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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wand Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sapp's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Falling Slowly. Brookins has chosen Kickstart as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
9 - 17 - 1 |
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20
143 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wand Sapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathan Brookins!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp tries for a takedown but Brookins circles away easily
and Brookins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sapp moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sapp tries for a takedown but Brookins circles away easily
and Brookins counters with a right hand to the body.
Sapp with a poor takedown
and Brookins decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sapp's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wand Sapp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Brookins wants to control from the top but Sapp keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brookins postures up.
Brookins throwing strikes but missing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brookins throwing strikes from guard but Sapp blocks nicely.
Brookins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sapp is pulling down on Brookins's head. It's preventing any offense from Brookins, at least for the moment.
Brookins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sapp is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brookins wants to pass the guard but Sapp is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sapp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sapp misses with a takedown attempt
and Brookins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brookins lands an overhand right.
Jab from Brookins.
Brookins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sapp doesn't seem bothered though.
Brookins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Brookins counters with a straight right hand.
Sapp has his takedown stuffed
and Brookins counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sapp controls Brookins momentarily but Brookins frees himself.
Sapp is trying to hold Brookins in close to prevent damage but Brookins has managed to pass into half guard.
Brookins stalling.
Sapp is looking to get back to full guard here but Brookins has managed to pass to side control instead.
Brookins lands an elbow.
Brookins working away.
Brookins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brookins throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Brookins scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Brookins in side control, throwing shots but Sapp defends.
You can see the frustration on Sapp's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sapp tries to bench press Brookins off him but Brookins keeps the position.
Brookins is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brookins working away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sapp is looking to regain half guard here but Brookins keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Brookins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Brookins with a nice cross.
Sapp gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Brookins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brookins scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Wand Sapp has been cut.
Sapp takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brookins shoots in and gets a takedown into Sapp's guard.
Sapp throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Brookins wants to control from the top but Sapp keeps moving.
Brookins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sapp's head.
Brookins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brookins lands a couple of elbows.
Sapp keeping moving, preventing Brookins from controlling successfully.
Sapp will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Brookins trying to control the position from guard on top but Sapp is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brookins throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jonathan Brookins wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sapp takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sapp gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brookins.
Brookins with a hook.
Sapp misses with a takedown attempt
and Brookins counters with a nice uppercut.
Sapp takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brookins scores with a punch to the head.
Sapp tries for a takedown but Brookins circles away easily
and Sapp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sapp is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wand Sapp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sapp shoots and misses
and Brookins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Sapp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brookins closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Sapp! Brookins dives in looking to finish! Sapp is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Brookins!
After winning the bout, Jonathan Brookins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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