PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between MSgt. Francis Grover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francis Grover and Russian Boy. Boy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Миша Маваши - & kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Francis Grover
vs
Boy

200 cm
31
275 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

192 cm
23
245 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, MSgt. Francis Grover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Boy!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Boy connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Boy. Those never looked like landing.
Grover steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boy.
Grover misses with a two punch combination.
Grover throws a combination that misses
and Boy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grover throws a hook but Boy avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boy throws a big shot that misses.
Boy misses with a wild body shot.
Boy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boy thuds his right hand into Grover's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grover pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grover lands a high kick!

It looks like Russian Boy has been cut.
Grover lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grover buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grover scores with a spinning back kick!
Boy looks gassed!
Grover connects with a nice looking jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Boy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grover will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grover lands a leg kick that knocks Boy off balance momentarily.
Grover fails with the takedown.
Grover misses the shot to the body.
Grover misses with a wild body shot.
Boy lands with an overhand left.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Boy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Grover lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
MSgt. Francis Grover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grover.

Grover drives through with a takedown into guard.
Grover landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grover accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grover postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boy wants to stand but Grover is controlling the position.
Grover postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grover has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grover lands a couple of elbows.
Boy wants to sweep here but Grover controlling him for the moment.
Grover with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boy keeping full guard, as Grover tries to pass.
Boy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grover. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grover is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grover throws a big elbow that misses.
Boy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boy wants to stand up but Grover is controlling him.
Grover makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boy wants to sweep here but Grover controlling him for the moment.
Grover trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grover working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grover throws a big elbow that misses.
Boy wants to get back to his feet but Grover is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy keeping moving, preventing Grover from controlling successfully.
Boy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grover landing some decent shots from guard.
Grover trying to control but Boy is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boy has momentary wrist control but Grover slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grover accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boy trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A solid leg kick lands there for Grover.

Oooooh!!! Grover has knocked Boy down with a huge combo! Grover steps away and waves a wobbly Boy back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Boy is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grover sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Boy's defenses. It connects perfectly with Boy's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). MSgt. Francis Grover!
MSgt. Francis Grover decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.