PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Norris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kryptonite. Brooks is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tom Sawyer. Chuck Norris is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Norris
vs
Brooks

182 cm
24
147 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

168 cm
30
140 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Dragon

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Norris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brooks has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Norris lands a glancing blow to the side of Brooks's head.
Norris avoids the body shot from Brooks.
Brooks throws the left hand but Norris avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brooks takes a kick to the side of the head.
Norris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brooks doesn't seem bothered though.
Brooks lands with a good body shot.
Brooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brooks keeps the fight on the outside.
Norris misses with a right hand

and Brooks counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norris keeping full guard, as Brooks tries to pass.
Norris looking to control.

Brooks thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brooks tries to free his leg and advance position but Norris is retaining full guard.
Brooks won't allow Norris to get back to his feet.
Norris looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brooks is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks cracks Norris with a solid left hand.
Brooks throws a big right hand that misses.
Norris has Brooks pulled in close to control his posture.
Brooks sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Norris's guard.
Norris is pressing down on Brooks's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Norris keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
Brooks stops Norris from standing up.
Brooks is in close to Norris's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Norris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brooks.
Brooks postures up in Norris's guard and throws a big left but Norris blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks postures up in Norris's guard and throws a big left but Norris blocks it.
Brooks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brooks wants to control from the top but Norris keeps moving.
Norris is trying to keep Brooks in close.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brooks scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Norris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Norris controls Brooks momentarily but Brooks frees himself.
Brooks postures up in Norris's guard and throws a big left but Norris blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to free his leg and advance position but Norris is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brooks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Norris keeping moving, preventing Brooks from controlling successfully.
Brooks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Norris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Norris has his hands on Brooks's head, controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Norris slips under a jab.
Brooks misses with a hook.
Brooks looks to score with a jab to the body but Norris is just out of range.
Brooks throws a body punch but Norris moves out of range.
Norris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Norris pinned against the cage. Norris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Norris is looking to slow Brooks down with leg kicks.
Brooks takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Norris.
Norris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Norris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brooks misses with a wild body shot.
Brooks misses with a body shot.
Norris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norris tests Brooks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brooks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Norris manages to avoid it.

Brooks gets the takedown into side control.

Brooks is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Norris knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Norris is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Brooks dominated that round.
That's time! Norris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Norris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Norris throws a jab when Brooks was well out of range.
Brooks lands a nice hook to Norris's body. Norris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Norris gets caught flat footed, as Brooks shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Norris throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Brooks escapes and throws Norris's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Norris takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Brooks cracks Norris with a big right hand but Norris just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brooks tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Brooks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Norris has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tyler Brooks has got the better of the ground game so far.

Brooks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks cracks Norris with a big elbow.

Brooks working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Brooks in side control lands a decent elbow.
Brooks creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Brooks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Norris is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brooks is putting a hurting on Norris here, landing some big shots from side control.
Check out the look on Brooks's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Norris is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norris manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brooks's best efforts.
Norris moves into full guard.
Brooks throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Norris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brooks passes into half guard.
Norris is trying to stand back up but Brooks is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brooks trying to control the action but Norris is working from the bottom.
Brooks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Norris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brooks wants to control but Norris is keeping him busy.
Brooks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brooks drops an elbow to the side of Norris's head.
Brooks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Norris's head.
Norris is refusing to be controlled, as Brooks sits in half guard.
Brooks working Norris over with strikes.

Brooks is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Norris has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brooks is keen to just control but Norris is a slippery customer.
Brooks takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norris wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brooks is looking for a kimura but Norris is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Brooks to get the leverage.
Brooks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Norris defending well though.

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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Brooks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Norris with a hook.
Brooks misses the shot to the body.
Norris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
Chuck Norris is winning the standup battle so far.
Norris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brooks throws out the jab.
Norris connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brooks. Brooks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brooks looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Norris is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Norris thumps Brooks with a low kick.
Norris takes a swing at Brooks's ribcage but misses.
Brooks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norris was well out of range. Poor timing from Brooks.
Brooks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Norris manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Norris.
Norris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Norris lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws out a loose jab but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Norris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks throws a jab when Norris was well out of range.
Brooks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brooks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norris lands a jab to the head.
Norris lands an overhand right.
Norris moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Norris lunges at Brooks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brooks's hand.
Norris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brooks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brooks throws a lazy uppercut

and Norris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Brooks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Brooks's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Norris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Brooks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brooks tries to pull guard but Norris holds him up against the cage and eventually Brooks drops back down to his feet.
Brooks is trying to break the clinch but Norris is controlling him.
Chuck Norris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brookss head.
Brooks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Norris has him pressed against the cage.
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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Norris.
Brooks wants to break free but Norris has control.
Brooks tries to throw a body punch but Norris avoids it by throwing Brooks back against the cage.
Brooks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Norris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chuck Norris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Brooks.
Norris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Brooks's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Norris.
Brooks is trying to push Norris away but Norris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Norris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Brooks tries to circle away but Norris has him pinned against the cage.
Brooks tries to break free but Norris pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Norris.
Norris keeps control of Brooks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Norris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brooks tries to circle away but Norris has him pinned against the cage.
Brooks is trying to break the clinch but Norris has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brooks is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Brooks's head.
Norris lands with a left to the head.
Norris lands with a right to the head.
Norris has Brooks pressed against the cage, preventing Brooks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brooks drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Norris gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Norris keeps control of Brooks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Norris.
Norris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris lands a right hand.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Brooks's head.
Brooks wants to get back to striking at distance but Norris won't allow it.
Brooks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tyler Brooks is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris cracks Brooks with a nice body shot.
Norris lands a body punch.
Norris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Norris - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norris is looking to control Brooks's arms but Brooks gets an underhook and turns him. Now Norris has his back to the cage.
Brooks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Norris has him pressed against the cage.
Brooks misses with a punch on the inside.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Brooks's head.
Brooks tries to break free but Norris pushes him back against the cage.
Norris scores with a shoulder strike.
Norris lands a hook that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Norris effectively controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Norris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Norris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brooks 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Brooks!
Tyler Brooks decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Chuck Norris stepped up to the mic, saying 'He cheated. '.