PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarrod Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grande comes to the cage accompanied by I Drove All Night. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Grande
vs
Wyatt

181 cm
31
198 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

187 cm
28
193 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jarrod Wyatt!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wyatt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grande throws a right and a left that Wyatt avoids nicely.
Grande closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Grande throws a one two combo.
Grande uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wyatt.
Wyatt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wyatt clobbers Grande with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wyatt slips under a jab.
Wyatt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grande walks into a stiff left hand from Wyatt.
Wyatt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wyatt thuds a left hand into Grande's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wyatt avoids the body shot from Grande.
Grande is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wyatt.
Wyatt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wyatt takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grande throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grande swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wyatt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grande as he jumps to the side.
Wyatt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grande misses with a series of wild punches.
Wyatt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grande misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wyatt lands with a cross.
Wyatt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wyatt lands a right hook to the body.
Grande avoids the head kick by Wyatt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Grande. Those never looked like landing.
Grande thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wyatt throws the left hand but Grande avoids the punch easily.
A left lands for Wyatt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wyatt misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyatt fails with a takedown attempt.
Jacques Grande has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarrod Wyatt.
Grande takes one to the side of the head.
Wyatt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Grande.
Wyatt misses with a lunging right hand
and Grande counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
An inside leg kick lands from Grande.
Grande on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wyatt. Wyatt obviously looking to wear him down.
Wyatt misses with a straight right.
Wyatt scoring well with a low kick there.
Wyatt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grande keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wyatt misses with a wild combination.
Wyatt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wyatt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fighters circling - Grande throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wyatt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Grande had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Grande swings for the body but Wyatt moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
Wyatt connects with a body shot.
Grande lands with a cross.
Grande has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grande there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wyatt shoots in and drives through. Grande sprawls well.
Wyatt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grande looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grande misses with a looping right.
Grande scores with a jab.
Grande fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grande connects with the punch.
Wyatt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande stuns Wyatt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grande misses with a leg kick
and Wyatt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grande stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wyatt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jarrod Wyatt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wyatt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grande's head.
Grande connects with a single shot there.
Wyatt just misses with a punch to the body.
Grande throws a chopping leg kick but Wyatt manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice uppercut there from Wyatt.
Grande throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wyatt manages to avoid it.
Wyatt throws an overhand right that lands on Grande's shoulder, as Grande tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Wyatt misses.
Wyatt scores with a nice right hand.
Grande fails to land with a series of punches.
Grande takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jacques Grande is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Grande moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grande misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wyatt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grande throws a hook to the side of Wyatt's head but Wyatt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wyatt sizes up Grande with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A good leg kick by Wyatt.
Wyatt looks to land a combination but Grande avoids it well.
Wyatt just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot lands for Wyatt.
Wyatt feints a jab promting Grande to slip. Wyatt then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grande slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Grande takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Grande checks a low kick from Wyatt.
Grande blocks a jab.
Grande fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jarrod Wyatt seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with the combination.
Wyatt throws a hook to the side of Grande's head but Grande sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grande walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wyatt.
Wyatt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grande.
A clash of legs there as Grande blocks the low kick.
Wyatt throws out a powerful jab.
Grande's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Grande duly obliges.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Grande.
Grande throws a hook but Wyatt blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grande gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grande stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Grande wants it to stay on the feet.

Grande drives through with a takedown into guard.
Grande wants to control from the top but Wyatt keeps moving.
Grande trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grande trying to control but Wyatt is working from the bottom.
Grande working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grande trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Wyatt manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Wyatt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande controlling Wyatt's posture.
Grande keeping moving, preventing Wyatt from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wyatt won't allow Grande to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jarrod Wyatt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Grande's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wyatt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grande rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wyatt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grande closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wyatt circles away.
Wyatt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wyatt shoots in and drives through. Grande sprawls well.
Grande uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wyatt.
Wyatt looks to score with a jab to the body but Grande is just out of range.
Wyatt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wyatt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wyatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wyatt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grande looks to score with a jab to the body but Wyatt is just out of range.
Grande throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grande takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grande throws a hook to the side of Wyatt's head but Wyatt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wyatt.
Wyatt throws a shot from downtown. Grande moves away and avoids it.
Grande misses the shot to the body.

Grande fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wyatt sprawls well initially but Grande persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wyatt is looking to get back to full guard here but Grande has managed to pass to side control instead.

Grande wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wyatt, who protects the arm well.
Grande working the ground and pound but Wyatt is defending the strikes.
Wyatt is trying to control Grande's posture but Grande avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Grande tries for a kimura but Wyatt is defending well.
Wyatt is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Wyatt's face as Grande controls the position.
Wyatt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Grande off and has taken his back!
Wyatt avoiding Grande 's attempts to control his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wyatt scores with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande breaks Wyatt's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Wyatt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grande in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jacques Grande has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grande trying to control the position from guard on top but Wyatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wyatt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wyatt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Wyatt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wyatt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Grande trying to control the position from guard on top but Wyatt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grande throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grande postures up in Wyatt's guard and throws a big left but Wyatt blocks it.
Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jacques Grande.
I think Wyatt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarrod Wyatt!