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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimbo Slice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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255 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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193 cm
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235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eli Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimbo Slice!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks throws a hook but Slice avoids it easily.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brooks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slice.
Slice slips under a jab from Brooks.
Brooks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Slice. That did some damage!
Brooks misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Slice. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Slice.
Brooks misses with a looping right.
Slice misses with the combination.
Brooks checks a leg kick.
Brooks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Slice. Those never looked like landing.
Slice moves out of range of the strikes.
Eli Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brooks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Slice slips a straight right by Brooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Brooks does no damage.
Slice moves out of range as Brooks strikes.
Brooks swings for the body but Slice moves out of range.
Brooks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Slice stuffs the takedown.
Slice blocks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Slice misses.
Slice looks to land a combination but Brooks avoids it well.
Brooks throws a body punch but Slice moves out of range.
Brooks throws out a loose jab but Slice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brooks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brooks just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks blocks a low kick nicely.
Slice cracks Brooks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brooks jabs at Slice's body.
Brooks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slice.
Brooks misses with a combination
and Slice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Slice throws a right hand that Brooks ducks under and follows up with a left that Brooks also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brooks!
It looks like Kimbo Slice has been cut.
Slice looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brooks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Brooks throws out a loose jab but Slice uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Brooks misses.
Slice misses with a combination
and Brooks counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a shot from downtown. Slice moves away and avoids it.
Brooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brooks throws a right and a left that Slice avoids nicely.
Brooks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Slice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slice feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Slice wants to stand and escape but instead Brooks has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Slice really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brooks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brooks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brooks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brooks lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brooks slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slice has hold of Brooks's hands but Brooks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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 scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brooks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slice is not content to let Brooks control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooks is really struggling to control Slice but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Brooks stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Brooks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kimbo Slice's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Slice ducks under a wild hook from Brooks.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Brooks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Slice counters with a series of strikes. Brooks will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brooks is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Eli Brooks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slice ducks under a wild hook from Brooks.
Brooks throws a combination that misses
and Slice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brooks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Slice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Slice fails with a takedown attempt.
Slice misses with a two punch combination.
Slice is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks jabs Slice right on the nose. Slice blinks but takes it well.
A jab lands there for Brooks.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Brooks shoots in looking for a takedown but Slice manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brooks's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brooks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Slice avoids them all with ease.
Eli Brooks is winning the standup battle so far.
Brooks throws a predictable looking body shot
and Slice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slice throws a leg kick
and Brooks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brooks throws a jab but it's blocked by Slice.
Slice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Slice counters with a nice uppercut.
Brooks throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Slice's waist but Slice gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brooks off to one side.
Slice jabs Brooks right on the nose. Brooks blinks but takes it well.
Slice tries to land a body kick
and Brooks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slice closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brooks did well to prevent Slice getting side control.
Brooks slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Brooks bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Slice's guard.
Brooks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Slice avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Slice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slice wants to stand up but Brooks is controlling him.
Brooks postures up in Slice's guard and throws a big left but Slice blocks it.
Brooks passes Slice's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Slice has hold of Brooks's hands but Brooks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Brooks is trying to control. Slice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brooks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks is trying to control the action in half guard but Slice is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brooks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slice can do to turn this around?
Brooks perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Brooks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Slice defends it well.
Slice has hold of Brooks's hands but Brooks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brooks seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Slice is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eli Brooks!
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hype
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