PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Le Jean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krish Grundmanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Jean comes to the cage accompanied by La France. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Le Jean
vs
Grundmanis

200 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

197 cm
21
248 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pierre Le Jean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Krish Grundmanis!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grundmanis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grundmanis thuds his right hand into Le Jean's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Jean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Grundmanis does no damage.
Le Jean tries to clinch up but Grundmanis circles away and keeps his distance.
Le Jean wants to clinch up but Grundmanis keeps it at a distance.
Grundmanis scores with a body shot.
Grundmanis scores with a jab to the body.
Grundmanis lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Le Jean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grundmanis cracks a nice hook into Le Jean's ribs.
Le Jean is breathing heavily.
Grundmanis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Le Jean looks for a takedown but Grundmanis sprawls well.
Grundmanis lands a slapping body shot.
Grundmanis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grundmanis gets a clinch.
Le Jean keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grundmanis's efforts to push away.
Le Jean keeps control of Grundmanis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grundmanis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Le Jean prevents Grundmanis from breaking the clinch.
Grundmanis slowing the pace effectively.
Grundmanis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Le Jean on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grundmanis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grundmanis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Le Jean is pressed up against the cage. Grundmanis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le Jean down to the mat. Le Jean avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Le Jean walks into a left hand.
Grundmanis scores with a jab.
Grundmanis works over Le Jean's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundmanis works Le Jean's body with a nice hook.
Grundmanis lands a right hook to the body.
Nice cross by Grundmanis.
Krish Grundmanis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundmanis throws a good cross that connects.
Grundmanis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grundmanis cracks a nice hook into Le Jean's ribs.

Grundmanis rushes Le Jean and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Grundmanis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le Jean avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pierre Le Jean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krish Grundmanis.
Grundmanis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Le Jean pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Le Jean is fighting off a takedown attempt but Grundmanis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Le Jean to the mat. Le Jean regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Grundmanis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Le Jean has a closed guard, preventing Grundmanis from standing up.

Grundmanis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundmanis wants to stand but Le Jean has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Le Jean throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Grundmanis gets to his feet. Le Jean looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Le Jean moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Le Jean takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grundmanis connects with a body shot.
Grundmanis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Grundmanis.
A right-left combo lands from Grundmanis.
Danga de danga de dang - Grundmanis scores with a four punch combination!
Le Jean avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Jean throws a combination that misses
and Grundmanis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Le Jean throws a series of punches but Grundmanis avoids them all with ease.
Grundmanis moves in looking to clinch but Le Jean pushes him off.
Le Jean is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grundmanis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Le Jean had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Le Jean takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pierre Le Jean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Jean tries to clinch but Grundmanis moves away
and Grundmanis counters with a left and a right that stings Le Jean.
Grundmanis misses with the combination.
Grundmanis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grundmanis connects with a looping right hand.
Le Jean is looking to clinch but Grundmanis is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Grundmanis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grundmanis dodges the punch combination from Le Jean.
Grundmanis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Le Jean tries to bum rush Grundmanis with a series of wild strikes but Grundmanis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grundmanis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Le Jean avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grundmanis misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Grundmanis finds it's way through Le Jean's defenses.
Le Jean wants to clinch.
Grundmanis misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Jean looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grundmanis connects with a crisp jab.
Grundmanis scores with a hook.
Grundmanis scores with a shot to the body.
Grundmanis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le Jean moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Grundmanis gets a clinch.

Le Jean's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Le Jean tries to clinch but Grundmanis moves out of range.
Grundmanis's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Grundmanis duly obliges.
Le Jean walks into a straight right hand from Grundmanis.
Le Jean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grundmanis.
A jab lands there for Grundmanis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Jean on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grundmanis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Grundmanis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grundmanis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Le Jean backs up against the cage.
Le Jean looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Le Jean moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grundmanis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Grundmanis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grundmanis lands with a nice body punch.
Grundmanis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Jean paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grundmanis wants to clinch

and Le Jean counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grundmanis blocks an uppercut.
Grundmanis tries to pull guard but Le Jean holds him up against the cage and eventually Grundmanis drops back down to his feet.
Grundmanis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le Jean is fighting off a takedown attempt but Grundmanis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Le Jean to the mat. Le Jean regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Le Jean has his foot on Grundmanis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Grundmanis works his way back into a safe position though.

