PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mieszko Grzmotojad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grzmotojad comes into the arena with Power Metal blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grzmotojad
vs
Patterson

191 cm
29
200 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

193 cm
30
216 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mieszko Grzmotojad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grzmotojad blocks a head kick by Patterson.

Grzmotojad rushes Patterson and presses him up against the cage.
Patterson connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mieszko Grzmotojad has been cut.
Grzmotojad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Grzmotojad landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Grzmotojad breaks the clinch.

Grzmotojad drives through and clinches with Patterson against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Patterson.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grzmotojad's face.
Grzmotojad jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Patterson walks away with a smile on his face. Grzmotojad gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Grzmotojad closes the distance and clinches.
Grzmotojad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Grzmotojad drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grzmotojad bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Patterson's guard.

Patterson uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Grzmotojad gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grzmotojad's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Grzmotojad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grzmotojad avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grzmotojad.
Patterson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Patterson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Patterson blocks a body shot from Grzmotojad.
Patterson blocks a body shot from Grzmotojad.
Grzmotojad tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Grzmotojad tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patterson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Grzmotojad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
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!
Grzmotojad tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Patterson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Patterson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Grzmotojad is breathing heavily.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson lands an elbow inside.
Patterson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grzmotojad's face.

Mieszko Grzmotojad's cut is getting worse.
Patterson lands an elbow just above Grzmotojad 's eye.
Grzmotojad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grzmotojad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grzmotojad tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grzmotojad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Grzmotojad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grzmotojad taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Grzmotojad takes an elbow to the forehead.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Grzmotojad is blocking nicely.
Patterson blocks a body shot from Grzmotojad.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Grzmotojad gets control of Patterson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Grzmotojad will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Patterson gets to his feet. Grzmotojad looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Grzmotojad throws a lazy uppercut
and Patterson counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grzmotojad pushes Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Grzmotojad is blocking nicely.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but Grzmotojad blocks it.
Grzmotojad tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Patterson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grzmotojad's brow.
Nice elbow from Grzmotojad.
Patterson lands a good knee to the midsection. Grzmotojad won't want to take too many of those.
Patterson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grzmotojad looking to throw knees to the head but Patterson is blocking nicely.
Grzmotojad tries to pull guard but Patterson holds him up against the cage and eventually Grzmotojad drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mieszko Grzmotojad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grzmotojad fails to pull guard.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Grzmotojad is blocking nicely.

Grzmotojad gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patterson is trying to stand up here but Grzmotojad is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Grzmotojad connects with a nice short shot to Patterson's temple.
Grzmotojad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grzmotojad missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Grzmotojad connects with a nice short shot to Patterson's temple.
Grzmotojad prevents Patterson from standing back up.
Grzmotojad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Grzmotojad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grzmotojad takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grzmotojad working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grzmotojad lands strikes from half guard.
Patterson is trying to stand.
Grzmotojad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mieszko Grzmotojad will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mieszko Grzmotojad's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Grzmotojad feints and then cracks Patterson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Patterson down.
Patterson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grzmotojad cracks Patterson with a right hand to the side of the head.

Grzmotojad moves into the clinch.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grzmotojad tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Patterson.
Grzmotojad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grzmotojad with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Grzmotojad breaks the clinch.
Grzmotojad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patterson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Grzmotojad gets tackled into the cage by Patterson. Patterson maintains the clinch.
Patterson landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Grzmotojad gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Patterson regains guard.
Grzmotojad stops Patterson from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grzmotojad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Patterson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Patterson wants to stand but Grzmotojad is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grzmotojad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grzmotojad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Patterson wants to stand up but Grzmotojad is controlling him.
Patterson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grzmotojad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grzmotojad with a nice head shot there.
Grzmotojad is looking to work some ground and pound but Patterson has wrist control.
Grzmotojad throws an elbow that misses. Patterson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Grzmotojad's guard. Nice move by Patterson!
Patterson wants to stand but Grzmotojad is controlling his posture from full guard.
Grzmotojad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Patterson is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Patterson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grzmotojad swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Grzmotojad uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Grzmotojad has managed to clinch.

