PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Maxim Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grigoriev's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Buju Banton - Walk Like A Champion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grigoriev
vs
Harper

190 cm
26
285 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

220 cm
23
287 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent elbows
Good chin

World class MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxim Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Harper!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Harper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grigoriev, pushing him back against the ropes.
Harper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grigoriev.
Grigoriev really is a fat lump.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harper lands an uppercut.

It looks like Maxim Grigoriev has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigoriev misses with the head strike.
Grigoriev misses with some punches.
Harper holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigoriev avoids the damage to the body.
Grigoriev working aggressively here.
Harper just leaning against Grigoriev, taking a breather.
Harper throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigoriev avoids the damage to the body.
Grigoriev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Grigoriev avoids a wild elbow strike from Harper.
Harper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grigoriev up against the ropes.
Grigoriev swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grigoriev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grigoriev is breathing heavily.
The referee calls for Harper to work.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grigoriev avoids it.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grigoriev swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Harper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grigoriev misses with a punch on the inside.
Grigoriev can't break the clinch.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grigoriev backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigoriev takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grigoriev can't break the clinch.
Harper stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper controlling the action here for a moment.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Grigoriev blocks with his arms.
Grigoriev managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Grigoriev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Maxim Grigoriev's cut is getting worse.
Grigoriev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigoriev avoids the damage to the body.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harper stalling in the clinch.
Harper lands an elbow just above Grigoriev 's eye.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Grigoriev blocks it.
Grigoriev misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper lands an uppercut.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Come on Harper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Grigoriev misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper stalling against the ropes.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Harper.
A body shot lands from Harper.
Grigoriev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper lands an elbow inside that Grigoriev shrugs off.
Grigoriev wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grigoriev's face.

Maxim Grigoriev's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Grigoriev blocks an elbow strike from Harper.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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!
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harper slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Harper.
A short uppercut from Harper.
Harper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Grigoriev avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper slows down the pace here.
Harper landing knees to the body.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Harper.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maxim Grigoriev's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harper moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Harper clinches up against the ropes.
Grigoriev letting Harper take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Adam Harper.
Grigoriev throws a body punch but Harper moves out of range.
Maxim Grigoriev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Grigoriev gets tackled into the ropes by Harper. Harper maintains the clinch.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Harper leaning against his opponent.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigoriev avoids the damage to the body.
Adam Harper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigoriev avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harper with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Maxim Grigoriev's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grigoriev's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Maxim Grigoriev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adam Harper!
Post fight, an emotional Adam Harper said 'Thanks to my team and my fans for supporting me through my hard times. Now is the time to show them it was worth it. '.