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Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 24, 2023 |
#R1#
Brooks misses with a straight left. #CL2#
Salvatore moves into range and clinches up with Brooks.
Salvatore fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salvatore blocking some punches.
Brooks is pushing Salvatore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Brooks fails to land.
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Salvatore tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brooks smiles and moves away.
#CL2#
Salvatore takes the fight into the clinch.
Brooks working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvatore is trying to pull guard but Brooks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gabriel Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santiago Salvatore.
Brooks avoiding damage.
Salvatore is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Brooks to keep the fight standing.
Salvatore is trying to pull guard but Brooks has him pressed against the cage.
Salvatore is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Brooks to keep the fight standing.#T1#
Salvatore jumps guard but Brooks stands there with Salvatore around his waist. Salvatore gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Salvatore fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salvatore jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brooks walks away with a smile on his face. Salvatore gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Salvatore ducks under a wild hook from Brooks.
Brooks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salvatore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salvatore tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks drops down looking for a counter takedown but Salvatore sprawls and moves away.
Salvatore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
Brooks looks to land a left hand but Salvatore moved out of range nicely.
Brooks sets himself, and Salvatore steps forward looking for the clinch! Brooks avoids it this time.
Salvatore wants to clinch up but Brooks keeps it at a distance.
Salvatore tries to clinch there but Brooks circles away.
#CL#
Brooks moves into the clinch.
Brooks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Salvatore up against the cage.
Salvatore tries to pull guard but Brooks holds him up against the cage and eventually Salvatore drops back down to his feet.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salvatore avoids it.#T2#
Salvatore tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brooks smiles and moves away.
Brooks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salvatore moves away from the strike by Brooks.
Salvatore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brooks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salvatore tries to clinch up.
Salvatore tries to clinch up.
Salvatore slips under a jab.
Salvatore tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Salvatore.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Salvatore.
Salvatore tries to clinch there but Brooks circles away.
#CL2#
Salvatore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Salvatore fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salvatore jumps guard but Brooks stands there with Salvatore around his waist. Salvatore gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Salvatore jumps guard but Brooks stands there with Salvatore around his waist. Salvatore gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Salvatore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
#T3##TD2#
Salvatore pulls guard successfully.
Brooks trying to control but Salvatore is working from the bottom.
Brooks wants to stand but Salvatore has a closed guard, so he can't escape. #SUB2#
Salvatore looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Salvatore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks wanted to stand there but Salvatore had control of the position. #SUB2#
Salvatore is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Brooks defends well.
Brooks has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T4#
Salvatore wants to sweep but no luck. #SUB2#
Salvatore had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brooks defends it easily.#SUB2#
Salvatore throws his legs up looking for a submission but Brooks uses it to pass to side control.
Salvatore gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Salvatore is in trouble now - Brooks has advanced to mount!
Brooks tries to control but Salvatore wriggling away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Brooks dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Salvatore is looking to clinch but Brooks is avoiding it.
Brooks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvatore can do to turn this around?#TD#
Brooks shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Salvatore napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Salvatore is looking for a sweep.
Salvatore is not content to let Brooks control the position.
Salvatore tries to bench press Brooks off him but Brooks keeps the position. #SUB#
Brooks working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Brooks trying to control the position but Salvatore is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
This fight is sponsored by Chainsaw 7. More blood and guts and stuff like that, in cinemas everywhere now!#T1##SUB#
Brooks wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Salvatore, who protects the arm well.
Salvatore tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brooks is looking to take a break and control but Salvatore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Salvatore is looking for a sweep.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Salvatore is holding Brooks down, trying to stall.
Brooks tries to stand but Salvatore is controlling his head.
Salvatore gets back to half guard.
Gabriel Brooks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brooks wants to take a breather but Salvatore is having none of it.
Salvatore is looking for a sweep. Brooks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Brooks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks swats away the attempt to clinch by Salvatore.#T3#
Salvatore wants to clinch.
Brooks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salvatore doesn't manage to clinch there - Brooks circles away.
Salvatore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Salvatore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#CL#
Brooks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #TD2#
Salvatore manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Brooks trying to control the position from guard on top but Salvatore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB2#
Salvatore throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
#T4##SUB2#
Salvatore working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brooks doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brooks manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brooks wants to control from the top but Salvatore keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Brooks dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Salvatore moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Brooks tries to counter with a takedown but Salvatore is quick to defend against it.
Salvatore tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Salvatore moves in looking to clinch but Brooks pushes him off.
Salvatore tries to clinch but Brooks moves out of range.
Salvatore doesn't manage to clinch there - Brooks circles away.
Salvatore tries to clinch but Brooks is having none of it.
Salvatore moves out of range of the leg kick from Brooks.
Salvatore is looking to clinch.
Salvatore looks to clinch #TD#
and Brooks counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Brooks trying to control but Salvatore is working from the bottom.
Brooks preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Salvatore working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brooks doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brooks manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Salvatore looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brooks puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. #T1#
Brooks is trying to control the action in half guard but Salvatore is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brooks is really struggling to control Salvatore but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Salvatore is looking for a sweep. Brooks is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salvatore is trying to control but Brooks manages to pass to mount!
#SU#
Brooks stands up from mount. Strange move.
Salvatore keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brooks.
Salvatore wants to counter with a clinch but Brooks pushes him away.
Salvatore tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brooks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks throws a solid leg kick but Salvatore takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brooks.
Salvatore is looking to clinch.
Salvatore wants to clinch but Brooks slips to the side#TD#
and Brooks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salvatore trying to get back to full guard but Brooks takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!#T2#
Brooks wants to control the pace but Salvatore is squirming around nicely.
Brooks fails to move to back control.
Brooks wants to get back to his feet but Salvatore is holding on tight.
Brooks fails to take his opponent's back.
Brooks tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Brooks fails to take his opponent's back. #T3#
Salvatore is trying desperately to improve position.
Brooks tries to control but Salvatore wriggling away.
Gabriel Brooks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Salvatore is trying to escape the mount.
Brooks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Salvatore is trying to escape the mount.
Salvatore is squirming around, avoiding Brooks's attempts to control the action.
Salvatore is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brooks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Salvatore is looking to escape.
Santiago Salvatore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brooks is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Salvatore is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Brooks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brooks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Brooks! |
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