PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roley Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolai Grigorev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cheese
vs
Grigorev

165 cm
24
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roley Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicolai Grigorev!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigorev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grigorev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cheese looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grigorev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheese's sensitive parts.
Grigorev throws out a loose jab but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese avoids the head kick by Grigorev.
Nicolai Grigorev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grigorev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cheese shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Grigorev counters with a right hand to the body.
Grigorev throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cheese shoots in but Grigorev avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cheese slips a straight right by Grigorev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grigorev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Cheese drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Grigorev wants to sweep here but Cheese controlling him for the moment.

Cheese drops back, looking for a kneebar! Grigorev looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Grigorev looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Grigorev!
Cheese is trying to get back to half guard.
Cheese taking punishment in the form of punches.
Grigorev throws a strike aimed at the side of Cheese's head but Cheese avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorev trying to control the action but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Cheese is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cheese struggling a bit here.
Cheese is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grigorev connects with a decent elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Grigorev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cheese defending well though.
Cheese is trying to control but can't.
Grigorev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorev wants to take a breather but Cheese is having none of it.
Cheese on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Grigorev tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cheese knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cheese keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cheese is in trouble now - Grigorev has advanced to mount!
Grigorev scoring with strikes but Cheese is staying in there.
Cheese really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigorev controlling from the full mount.
Cheese wants to hold on but Grigorev pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheese is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorev working Cheese over with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheese is in all sorts of trouble here.
Grigorev working Cheese over with strikes here.
Grigorev breaks from Cheese's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grigorev landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Cheese that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Grigorev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cheese is looking to escape.
Grigorev scoring with strikes but Cheese is staying in there.
Grigorev unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cheese is working to get back to half guard.
Cheese in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Grigorev with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolai Grigorev dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grigorev throws a hook to the side of Cheese's head but Cheese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cheese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grigorev misses with an uppercut. Cheese saw that one coming.
Grigorev throws a leg kick but Cheese sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Grigorev. Those never looked like landing.
Grigorev misses with a left hand

and Cheese counters with a takedown into side control.
Cheese wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grigorev keeps working.
Grigorev is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cheese seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorev is in trouble now - Cheese has advanced to mount!
Grigorev is trying desperately to improve position.
Grigorev sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Cheese is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Grigorev has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cheese is pressing down on Grigorev's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grigorev is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cheese seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Grigorev is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Roley Cheese!