Quote Originally Posted by Annulus View Post
There is ONE way to do decent damage with a brawler. Be a Bugbear, and go Shock Trooper for your paragon path. With large-sized spiked gauntlets that receive a size-boost to their dice for being off-hand, you're punching d10s.

But, in the end, Brawler seems to be about EXTREME lockdown. On one guy at a time. But that one guy is going nowhere.
You can lockdown 3 at a time if you are wielding double spiked gauntlets and a sash of entanglement(I think that is what it is). That allows for three grabs though you will be unable to do anything else until you let one go so two is probably more beneficial in general.