PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minotauro Bermudez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Gryzbowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Bermudez
vs
Gryzbowski

185 cm
23
206 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

EFC Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Minotauro Bermudez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Gryzbowski!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bermudez is looking to clinch but Gryzbowski is avoiding it.

Bermudez moves into the clinch.
Gryzbowski takes an elbow to the temple.
Gryzbowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Gryzbowski is blocking nicely.
Gryzbowski misses with a punch to the body.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Bermudez leaning against his opponent.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Bermudez lands a knee to the head.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Gryzbowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bermudez has him pressed against the cage.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside.
Gryzbowski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gryzbowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Bermudez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez lands an elbow just above Gryzbowski 's eye.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryzbowski avoids the damage to the body.
Bermudez is breathing heavily.
Bermudez has Gryzbowski pressed against the cage, preventing Gryzbowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bermudez lands an elbow that stopped Gryzbowski in his tracks for a moment.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gryzbowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Bermudez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bermudez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryzbowski is defending well for now.
Bermudez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gryzbowski's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but Gryzbowski blocks it.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gryzbowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez scores with a knee to the head.
Gryzbowski working aggressively here.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gryzbowski stalling.
Gryzbowski wants to stall.
Gryzbowski avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Bermudez throws an elbow that misses.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Gryzbowski avoids the elbow strike from Bermudez, against the cage.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gryzbowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryzbowski avoids the damage to the body.
Gryzbowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gryzbowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gryzbowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gryzbowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gryzbowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Gryzbowski has a couple of punches blocked by Bermudez.
Gryzbowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gryzbowski blocks the elbow strike.
Gryzbowski dodges an elbow strike from Bermudez.
Bermudez misses with an elbow strike.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gryzbowski misses with a body punch.
Gryzbowski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez stalling in the clinch but Gryzbowski improves position.
Bermudez has Gryzbowski pressed against the cage, preventing Gryzbowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gryzbowski managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bermudez is struggling to control the position.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gryzbowski.
Gryzbowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gryzbowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bermudez.
Gryzbowski misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Bermudez.
Gryzbowski wants to stall.
Gryzbowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gryzbowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez is trying to stall.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gryzbowski avoids it.
Gryzbowski tries a body shot but Bermudez blocks it.
Gryzbowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Bermudez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bermudez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bermudez connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Minotauro Bermudez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gryzbowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Bermudez.
Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gryzbowski circles away.
Gryzbowski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gryzbowski circles away.
Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gryzbowski circles away.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gryzbowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Gryzbowski misses.
Bermudez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gryzbowski throws a combination. Bermudez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bermudez is looking to clinch but Gryzbowski is avoiding it.
Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gryzbowski circles away.
Bermudez wants to clinch up but Gryzbowski keeps it at a distance.
Gryzbowski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bermudez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bermudez tries to clinch there but Gryzbowski circles away.
Bermudez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gryzbowski circles away.
Gryzbowski throws a combination. Bermudez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Some wild striking there from Gryzbowski.
Gryzbowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bermudez.
Gryzbowski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez moves in looking to clinch but Gryzbowski pushes him off.
Gryzbowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left lands for Gryzbowski.
Bermudez tries to clinch but Gryzbowski moves out of range.
Bermudez wants to clinch.
Gryzbowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gryzbowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gryzbowski stalks Bermudez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bermudez's face. Bermudez staggers backwards, shaken.
Gryzbowski punishes Bermudez's body with a nice straight punch.
Gryzbowski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bermudez.
Bermudez is looking to clinch.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch but Gryzbowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bermudez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gryzbowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bermudez tries to clinch but Gryzbowski is having none of it.
Bermudez wants to clinch.
Gryzbowski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bermudez backs up against the cage.
Gryzbowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Bermudez.
Minotauro Bermudez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bermudez gets a clinch.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez working Gryzbowski over with knees to the body.
Bermudez misses with a knee strike.
Gryzbowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bermudez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bermudez obliges.
Bermudez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bermudez has Gryzbowski pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Bermudez.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gryzbowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bermudez connects with a knee to the head.
Gryzbowski blocks the elbow strike.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but Gryzbowski blocks it.
Gryzbowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bermudez lands an elbow just above Gryzbowski 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gryzbowski taking a breather.
Bermudez has Gryzbowski pressed against the cage, preventing Gryzbowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gryzbowski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bermudez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gryzbowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bermudez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gryzbowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bermudez stalling in the clinch.
Bermudez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bermudez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gryzbowski's face.
Bermudez lands a damaging elbow.
Bermudez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gryzbowski's defenses.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside that Gryzbowski shrugs off.
Gryzbowski working hard to break the clinch.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gryzbowski taking a breather.
Gryzbowski seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Bermudez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bermudez crunches a lovely knee into Gryzbowski's ribcage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryzbowski avoids the damage to the body.
Gryzbowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gryzbowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Bermudez scores a nice knee to the body.
Gryzbowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Gryzbowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Bermudez.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez is looking to control Gryzbowski's arms but Gryzbowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bermudez has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bermudez tries to land a knee to the head but Gryzbowski blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Minotauro Bermudez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bermudez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gryzbowski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gryzbowski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gryzbowski is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gryzbowski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bermudez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bermudez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Gryzbowski does it's job there.
Gryzbowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Bermudez.

