PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pudsey Grump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Strecha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strecha has chosen God's Gonna Cut You Down as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Grump
vs
Strecha

165 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pudsey Grump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Strecha!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grump tries to move into range but Strecha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Strecha scores with a jab to the body.
Strecha stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Strecha wants it to stay on the feet.
Grump drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Strecha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Strecha moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Strecha attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Grump really is a fat lump.
Strecha jabs Grump right on the nose. Grump blinks but takes it well.
Strecha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grump.
Strecha is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Grump doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strecha scores with a nice head shot.
Strecha tries to clinch up

and Grump counters by moving into the clinch.

Grump breaks from the clinch.
Strecha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Grump or perhaps it was just good defense by Strecha which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Strecha enables Grump to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Strecha manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Strecha is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grump sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Strecha's guard.
Strecha is looking to improve his position.
Strecha wants to control but Grump is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Grump seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Grump seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Strecha for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grump decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Strecha dips to his left and cracks Grump with an uppercut!
Grump on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Strecha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donk. Strecha catches Grump right on the button with a cross.
Strecha feints a jab promting Grump to slip. Strecha then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grump slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grump.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pudsey Grump. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grump is breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Strecha.
Grump shoots in but Strecha avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strecha lands a nice shot that snaps Grump's head back.
Strecha looks to land a combination but Grump avoids it well.
Strecha scores with a punch to the head.
Strecha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Strecha misses with a low kick.
Nice cross by Strecha.
Grump is looking to clinch.
Strecha is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Grump had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Grump on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diego Strecha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grump throws a head kick that misses.
Strecha lands a right hook to the body.
A left and a right from Strecha both land. Nice combination.
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!
Strecha cracks Grump with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grump on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strecha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Grump takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donk. Strecha catches Grump right on the button with a cross.
Strecha lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grump backs up against the cage.
Strecha lands a nice hook to Grump's body. Grump takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grump gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Strecha.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grump checks a leg kick.
Strecha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice combination there by Strecha.
Grump looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grump is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Strecha.
Grump takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strecha catches Grump with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Grump takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Strecha tries to clinch but Grump moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Strecha dominated that round.
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.

Grump tries to clinch up but Strecha circles away and keeps his distance.
Strecha tries a low kick but Grump avoids it.
Strecha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Strecha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grump tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grump fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strecha connects with a good right hand that stumbles Grump. Grump circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice uppercut lands for Strecha. That snapped Grump's head back.
Strecha lands with a nice body punch.
Strecha moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strecha lands with an uppercut that bounces Grump off the cage and back into range.
Strecha cracks Grump with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Strecha lands with a right hand.
Strecha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Grump is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Strecha lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Grump goes down and covers up as Strecha starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Strecha!
A relieved looking Diego Strecha thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.