PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glen Growes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alcuid Francois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francois has chosen Intro as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Growes
vs
Francois

203 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glen Growes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alcuid Francois!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francois wants to clinch up but Growes keeps it at a distance.

Growes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Francois on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Growes is tying to control. Francois wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Growes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Growes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Francois slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Growes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Growes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Growes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Growes slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Growes is looking to take a break and control but Francois is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Francois is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francois manages to work his way to half guard, despite Growes's best efforts.
Growes working Francois over with strikes.
Francois is pressing down on Growes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Growes trying to control but Francois is working from the bottom.
Growes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Francois on the ground.
Francois looking for a sweep. Not yet Francois, not yet.
Francois looking to control.
Growes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Francois has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Growes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Growes drops back, looking for a kneebar! Francois looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Francois looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Francois!
Francois scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francois laying and praying for a moment but Growes takes advantage and regains half guard.
Francois wants to free his trapped foot but Growes is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Francois is looking for a kimura but Growes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Francois to get the leverage.

Francois is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Francois looks gassed!

Growes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Growes wants to improve his position but Francois is controlling well.

Francois seems to be looking for submissions.
Growes regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Francois.

Francois avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francois tries to free his leg and advance position but Growes is retaining full guard.
Francois trying to control the position from guard on top but Growes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Francois throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Francois looking to pass the guard.
Growes is controlling Francois's posture.
Francois trying to control but Growes is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Francois with a lazy takedown attempt

and Growes counters by clinching up.
Growes prevents a takedown attempt there.
Growes looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Francois works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Francois passes Growes's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Growes wants to improve his position but Francois is controlling well.
Francois seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Growes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Francois trying to mount his opponent but Growes defends it.
Growes trying to control from the bottom.
Francois is just content to waste time from the top position. Growes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Francois trying to control the position from guard on top but Growes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Growes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Growes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Francois.

Francois stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Francois shoots and misses

and Growes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Francois!
Glen Growes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alcuid Francois.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Growes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Glen Growes will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Francois has his takedown stuffed

and Growes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Growes.

Francois working for a triangle but Growes defends it easily.
Growes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Growes wants to control from the top but Francois keeps moving.
Francois working a defensive guard here.
Francois keeping full guard, as Growes tries to pass.
Growes is working hard here to advance position.
Growes passes Francois's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Growes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francois is looking to control Growes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Francois avoid being mounted?

Growes wants to work for an arm triangle but Francois is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Francois works his way to full guard. Good work.
Francois looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Francois isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Growes stacks Francois on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Growes!
Growes controlling the position from side mount.
Francois tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Growes presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Growes trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Growes is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Growes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Glen Growes!