Grundmanis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Grundmanis stands up and waves to Le Jean to follow him.
Le Jean throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grundmanis counters with a straight right hand.
Grundmanis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Krish Grundmanis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le Jean closes the distance but Grundmanis moves to the side
and Grundmanis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Jean tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grundmanis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Grundmanis scores with a four punch combination!
Grundmanis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grundmanis takes a swing at Le Jean's ribcage but misses.
Grundmanis throws a right hand that Le Jean ducks under and follows up with a left that Le Jean also avoids with ease.
Le Jean tries to clinch but Grundmanis moves away
and Grundmanis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grundmanis keeps the fight on the outside.
Grundmanis throws a series of strikes that have Le Jean backpedaling.
Le Jean on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grundmanis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grundmanis looks to land a combination but Le Jean avoids it well.
Le Jean tries to clinch but Grundmanis moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grundmanis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grundmanis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le Jean moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Le Jean fails with the takedown
and Grundmanis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krish Grundmanis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Grundmanis swinging wildly here.
Grundmanis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Le Jean backs up against the cage.
Le Jean avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pierre Le Jean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Le Jean throws a nice looking combination but Grundmanis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Le Jean keeps the fight on the outside.
Grundmanis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Jean swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Le Jean closes the distance and pushes Grundmanis back into the cage.

Grundmanis has hold of one of Le Jean's legs. Le Jean is fighting the takedown attempt but Grundmanis gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Grundmanis gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Le Jean tries to clinch there but Grundmanis circles away.
Grundmanis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Le Jean tries to clinch up but Grundmanis circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundmanis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Le Jean moves into the clinch.

Le Jean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Le Jean closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grundmanis can't get the takedown.

Le Jean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Le Jean closes the distance and pushes Grundmanis back into the cage.
Le Jean tries to pull guard but Grundmanis holds him up against the cage and eventually Le Jean drops back down to his feet.
Le Jean wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grundmanis has him pressed against the cage.
Le Jean wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grundmanis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grundmanis blocks the elbow strike.
Le Jean changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grundmanis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grundmanis!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Jean is looking to clinch but Grundmanis is avoiding it.
Le Jean avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grundmanis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Le Jean walks into a jab.
Le Jean looks for a takedown but Grundmanis sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Le Jean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Jean on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grundmanis lands a nice looking body shot.
Grundmanis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Grundmanis stalks Le Jean and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Le Jean's face. Le Jean staggers backwards, shaken.
Le Jean tries to clinch but Grundmanis moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grundmanis has closed the distance and engaged Le Jean in a clinch.
Le Jean has Grundmanis pressed against the cage, preventing Grundmanis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Le Jean makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Le Jean pushes Grundmanis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Le Jean fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Le Jean manages to break the clinch.
Grundmanis throws a shot to the body.
Grundmanis lands with a straight right. Le Jean didn't see that one coming.
Le Jean closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grundmanis thuds a left hand into Le Jean's body.
Grundmanis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grundmanis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grundmanis misses with a body shot.
Pierre Le Jean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Jean wants to clinch up but Grundmanis keeps it at a distance.
Le Jean clinches but Grundmanis breaks the clinch
and Grundmanis counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundmanis swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Le Jean counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grundmanis!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grundmanis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Grundmanis is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grundmanis can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Le Jean cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Le Jean lands a nice shot to the head.
Grundmanis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Le Jean working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Jean wants to control the pace but Grundmanis is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Krish Grundmanis.
I've got Grundmanis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krish Grundmanis!