PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between nathan grogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prashanth Maadala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prashanth Maadala told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

grogan
vs
Maadala

195 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

200 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Attliction

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, nathan grogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Prashanth Maadala!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
grogan ducks under a wild hook from Maadala.
A head kick misses from Maadala.
Maadala throws a right and a left that grogan avoids nicely.
Maadala works grogan's body with a nice hook.
Maadala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maadala takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick lands from grogan that sends Maadala to the canvas. Maadala tries to scramble back to his feet but grogan brings him back down into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maadala is trying to get back to half guard.
Maadala manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Maadala takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
grogan is trying to stand up here but Maadala is controlling him well.
Maadala is controlling the pace.
Maadala looks gassed!
grogan is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grogan is trying to control but Maadala passes into side control!
Maadala wants to lay and pray for a moment but grogan keeps working.
grogan is trying to buck Maadala off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
grogan tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Maadala easily slips into full mount!
Maadala moves to the back position.
Maadala controlling from the back.
Maadala gets his hands free as grogan looks to control.
grogan is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maadala not allowing grogan to control his hands.
Maadala slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Let's hope that Maadala has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
grogan trying to control the hands but Maadala won't let him.
grogan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Maadala is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

grogan is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Maadala off. It looks like it's working - Maadala slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! grogan displaying calm under pressure there.

grogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

grogan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prashanth Maadala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maadala lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
grogan is looking to clinch.
grogan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Maadala circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

nathan grogan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on nathan grogan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Maadala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maadala circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maadala avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
grogan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Maadala looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for grogan!
Maadala sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
grogan looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
grogan rolls, trying to escape but Maadala keeps control of the position.

grogan fending off the submission attempt from Maadala.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grogan tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
grogan is trying desperately to improve position.
Maadala avoids the attempt from grogan to control.
grogan is trying desperately to improve position.
grogan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maadala on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
grogan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
grogan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if grogan tries to get out of the position.
Maadala looking to control and managing it successfully.
grogan tries to hold on but Maadala pushes him away.
grogan is just holding on here. Maadala manages to take his back.
grogan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
grogan trying to control from the bottom.
Maadala wants to control but grogan is keeping him busy.
grogan trying to control here.
grogan is looking for a sweep. Maadala is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
grogan is trying to stand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
grogan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Maadala swivels and escapes.
grogan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
grogan shoots in but no luck this time.
grogan moves in looking to clinch but Maadala pushes him off.
Maadala throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maadala misses with a right hand
and grogan counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maadala lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends grogan sprawling to the canvas. Maadala follows him down, looking for the kill. Can grogan hang on?

grogan is rocked!
Maadala not doing much here.
Oh grogan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
grogan tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Maadala has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
grogan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prashanth Maadala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on nathan grogan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Maadala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
grogan seems to have got his legs back now.
No luck for Maadala with that takedown attempt.
nathan grogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Maadala misses
and grogan counters with a two punch combo.
grogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
grogan drops his hands momentarily and Maadala takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
grogan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Maadala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but grogan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice straight punches there by Maadala. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maadala.
Maadala throws a lazy uppercut

and grogan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Maadala is looking to break free of the clinch but grogan has double underhooks.
Maadala wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but grogan has him pressed against the cage.
grogan keeps control of Maadala as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maadala wants to get back to striking at distance but grogan won't allow it.
grogan lands a knee to the body.

grogan pulls Maadala into guard.
grogan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maadala manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maadala looking to control.
Maadala looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maadala keeping moving, preventing grogan from controlling successfully.
Maadala has his hands on grogan's head, controlling the position.

Maadala wriggles free and stands up.
Maadala throws a left and a right that both miss

and grogan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Maadala is looking to break free of the clinch but grogan has double underhooks.
Maadala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Maadala working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maadala is looking to break free of the clinch but grogan has double underhooks.
Maadala lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of grogan backwards.
Maadala is trying to break free.
Maadala is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maadala wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maadala wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maadala wants to get back to striking at distance but grogan won't allow it.
Maadala is looking to break free of the clinch but grogan has double underhooks.
grogan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Maadala tries to break the clinch but grogan is controlling the position.

Maadala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
grogan takes one to the chin there.
Maadala misses with a combination
and grogan counters with a head kick.
Maadala misses with a series of wild punches.
Maadala misses with a straight left.
Maadala stuffs the takedown attempt from grogan. grogan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nathan grogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
grogan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Maadala takes a shot to the body in his stride.
grogan fails in his attempt to clinch.
grogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maadala throws a combination that misses
and grogan counters with a straight right hand.
grogan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
grogan misses with a takedown attempt - Maadala sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Maadala throws an ugly left hook that misses
and grogan counters with a straight right hand.
Maadala throws a left and a right that both miss

and grogan counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maadala wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but grogan has him pressed against the cage.
Maadala is trying to break free.
grogan tries to pull guard but Maadala won't allow it.
Maadala gets through grogan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maadala wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
grogan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Maadala smiles and moves away.
Maadala throws a left and a right that both miss

and grogan counters with a takedown into side control.
Maadala manages to work his way to half guard, despite grogan's best efforts.
grogan is pressing down on Maadala's thigh, looking to free his foot. Maadala is holding on for now.
grogan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
grogan trying to control the action but Maadala is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
grogan has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Maadala works to full guard.

Maadala has his feet on grogan's thighs here. He's pushed grogan off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! grogan screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Prashanth Maadala!