PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edgy Brah (ranked 485 p4p, 22 weight class) and Midick Aiken (ranked 638 p4p, 30 weight class). Brah comes to the cage accompanied by Dropped by Smoke Serpent. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Brah
vs
Aiken

173 cm
22
145 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

160 cm
24
138 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edgy Brah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Midick Aiken!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brah misses with a straight left.
Brah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aiken counters with a straight right hand.
Brah shoots for a takedown but Aiken saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aiken misses with a body shot.
Aiken throws out a loose jab but Brah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brah closes the distance and clinches up with Aiken, looking for a takedown. Brah pushes Aiken against the cage but Aiken circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aiken staying out of range there.
Aiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Brah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big left from Aiken misses.
Brah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aiken moves away.
Brah backing away here, and Aiken unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brah stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Aiken.
Brah misses with an uppercut.
Brah misses with a looping right.

Aiken has Brah up against the cage in a clinch.
Brah wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edgy Brah. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah tries for a takedown but Aiken manages to get underhooks.
Aiken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aiken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aiken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aiken prevents the takedown attempt.
Brah is trying to break the clinch but Aiken has him pressed against the cage.
Aiken is leaning against Brah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brah is trying to break free.

Aiken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Brah.
Aiken throws out a counter right but Brah avoids it with no problem.
Brah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been hearing reports that Brah has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Midick Aiken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aiken scores with a body shot.
A head kick by Brah misses
and Aiken counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brah throws a body shot but no joy.
Brah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aiken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aiken takes a swing at Brah's ribcage but misses.
Aiken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brah.
Aiken misses the shot to the body.
Brah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aiken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brah throws a body shot but no joy.
Brah walks into a straight right hand from Aiken.
Aiken bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brah's head backwards.
Aiken on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brah tries to counter with a takedown but Aiken is quick to defend against it.
Brah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aiken throws out the jab.
Aiken scores with a jab to the body.
Brah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aiken's waist but Aiken gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brah off to one side.
Aiken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Aiken lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Brah does it's job there.

Aiken rushes Brah and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Aiken misses with a punch to the body.
Brah working hard to break the clinch.
Brah has had enough of the clinch but Aiken keeps him there for the moment.
Aiken misses with the head strike.
Brah goes for a takedown attempt but Aiken pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Aiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Brah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aiken throws out the jab.
Brah uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aiken.
Aiken lands with a shot to the body.

Aiken clinches with his opponent.
Brah is trying to push Aiken away but Aiken has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brah gets through Aiken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aiken prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brah wants a takedown but no success here.

Brah breaks from the clinch.
Aiken leaves Brah with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brah on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Midick Aiken is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brah misses with a combination
and Aiken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aiken takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brah shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Aiken counter with a right hand.
Brah staying out of range there.
Brah throws an off balance right hand
and Aiken counters with a left to the body.
Aiken throws a combination that misses
and Brah counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Midick Aiken dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brah misses with a right hand
and Aiken counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Midick Aiken seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brah has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brah there as he acknowledges the shot.
Brah throws a poor cross that misses
and Brah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aiken throws a leg kick but Brah checks it.
Aiken staying out of range there.
Aiken has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
A leg kick checked by Brah.
Brah moves out of range as Aiken strikes.
Brah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Brah defending well as Aiken loads up on a big left hand.
Brah takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aiken avoids the head kick by Brah.
Aiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aiken takes one to the side of the head.
Brah scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Aiken eats them both and turns towards Brah to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aiken makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brah tries for a takedown but Aiken circles away easily
and Aiken counters with a stiff right hand.
Brah throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Aiken throws a right hand that Brah ducks under and follows up with a left that Brah also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Brah.
Brah takes one to the chin there.
Brah misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Aiken misses.
Brah fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brah tries for a takedown but Aiken circles away easily
and Aiken counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edgy Brah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aiken lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aiken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Aiken has taken the fight to the clinch.
Brah prevents a body shot from Aiken.
Aiken has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brah.
Aiken working aggressively here.

Brah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Aiken throws out a powerful jab.
Aiken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brah throws out the jab.
Aiken throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brah throws an off balance right hand
and Aiken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Brah is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah fails with the takedown
and Aiken counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Brah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aiken drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Brah right on the button. Brah goes down! Aiken follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Aiken gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Midick Aiken!
Midick Aiken thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Edgy Brah spoke after the fight, saying 'You probably get your information from the library!'.