PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Hershey (ranked 5134 p4p, 3123 weight class) and Gordi Grunjavac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunjavac is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cat Song :D. Gordi Grunjavac will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hershey
vs
Grunjavac

192 cm
25
300
0 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
295
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dante Hershey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gordi Grunjavac!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hershey misses with the combination.
Grunjavac ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grunjavac avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grunjavac tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hershey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grunjavac swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hershey misses with the combination.
Hershey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hershey. Grunjavac does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grunjavac feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hersheys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grunjavac with a hook.
Hershey swats away the attempt to clinch by Grunjavac.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Grunjavac.
Hershey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grunjavac circles away quickly and effectively.
Hershey doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grunjavac throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grunjavac is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Grunjavac scores with a sloppy right hand. Hershey should have avoided that one.
Grunjavac scores with a nice strike.
Grunjavac wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grunjavac has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hershey is breathing heavily.
Grunjavac digs a good hook to Hershey's body.
Grunjavac tries to clinch up.
Hershey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grunjavac fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hershey manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunjavac misses the shot to the body.
Grunjavac lands a jab to the nose.
Grunjavac connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hershey momentarily.
Grunjavac scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Grunjavac lands a big uppercut and Hershey crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hershey looks OK. Grunjavac waves Hershey back to his feet!

Hershey is rocked!
Grunjavac lands a brutal uppercut that launches Hershey off his feet! Hershey tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gordi Grunjavac!
Post fight, Gordi Grunjavac took to the microphone: 'Nothing better than beating Karen's ass. Im not going to be gentle with him tonight boys. He is mine!!!'.