PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Remy Growwoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Pusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Remy Growwoo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thomas Pusher's chin.

Growwoo
vs
Pusher

205 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
205 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Remy Growwoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thomas Pusher!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Growwoo moves in looking to clinch but Pusher pushes him off.
Growwoo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Growwoo tries to clinch but Pusher is having none of it.
Growwoo scores with a leg kick.

Growwoo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pusher, pushing him back against the cage.
Growwoo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Growwoo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Growwoo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pusher looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Growwoo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pusher's defenses.

It looks like Thomas Pusher has been cut.
Growwoo taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Growwoo lands a nice knee to the body.
Pusher avoiding damage as Growwoo throws knees to the body.
Growwoo lands a good knee to the midsection. Pusher won't want to take too many of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Growwoo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Growwoo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pusher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Growwoo doesn't manage to clinch there - Pusher circles away.
Growwoo throws a sloppy head kick and Pusher moves out of range easily.
Growwoo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pusher crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Growwoo - the referee stops the clock and Pusher gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Growwoo. Pusher manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pusher has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Growwoo.

Growwoo closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Growwoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Growwoo lands with a kick to the ribs.

Growwoo closes the distance and clinches.
Growwoo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pusher's defenses.
Growwoo is struggling to control the position.
Growwoo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pusher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Growwoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Pusher avoids the damage to the body.
Growwoo misses with a knee strike.
Growwoo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pusher up against the cage.
Pusher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Growwoo pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Growwoo breaks from the clinch.
Growwoo throws a chopping leg kick but Pusher manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Growwoo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Growwoo scores with a push kick.

Growwoo takes the fight into the clinch.
Pusher takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Growwoo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Growwoo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Growwoo forces Pusher back against the cage and clinches.
Growwoo crunches a lovely knee into Pusher's ribcage.
Pusher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Growwoo landing knees to the body.
Growwoo missing with knees to the body.

Growwoo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Growwoo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Growwoo tries to close the distance and clinch but Pusher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Growwoo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Growwoo tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Growwoo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Good work by Growwoo as he checks the leg kick.
Growwoo fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Growwoo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Pusher's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Growwoo tries to close the distance and clinch but Pusher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pusher misses with a low kick.
Pusher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pusher swats away the attempt to clinch by Growwoo.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Growwoo.

Growwoo forces Pusher back against the cage and clinches.
Growwoo lands a good knee to the midsection. Pusher won't want to take too many of those.
Growwoo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Growwoo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pusher can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Growwoo just leaning against Pusher, taking a breather.
Growwoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Pusher avoids the damage to the body.
Growwoo slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Growwoo.
Pusher is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Growwoo.
Growwoo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Growwoo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Growwoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pusher is defending well for now.
Growwoo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Growwoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pusher is defending well for now.
Pusher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pusher avoids the elbow strike from Growwoo, against the cage.
Pusher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Growwoo breaks from the clinch.
Growwoo throws a sloppy head kick and Pusher moves out of range easily.
Growwoo is looking to clinch.
Pusher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Growwoo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pusher checks it well.
Growwoo lands a high kick!
Pusher misses with the combination.
Growwoo connects with a leg kick. Pusher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Growwoo throws a leg kick which misses Pusher's front leg but catches the back leg as Pusher tries to avoid it.
Pusher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Growwoo is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Growwoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pusher avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo lands a nice knee to the body.
Growwoo slowing the pace effectively.

Growwoo breaks the clinch.
Growwoo doesn't manage to clinch there - Pusher circles away.
Pusher blocks a leg kick.
Growwoo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Growwoo tries to clinch there but Pusher circles away.
Pusher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Growwoo connects with a leg kick. Pusher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Remy Growwoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pusher sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Growwoo wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pusher tries to keep at a distance but Growwoo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pusher managing to block the knees to the body from Growwoo.
Pusher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Growwoo scores a nice knee to the body.

Growwoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pusher has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Growwoo.
Pusher chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Growwoo can pounce on him.
That kick from Growwoo tenderised Pusher's leg. Pusher is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Growwoo.
Growwoo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pusher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Growwoo throws a quick inside leg kick.

Growwoo moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Growwoo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Pusher's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Growwoo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Remy Growwoo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stalling in the clinch from Growwoo.
Growwoo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pusher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pusher takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Thomas Pusher's cut even more.
Pusher goes for a takedown attempt but Growwoo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Growwoo thumps Pusher with a low kick.
Growwoo lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pusher looks to land a right hand but Growwoo moved out of range.
Growwoo tries to clinch there but Pusher circles away.

Growwoo rushes Pusher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Growwoo holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Growwoo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pusher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pusher is looking to chop away at Growwoo's legs.
Growwoo connects with a solid leg kick.
Pusher tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Growwoo connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Growwoo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Growwoo tries to clinch up but Pusher circles away and keeps his distance.

Growwoo closes the distance and pushes Pusher back into the cage.
Growwoo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Growwoo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pusher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pusher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pusher is defending well for now.
Growwoo stalling.
Growwoo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pusher.
Growwoo scores a nice knee to the body.
Growwoo stalling in the clinch.
Growwoo gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Growwoo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Growwoo thumps Pusher with a low kick.
Growwoo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pusher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pusher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Growwoo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Growwoo moves into the clinch.
Pusher can't get the takedown.
Come on Pusher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice elbow from Growwoo.
Growwoo lands a nice elbow.
Growwoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Pusher avoids the damage to the body.
Growwoo misses with a knee to the head.
Growwoo missing with knees to the body.
Pusher managing to block the knees to the body from Growwoo.

Growwoo breaks the clinch.
Thomas Pusher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Growwoo avoids the head kick by Pusher.
Pusher's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo tries to clinch up but Pusher circles away and keeps his distance.
Growwoo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pusher if he has to take too many more of those.
Growwoo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pusher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

The cut above Thomas Pusher's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Growwoo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pusher circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pusher counters with a right hand to the body.
Remy Growwoo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Growwoo is looking to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Growwoo checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Growwoo connects with a leg kick. Pusher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pusher looks to land a left hand but Growwoo moved out of range nicely.
Growwoo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pusher's calf.
Growwoo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pusher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Remy Growwoo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Growwoo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remy Growwoo!