PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tam Zeus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griswold's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hooking Up The Lights. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Griswold
vs
Zeus

180 cm
30
196 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

178 cm
25
199 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rusty Griswold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tam Zeus!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Griswold.
Nice cross by Zeus.

It looks like Rusty Griswold has been cut.

Griswold gets caught napping as Zeus dives in and scores a takedown. Griswold manages to retain guard.
Zeus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Zeus trying to control but Griswold is working from the bottom.
Zeus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Griswold's guard.
Zeus wants to pass to mount but Griswold is defending the position.
Griswold is looking to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griswold trying to control from the bottom.
Griswold wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeus controlling the pace.
Zeus wants to pass to mount but Griswold is defending the position.
Griswold trying to control but Zeus postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zeus thows a huge punch but Griswold dodges it nicely.
Griswold wants to control but Zeus is keeping busy.

We're going to have a standup here because Rusty Griswold wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Griswold feints and as Zeus raises his hands in defense, Griswold changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Griswold throws a big right hand that misses.
Zeus wants to sweep but no luck.
Griswold postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Griswold.
Griswold throws a strike but Zeus rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Zeus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Griswold is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeus throws a big right hand that misses.
Zeus wants to control from the top but Griswold keeps moving.
Zeus won't allow Griswold to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus tries to free his leg and advance position but Griswold is retaining full guard.
Griswold looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Zeus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Griswold fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Zeus avoids it really well and circles away.
Zeus connects with a body shot that sends Griswold's belly button to the back.
Zeus connects with a body shot.
Griswold is breathing heavily.

Zeus bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Griswold! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Griswold is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zeus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Griswold swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oh Griswold is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Zeus controls the pace.
Griswold seems to have got his legs back now.
Griswold trying to control the position.
Zeus passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Griswold is trying to get back to half guard.
Zeus works to advance to full mount. Griswold defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zeus unloading with bombs!
Zeus tries to control but Griswold wriggling away.
Zeus controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tam Zeus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rusty Griswold'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.

Zeus shoots in looking for a takedown but Griswold manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zeus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Zeus tries to sprawl but Griswold drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Zeus tries to get to full guard but Griswold has control of the leg.
Griswold landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zeus trying to control from the bottom.
Tam Zeus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Griswold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Griswold slows the pace down in half guard.
Griswold prevents Zeus from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeus trying to control but Griswold postures up.
Griswold missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Griswold missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Griswold throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Griswold thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zeus's head.
Zeus wants to control but Griswold is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zeus regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Zeus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Zeus is trying to control the position but Griswold postures up.
Griswold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Griswold with a flurry of punches that miss.
Griswold has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Griswold tries to free his leg and advance position but Zeus is retaining full guard.
Zeus controls Griswold momentarily but Griswold frees himself.
Griswold throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Griswold's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold throwing strikes but missing.
Griswold tries to free his leg and advance position but Zeus is retaining full guard.
Zeus looking for a sweep. Not yet Zeus, not yet.
Griswold throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Griswold trying to control the position from guard on top but Zeus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zeus working a defensive guard here.
Zeus has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griswold stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zeus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Griswold makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Griswold sitting in guard, not really doing much.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck for Zeus with that takedown attempt.
Tam Zeus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zeus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griswold walks into a jab.
Zeus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Griswold dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rusty Griswold'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. This is the final round!

Griswold closes the distance and clinches up with Zeus, looking for a takedown. Griswold pushes Zeus against the cage but Zeus circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zeus works Griswold's body with a nice hook.
Zeus lands a right hook to the body.

Griswold shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zeus manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Griswold manages to get himself to full guard.
Zeus trying to control but Griswold is working from the bottom.
Griswold wants to sweep but no luck.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griswold is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Zeus actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswold passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zeus!
Zeus manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Zeus wants to get back to full guard.
Zeus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Zeus is not content to let Griswold control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Zeus manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Griswold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Griswold throwing strikes but missing.
Zeus wants to sweep here but Griswold controlling him for the moment.
Griswold is looking to work some ground and pound but Zeus has wrist control.
Zeus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Griswold regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Zeus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zeus wants to control from the top but Griswold keeps moving.
Zeus throws a big elbow that misses.
Zeus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Griswold's guard.
Griswold tries to roll over but Zeus keeps him under control.
Zeus is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Zeus controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Zeus looking for a guillotine from mount but Griswold is having none of it.
Griswold is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zeus looking to control but Griswold is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zeus controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Griswold is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tam Zeus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zeus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tam Zeus!