Grzmotojad has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Patterson uses from the top position.
Patterson tries to stand but Grzmotojad is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grzmotojad lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Grzmotojad keeping moving, preventing Patterson from controlling successfully.
Patterson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Patterson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Grzmotojad manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Donald Patterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Grzmotojad closes the distance and pushes Patterson back into the cage.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grzmotojad is defending well for now.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Grzmotojad is blocking nicely.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grzmotojad is defending well for now.

Grzmotojad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Patterson closes the distance and pushes Grzmotojad back into the cage.
Grzmotojad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Patterson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grzmotojad is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Grzmotojad - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Patterson.
A short body shot lands from Grzmotojad as the two fighters clinch.
Grzmotojad pushes off an throws an elbow but Patterson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grzmotojad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.

Grzmotojad pulls guard.

Patterson gets to his feet. Grzmotojad looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Grzmotojad darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Patterson wants to get back to his feet.
Grzmotojad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grzmotojad working over Patterson with some ground and pound. Patterson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Grzmotojad connects with a nice short shot to Patterson's temple.
Mieszko Grzmotojad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grzmotojad working Patterson over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieszko Grzmotojad dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mieszko Grzmotojad's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Grzmotojad forces Patterson back against the cage and clinches.
Patterson misses with an elbow strike.
Patterson has Grzmotojad pressed against the cage, preventing Grzmotojad from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Patterson looking to throw knees to the head but Grzmotojad is blocking nicely.
Grzmotojad avoids a wild elbow strike from Patterson.
Patterson lands an elbow that stopped Grzmotojad in his tracks for a moment.
Grzmotojad jumps guard but Patterson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson lands a nice knee to the body.
Patterson pushes off an throws an elbow but Grzmotojad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grzmotojad jumps guard but Patterson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Grzmotojad tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Patterson misses with a knee to the head.
Patterson tries to land knees in the clinch but Grzmotojad avoids the damage to the body.

Grzmotojad jumps guard and drags Patterson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grzmotojad trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Grzmotojad's guard.
Patterson postures up in Grzmotojad's guard and throws a big left but Grzmotojad blocks it.
Grzmotojad lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Grzmotojad will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Grzmotojad pushes Patterson off and scrambles back to his feet.

Patterson darts in and clinches Grzmotojad up against the cage.
Donald Patterson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patterson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Patterson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grzmotojad in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Patterson missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Mieszko Grzmotojad's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Patterson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patterson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grzmotojad.
Grzmotojad is trying to stall.
Patterson prevents a body shot from Grzmotojad.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grzmotojad has had enough of the clinch but Patterson keeps him there for the moment.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Grzmotojad pulls Patterson into guard.

Patterson gets to his feet - Grzmotojad follows without any prompting.
Patterson pushes Grzmotojad away with a front kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Patterson enables Grzmotojad to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Patterson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Patterson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grzmotojad is controlling him.
Grzmotojad throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grzmotojad.
Patterson wants to get back to his feet but Grzmotojad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grzmotojad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grzmotojad has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Grzmotojad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grzmotojad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Patterson has momentary wrist control but Grzmotojad slips an elbow through the middle.
Grzmotojad with a flurry of punches that miss.
Patterson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grzmotojad is controlling him.
Grzmotojad throws a strike but Patterson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Grzmotojad has his feet on Patterson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Mieszko Grzmotojad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Patterson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Patterson avoids a wild elbow strike from Grzmotojad.
Grzmotojad tries to pull guard but Patterson won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mieszko Grzmotojad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Patterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Patterson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grzmotojad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
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!
Grzmotojad tries to work over Patterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donald Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Grzmotojad gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Donald Patterson.
I think Grzmotojad has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mieszko Grzmotojad!
Our winner, Mieszko Grzmotojad, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.