PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Grimshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warren Peace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darius Grimshaw has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grimshaw
vs
Peace

197 cm
21
258 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Steel Penn's All 160

Dragon

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Grimshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Warren Peace!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimshaw shoots in but no luck this time.
Grimshaw fails with the takedown.
Peace dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Peace tries to keep at a distance but Grimshaw has taken the fight into the clinch.

Grimshaw is trying to trip Peace. He has hold of a leg but Peace is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Grimshaw persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Grimshaw wants to stand but Peace is controlling his posture from full guard.
Peace wants to sweep here but Grimshaw controlling him for the moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Peace can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grimshaw pushing down on Peace's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Grimshaw is working for a kimura but Peace is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Peace looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grimshaw seems to be working for a kimura but Peace defends the submission attempt.

Grimshaw is working for a submission of some sort.

Grimshaw is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Peace sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimshaw wants to stand but Peace has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Grimshaw is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Peace has managed to free his arm - good work.

Grimshaw is working for a submission of some sort.

Grimshaw is trying to work for a kimura but Peace is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grimshaw is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Peace sees it coming and defends easily.

Grimshaw is looking for a kimura but Peace is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Grimshaw to get the leverage.
Peace is trying to maintain the position but Grimshaw is very close to passing his half guard.
Peace should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Grimshaw is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimshaw throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Peace is not content to let Grimshaw control the position.
It looks like Grimshaw is going to stand back up.
Grimshaw moves nicely into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Grimshaw has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Peace is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Grimshaw yanks on the arm and Peace is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Grimshaw.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Darius Grimshaw!