PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clams Casino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allen Brossard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Casino
vs
Brossard

175 cm
21
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clams Casino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Allen Brossard!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Casino clinches with his opponent.
Casino stalls.
Brossard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Brossard.
Brossard being controlled against the cage.
Casino lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brossard backwards.

Casino breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Casino doesn't manage to clinch there - Brossard circles away.
Casino wants to clinch up but Brossard keeps it at a distance.
Brossard swats away the attempt to clinch by Casino.
Casino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Casino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brossard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brossard misses with a series of wild punches.
Brossard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brossard swats away the attempt to clinch by Casino.
Brossard feints a jab promting Casino to slip. Brossard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Casino slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Casino moves in looking to clinch but Brossard pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brossard throws a nice looking combination but Casino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Casino has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brossard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brossard swats away the attempt to clinch by Casino.
Brossard throws a right hand that Casino ducks under and follows up with a left that Casino also avoids with ease.
Brossard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Clams Casino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brossard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for Brossard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brossard throws a series of punches but Casino moves out of range.
Brossard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch but Brossard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Casino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brossard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Casino counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Casino manages to break the clinch.
Casino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Casino tries to clinch there but Brossard circles away.
Brossard throws a right and a left that Casino avoids nicely.
Casino tries to clinch up but Brossard circles away and keeps his distance.
Brossard looks to land a combination but Casino avoids it well.
Brossard throws a series of punches but Casino moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casino tries to clinch but Brossard is having none of it.
Brossard connects with a body shot.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brossard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brossard works Casino's body with a nice hook.
A punch combination from Brossard misses.
Brossard feints a jab promting Casino to slip. Brossard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Casino slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Brossard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Casino circles away quickly and effectively.
Brossard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casino has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Casino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brossard counters with a series of strikes. Casino will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brossard tries to bum rush Casino with a series of wild strikes but Casino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Brossard tries to keep at a distance but Casino has taken the fight into the clinch.
Casino keeps control of Brossard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Casino works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Casino.
Brossard wants to stall.

Casino manages to break the clinch.
Brossard throws a series of punches but Casino avoids them all with ease.
Brossard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Casino is looking to clinch but Brossard is avoiding it.
Casino goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Allen Brossard has been cut.
Casino tries to clinch up but Brossard circles away and keeps his distance.
Casino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brossard misses with a series of wild punches.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brossard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brossard misses with the combination.
Casino wants to clinch up but Brossard keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casino on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Casino tries to clinch up.
Brossard throws a nice looking combination but Casino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brossard dips to his left and cracks Casino with an uppercut!
Brossard misses with a wild combination.
Brossard cracks a nice hook into Casino's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Brossard.
Casino tries to clinch up but Brossard circles away and keeps his distance.
Brossard swinging wildly here.
Brossard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Casino wants to clinch up but Brossard keeps it at a distance.
Brossard throws a combination. Casino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brossard misses with a two punch combination.
Brossard's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brossard duly obliges.
Brossard looks to land a combination but Casino avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Clams Casino will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Allen Brossard's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A right-left combo lands from Brossard.
Casino takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Casino tries to clinch up.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brossard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brossard blocks a head kick by Casino.
Casino is looking to clinch but Brossard is avoiding it.
Brossard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Casino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brossard misses with a double jab

and Casino moves into the clinch.

Casino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Casino misses with a few strikes there.
Brossard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Brossard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Casino tries to clinch there but Brossard circles away.
Brossard swinging wildly here.
Casino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brossard fails to land with a series of punches.
Casino tries to clinch up
and Brossard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casino tries to clinch up but Brossard circles away and keeps his distance.

Casino closes the distance and clinches.
Brossard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Casino breaks the clinch.
Casino is looking to clinch but Brossard is avoiding it.
Brossard throws a series of punches but Casino avoids them all with ease.
Brossard looks to land a combination but Casino avoids it well.
Brossard misses with a series of wild punches.
Casino tries to clinch up
and Brossard counters with a series of strikes. Casino will be more careful next time no doubt.
Clams Casino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Casino is looking to clinch but Brossard is avoiding it.
Brossard throws a combination that misses

and Casino counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Casino.
Brossard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casino has him pressed against the cage.
Casino has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Casino breaks the clinch.

