PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Prince Valor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valor's entrance music is Bad Religion - Dept. of False Hope. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Valor
vs
Grande

186 cm
31
198 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

193 cm
32
204 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Prince Valor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Valor misses with a lunging right hand

and Grande counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Grande lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valor avoids the elbow strike from Grande, against the cage.
Grande working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Valor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grande with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Valor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Valor throws a lazy uppercut
letting Grande counter with a right hand.
Valor misses with a low kick as Grande jumps back.
Grande thows a body shot but no joy.
Valor connects with a leg kick. Grande looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grande steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valor.
Valor misses with a straight right.
Prince Valor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor throws a jab but it's blocked by Grande.
Valor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valor misses with a lunging right hand
and Grande counters with a stiff right hand.
Grande is looking to chop away at Valor's legs.
Grande lands a glancing blow to the side of Valor's head.
Valor misses the jab.

Valor clinches up against the cage.
Grande lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've been informed that Grande has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Valor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Grande looking to throw knees to the head but Valor is blocking nicely.
Valor is trying to break the clinch but Grande is controlling him.
Valor has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grande avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Valor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande is pushing Valor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Valor tries to break free but Grande pushes him back against the cage.
Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grande throws an elbow that misses.
Grande misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grande throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valor blocks it with crossed arms.
Valor is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Grande's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Grande using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grande lands a nice uppercut.
Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valor avoids the elbow strike from Grande, against the cage.
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valor backwards.
Grande using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Grande.
Valor scores with a hook to the body.
Grande prevents a body shot from Valor.
Grande lands a nice elbow.
Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Valor stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grande.
Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valor is defending well for now.
Grande with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grande has Valor pressed against the cage, preventing Valor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valor blocking some punches.

Valor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice straight punches there by Valor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Valor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valor fails with a takedown attempt.
Valor lands a jab to the head.

Valor has managed to clinch.
Grande gets underhooks to prevent Valor's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prince Valor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grande's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grande lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valor backwards.
Valor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grande throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Taco Grande will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Valor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grande, pushing him back against the cage.
Valor tries to break free but Grande pushes him back against the cage.
Grande works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grande misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grande.
Valor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grande.
Grande prevents the takedown attempt.
Valor avoiding damage as Grande throws knees to the body.
Grande lands a nice elbow.
Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Valor blocks an elbow strike from Grande.
Grande tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Grande manages to break the clinch.
Valor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grande.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valor misses with a low kick.
Valor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grande closes the distance but Valor moves to the side
and Valor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Prince Valor is winning the standup battle so far.
Grande catches Valor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Valor throws a shot from downtown. Grande moves away and avoids it.
Grande blocks a jab.
Valor cracks Grande with a good jab.
Grande drops his hands momentarily and Valor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Grande.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grande has closed the distance and engaged Valor in a clinch.
Valor tries to circle away but Grande has him pinned against the cage.
Valor can't break the clinch.
Valor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Grande breaks from the clinch.
Grande jabs at Valor's body.

Grande gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Valor avoids a wild elbow strike from Grande.
Valor lands a body punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valor has had enough of the clinch but Grande keeps him there for the moment.
Grande swings wildly with an uppercut but Valor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grande keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valor's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valor avoids it.

Valor breaks from the clinch.
Valor misses with a looping left.
Valor looks to land a left hand but Grande moved out of range nicely.
Grande swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Valor finds it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grande.
Nice uppercut lands for Valor. That snapped Grande's head back.
Valor misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grande throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valor throws a hook to the side of Grande's head but Grande sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grande takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Grande tries to clinch there but Valor circles away.
A good leg kick by Valor.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Valor instigates a clinch.
Taco Grande seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grande pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valor leaning his opponent against the cage.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Prince Valor 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. This is the final round!

Valor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Valor throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Grande to counter with a crisp jab.
Valor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Valor misses the jab.
Valor throws a leg kick which misses Grande's front leg but catches the back leg as Grande tries to avoid it.
A slow jab from Valor misses its intended target.
Grande connects with a nice looking jab.

Valor is rocked!
Grande connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Valor to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Grande!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Taco Grande!
A relieved looking Taco Grande thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.