PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Jahovavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jahovavich comes to the cage accompanied by "Story of My Life" by Social Distortion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jahovavich
vs
Brooks

189 cm
20
166 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
153 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Hellbent, Inc.
Convicted

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timmy Jahovavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jahovavich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Jahovavich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jahovavich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brooks moves in looking to clinch but Jahovavich pushes him off.
Brandon Brooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jahovavich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brooks's waist but Brooks gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jahovavich off to one side.
Jahovavich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brooks but Brooks pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brooks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jahovavich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brooks's waist but Brooks gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jahovavich off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timmy Jahovavich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jahovavich swats away the attempt to clinch by Brooks.

Brooks moves into the clinch.
Jahovavich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Jahovavich blocks with his arms.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brooks avoiding damage.
Brooks misses with a knee strike.
Brooks unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jahovavich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Jahovavich blocks with his arms.
Jahovavich tries for a takedown but Brooks manages to get underhooks.
Jahovavich is working for takedown but Brooks is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Jahovavich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brooks just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jahovavich avoiding damage as Brooks throws knees to the body.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jahovavich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brooks just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jahovavich is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brooks gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks scores a nice knee to the body.
Jahovavich is breathing heavily.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but Jahovavich blocks it.
Brooks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jahovavich avoiding damage as Brooks throws knees to the body.
Brooks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jahovavich blocks it with crossed arms.

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.
Brooks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jahovavich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jahovavich tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brooks smiles and moves away.
Jahovavich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jahovavich really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jahovavich shoots in looking for a takedown. Brooks tries to sprawl out of it but Jahovavich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brooks manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jahovavich closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brooks to the mat! Brooks manages to get full guard.
Jahovavich trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.
Brooks looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahovavich trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jahovavich is really struggling to control Brooks but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Jahovavich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brooks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jahovavich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jahovavich trying to control but Brooks is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jahovavich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jahovavich shoots for a double leg takedown but Brooks sprawls well. He's pushed Jahovavich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brooks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brooks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jahovavich fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Brooks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jahovavich, pushing him back against the cage.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks lands a knee to the body.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jahovavich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brooks pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brooks prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Brooks dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brooks keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks tries to clinch up but Jahovavich circles away and keeps his distance.
Timmy Jahovavich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Brooks moves into the clinch successfully.
Jahovavich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Jahovavich is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brooks with a knee to the head.
Brooks using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Jahovavich blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahovavich goes for a takedown attempt but Brooks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timmy Jahovavich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jahovavich closes the distance and clinches up with Brooks, looking for a takedown. Jahovavich pushes Brooks against the cage but Brooks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brooks scores with the left hand. Jahovavich knows he should have avoided that one.
Brooks misses with a few strikes there.
Jahovavich changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brooks tries to avoid it but Jahovavich manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brooks to the ground. Brooks escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jahovavich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jahovavich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jahovavich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brooks connects with a looping right hand.
Jahovavich has a takedown stuffed.

Brooks forces Jahovavich back against the cage and clinches.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but Jahovavich blocks with his arms.
Brooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brooks is looking to control Jahovavich's arms but Jahovavich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brooks has his back to the cage.
Jahovavich tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brooks gets underhooks to prevent Jahovavich's takedown attempt.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brooks misses with a knee to the head.
Jahovavich wants to break free but Brooks has control.
Jahovavich drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brooks pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brooks lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks throws an overhand right that lands on Jahovavich's shoulder, as Jahovavich tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Brooks gets caught flat footed, as Jahovavich shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jahovavich trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jahovavich passes Brooks's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks is in trouble now - Jahovavich has advanced to mount!
Brooks is squirming around, avoiding Jahovavich's attempts to control the action.

Brooks has left one of his arms exposed and Jahovavich doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Brooks screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timmy Jahovavich!