PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mieczyslaw Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Unedanc Relat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Unedanc Relat will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Grabowski
vs
Relat

187 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mieczyslaw Grabowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Unedanc Relat!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Relat as Grabowski shoots in.
Relat works the jab nicely.

It looks like Mieczyslaw Grabowski has been cut.
Grabowski throws the left hand but Relat avoids the punch easily.
Relat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Grabowski misses.

Grabowski drives through with a takedown into guard.
Grabowski pushes down on Relat's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grabowski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Grabowski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Relat is looking to control Grabowski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Relat avoid being mounted?
Grabowski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Relat is looking to improve his position.
Grabowski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Grabowski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Relat for as long as he can get away with.

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.
Relat tries to roll over but Grabowski keeps him under control.
Grabowski slows the pace down in half guard.
Grabowski passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Grabowski working the ground and pound.
Grabowski is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Relat will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mieczyslaw Grabowski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Grabowski shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Relat but Relat pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Relat misses the shot to the body.
Relat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grabowski.
Grabowski tries for a takedown but Relat sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mieczyslaw Grabowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Grabowski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Relat!
Grabowski looking to finish with strikes here!
Grabowski raining down shots from the mount!
Grabowski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieczyslaw Grabowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mieczyslaw Grabowski's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grabowski scores with a takedown into Relat's guard.
Relat is trying to control the position but Grabowski postures up.
Grabowski content to stall in guard here.
Relat trying to keep a closed guard but Grabowski is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Relat is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grabowski is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Grabowski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grabowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grabowski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mieczyslaw Grabowski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Relat keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grabowski.
Relat takes a swing at Grabowski's ribcage but misses.
Relat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Relat misses.
Grabowski catches Relat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Relat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Relat to counter with a crisp jab.
Grabowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Relat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Relat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Relat scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Relat throws a lazy right hand but Grabowski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Relat misses.

Grabowski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grabowski throwing shots but Relat is blocking nicely.
Grabowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Relat defending well though.
Grabowski has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Grabowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieczyslaw Grabowski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mieczyslaw Grabowski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Relat misses with a wild body shot.
Relat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Grabowski misses the body punch
and Relat counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Unedanc Relat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Relat.

Mieczyslaw Grabowski's cut is getting worse.
Grabowski walks into a jab.
Relat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grabowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grabowski defending well as Relat loads up on a big left hand.
Grabowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Relat has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grabowski moves forwards but Relat connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Mieczyslaw Grabowski's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a lazy right hand but Relat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Relat listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Grabowski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Relat wants to control but Grabowski postures up.
Grabowski controls the position.
Relat tries to improve position but can't.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Grabowski cracks Relat with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grabowski in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Mieczyslaw Grabowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grabowski lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Relat down.
Grabowski controlling the position.

That's four 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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mieczyslaw Grabowski just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Grabowski looks to land a left hand but Relat moved out of range nicely.
Grabowski slips a straight right by Relat.
Grabowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Relat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Grabowski.
Grabowski is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Unedanc Relat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Unedanc Relat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Grabowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mieczyslaw Grabowski!