closes the distance but Brooks moves to the side
and Brooks counters with a nice low kick that buckles Estevez's knee momentarily.
Brooks moves into the clinch.
Estevez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brooks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brooks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Estevez backwards.
Brooks gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Estevez.
Brooks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Estevez backwards.
Brooks prevents a body shot from Estevez.
Estevez tries a body shot but Brooks blocks it.
Estevez wants the takedown. Brooks is fighting it off but Estevez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Brooks's guard against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Estevez throws a big right hand that misses.
Brooks controlling Estevez's posture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Estevez trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Brooks dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Brooks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Estevez counters with a shoot takedown. Brooks fights it but they end up in guard.
Estevez postures up in Brooks's guard and throws a big left but Brooks blocks it.
Estevez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brooks has control of Estevez's left arm, preventing Estevez from doing any damage.
Brooks working a defensive guard here.
Brooks manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Estevez manages to get himself to full guard.
Estevez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brooks can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Estevez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brooks wants to stand but Estevez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Estevez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brooks pushes down on Estevez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Estevez tries to get to full guard but Brooks has control of the leg.
Brooks looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Estevez is looking to improve his position.
Brooks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Estevez looks for a takedown but Brooks sprawls well.
Kevin Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brooks tries to clinch but Estevez is having none of it.
Estevez works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Estevez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Estevez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brooks defends it nicely.
Estevez swinging wildly here.
Estevez looks to land a left hand but Brooks moved out of range nicely.
Brooks moves into the clinch.
Estevez misses with a body punch.
Estevez misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Estevez is struggling to control the position.
Estevez misses with a punch to the body.
Brooks lands an elbow that stopped Estevez in his tracks for a moment.
Estevez misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Brooks.
Estevez takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Good body shot from Estevez.
Brooks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brooks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Estevez's defenses.
Estevez has hold of one of Brooks's legs. Brooks is fighting the takedown attempt but Estevez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Brooks controls Estevez momentarily but Estevez frees himself.
Brooks looking for a sweep. Not yet Brooks, not yet.
Brooks is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brooks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carlos Irwin Estevez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Estevez tries to free his leg and advance position but Brooks is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Irwin Estevez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Estevez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight for Kevin Brooks!
Judge John Roberts scores the fight for Kevin Brooks!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Kevin Brooks!
Kevin Brooks wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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