Bermudez takes the fight into the clinch.
Bermudez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gryzbowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bermudez lands an elbow that stopped Gryzbowski in his tracks for a moment.
Gryzbowski takes an elbow to the temple.
Bermudez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bermudez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bermudez scores a nice knee to the body.
Bermudez taking a breather.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but Gryzbowski blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bermudez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bermudez lands a good knee to the midsection. Gryzbowski won't want to take too many of those.
Bermudez looking to throw knees to the head but Gryzbowski is blocking nicely.
Gryzbowski presses Bermudez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bermudez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bermudez seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Gryzbowski swings wildly with an uppercut but Bermudez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bermudez lands an elbow inside.
Gryzbowski avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Bermudez lands a knee to the body.
Bermudez landing knees to the head.
Minotauro Bermudez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bermudez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gryzbowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Bermudez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bermudez stalling against the cage.
Bermudez keeps control of Gryzbowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Bermudez missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bermudez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryzbowski is defending well for now.
Gryzbowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Gryzbowski lands a shot to the body.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Bermudez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gryzbowski throws a head punch that misses.
Gryzbowski blocks an elbow strike.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gryzbowski tries a body shot but Bermudez blocks it.
Gryzbowski avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryzbowski avoids the damage to the body.
Gryzbowski is trying to break the clinch but Bermudez is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bermudez throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bermudez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gryzbowski's brow.
Gryzbowski swings wildly with an uppercut but Bermudez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bermudez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gryzbowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jan Gryzbowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bermudez as Gryzbowski tries to tie him up.
Gryzbowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Bermudez.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Bermudez.
Gryzbowski avoiding damage as Bermudez throws knees to the body.
Bermudez trying to land knees to the body.
Gryzbowski is looking to control Bermudez's arms but Bermudez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gryzbowski has his back to the cage.
Gryzbowski managing to block the knees to the body from Bermudez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gryzbowski can't break the clinch.
Bermudez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gryzbowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gryzbowski can't find room to land a body shot as Bermudez controls the action.
Gryzbowski swings wildly with an uppercut but Bermudez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gryzbowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bermudez has him pressed against the cage.
Bermudez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gryzbowski blocks an elbow strike.
Bermudez tries to land knees in the clinch but Gryzbowski avoids the damage to the body.
Bermudez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bermudez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gryzbowski's brow.
Bermudez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gryzbowski.
Gryzbowski can't find room to land a body shot as Bermudez controls the action.
Bermudez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bermudez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gryzbowski is defending well for now.
Gryzbowski lands a right hand.
Gryzbowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bermudez misses with a knee to the head.
Gryzbowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Minotauro Bermudez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gryzbowski looking to throw knees to the head but Bermudez is blocking nicely.
Gryzbowski wants to get back to striking at distance but Bermudez won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Minotauro Bermudez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bermudez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Minotauro Bermudez!