PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sundar Thapa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Thapa
vs
Grabowski

187 cm
21
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
234 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sundar Thapa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damian Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabowski misses with a body shot.
Grabowski has his takedown stuffed

and Thapa counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grabowski!
Thapa working Grabowski over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Thapa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thapa cracks Grabowski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Thapa is landing with some decent strikes but Grabowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thapa raining down shots from the mount!
Thapa is landing with some decent strikes but Grabowski is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Thapa.
Thapa with a couple of short strikes.
Thapa lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thapa lands a heavy elbow.
Thapa raining down shots from the mount!
Thapa controlling from the full mount.
Thapa lands a big elbow.

Thapa is working for a guillotine from mount but Grabowski frees his head quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thapa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Grabowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Damian Grabowski has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thapa with shots to the head and body - Grabowski looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grabowski working to try and regain half guard.
Thapa controlling the pace for now.
Grabowski looks winded!
Thapa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Thapa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Grabowski?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thapa tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Grabowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thapa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thapa with a couple of short strikes.
Thapa dominating with strikes here.
Thapa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thapa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Thapa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Thapa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grabowski looks a forlorn figure.
Thapa lands a big shot to the head and Grabowski winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sundar Thapa!
Sundar Thapa decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.