Casino takes the fight into the clinch.
Casino lands an elbow just above Brossard 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brossard is trying to push Casino away but Casino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Casino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brossard up against the cage.
Brossard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casino has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Casino.
Casino stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brossard tries to work over Casino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Casino breaks the clinch.
Brossard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brossard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Casino takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Casino instigates a clinch.
Brossard is looking to control Casino's arms but Casino gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brossard has his back to the cage.
Casino stalling against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brossard swings wildly with an uppercut but Casino uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casino stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brossard trying to control the position but instead, Casino has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brossard into the cage.
Casino prevents Brossard from breaking the clinch.
Brossard is trying to break the clinch but Casino is controlling him.

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

Casino rushes Brossard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Casino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Casino is looking to clinch.
Brossard throws a right and a left that Casino avoids nicely.
Brossard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brossard moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brossard throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four 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.
Brossard throws a right hand that Casino ducks under and follows up with a left that Casino also avoids with ease.
Brossard swinging wildly here.
Brossard misses with a double jab

and Casino holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Casino manages to break the clinch.
Casino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brossard.
Brossard swinging wildly here.

Casino has Brossard up against the cage in a clinch.
Casino working Brossard over with knees to the body.

Casino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brossard throws a left and a right that both miss

and Casino counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Casino lands a hook that snaps the head of Brossard backwards.

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

Brossard gets tackled into the cage by Casino. Casino maintains the clinch.
Casino prevents Brossard from breaking the clinch.

Casino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clams Casino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Allen Brossard'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. This is the final round!

Casino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brossard.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Casino clinches with his opponent.
A right handed body shot lands from Casino.
Brossard is looking to control Casino's arms but Casino gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brossard has his back to the cage.

Casino breaks the clinch.
Brossard scores with a jab to the head.
Casino wants to clinch.
Brossard misses with a wild combination.
Brossard works over Casino's head and body with a nice combination.
Casino swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brossard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Casino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brossard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Casino clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Casino has Brossard pressed against the cage, preventing Brossard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Casino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen Brossard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Casino tries to clinch up
and Casino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brossard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch but Brossard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brossard misses with a few strikes there.
Brossard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Casino counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Casino breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Casino misses with a double jab.

Casino rushes Brossard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Casino makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Casino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Casino instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casino digs a right hand underneath Brossard's ribcage. Brossard let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brossard tries to break the clinch but Casino is controlling the position.
Brossard misses with a knee strike.
Brossard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Casino.
Brossard tries a knee to the head but Casino blocks it.
Casino holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Casino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Casino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brossard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brossard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Brossard.
Brossard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Casino counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Casino scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brossard working hard to break the clinch.
Brossard wants to break the clinch but can't.

Casino manages to break the clinch.
Brossard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brossard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brossard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Casino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Casino misses with a double jab
and Brossard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brossard throws a combination that misses

and Casino counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Casino lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brossard or not.

Casino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Casino tries to clinch up
and Brossard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brossard misses with a double jab.
Brossard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Casino eats them both and turns towards Brossard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brossard misses with a few strikes there.
Brossard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brossard misses with a wild combination.
Brossard tries to bum rush Casino with a series of wild strikes but Casino uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Allen Brossard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brossard throws a right hand that Casino ducks under and follows up with a left that Casino also avoids with ease.
Brossard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brossard throws a right hand that Casino ducks under and follows up with a left that Casino also avoids with ease.
Brossard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Casino is looking to clinch.
Casino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brossard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brossard is working the combinations to good effect here.
Brossard stalks Casino and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Casino's face. Casino staggers backwards, shaken.
Casino tries to clinch but Brossard moves out of range.

Casino rushes Brossard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brossard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brossard stalling in the clinch but Casino improves position.

Casino manages to break the clinch.
Casino wants to clinch.
Clams Casino is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brossard throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clams Casino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Casino, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clams Casino!