PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bohan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Grove
vs
Bohan

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

170 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Likes ground

Schwarzenegger Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Alex Grove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Bohan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grove keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A punch combination from Grove misses.
Bohan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bohan tries to clinch but Grove is having none of it.
Grove cracks Bohan with an uppercut from hell and Bohan crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Grove's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

It looks like Michael Bohan has been cut.
Grove would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bohan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Grove wants to get up but he can't break Bohan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grove knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bohan on the ground.
Grove postures up.
Bohan has a closed guard, preventing Grove from standing up.
Bohan controls Grove momentarily but Grove frees himself.
Bohan has a closed guard, preventing Grove from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bohan moves forwards but Grove connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Grove scores with the left hand. Bohan knows he should have avoided that one.

Bohan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bohan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bohan tries to pass to full mount but Grove defends it.
Bohan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grove does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bohan tries to pass to full mount but Grove defends it.
Grove pushes Bohan off looking to stand but Bohan dives back in and keeps control.
Grove on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grove tries to get out of the position.
Grove keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bohan is pressing down on Grove's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grove is holding on for now.
Bohan tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Grove.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bohan looks gassed!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Grove drops Bohan with a right and a left! Grove comes rushing in but Bohan regains his composure and manages to keep Grove in guard.

Bohan is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grove has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bohan is proving hard to escape from.
Bohan is still in real trouble! Can Grove finish him?
Bohan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bohan seems to have recovered his senses.
Grove stopping the sweep attempt from Bohan.

Grove decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Grove fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grove throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grove misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bohan fails with the takedown.
Grove misses with a few strikes there.
Bohan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Grove pinned against the cage. Grove gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Alex Grove has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bohan.
Grove lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Grove.

Bohan rushes Grove and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bohan keeps control of Grove as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but Grove blocks with his arms.
Bohan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grove wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bohan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bohan prevents Grove from breaking the clinch.
Bohan keeps control of Grove as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bohan misses with a knee strike.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grove wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohan won't allow it.
Grove is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grove avoiding damage as Bohan throws knees to the body.
Bohan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bohan has Grove pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Grove manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Grove is trying to break free.
Grove wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but Grove blocks it.
Grove has had enough of the clinch but Bohan keeps him there for the moment.
Grove tries to break the clinch but Bohan is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Grove dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Bohan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grove swinging wilding here.
Grove throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grove avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grove misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grove throws a nice looking combination but Bohan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Bohan pushes Grove up against the cage in a clinch.
Bohan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grove blocks it with crossed arms.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grove avoiding damage as Bohan throws knees to the body.
Grove managing to block the knees to the body from Bohan.
Bohan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grove pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grove can't break the clinch.

Bohan has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Grove regains guard immediately.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grove wants to stand but Bohan is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bohan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Grove displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bohan throws a series of punches but Grove moves out of range.
Grove keeps the fight on the outside.
Grove fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alex Grove is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bohan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bohan slips a jab and a cross from Grove.
Grove scores with the left hand. Bohan knows he should have avoided that one.
Bohan throws a series of punches but Grove moves out of range.
Bohan slips a jab and a cross from Grove.
Grove keeps the fight on the outside.
Grove goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grove bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michael Bohan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bohan just misses with a punch to the body.
Grove with a jab.
Bohan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alex Grove is winning the standup battle so far.
Grove lands with a hook. Bohan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bohan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alex Grove has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bohan.
Grove throws a combination. Bohan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Grove slips a jab and a cross from Bohan.
Bohan tries to clinch but Grove moves out of range.
A combination from Grove does no damage.
Bohan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bohan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grove swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bohan needs to keep his hands up - Grove had a free shot at his head there.
Bohan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Grove pinned against the cage. Grove gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bohan tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grove darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bohan dodges the punch combination from Grove.

Grove tries to keep at a distance but Bohan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grove managing to block the knees to the body from Bohan.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grove has had enough of the clinch but Bohan keeps him there for the moment.
Grove wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bohan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Grove gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Grove wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grove blocks the elbow strike.
Grove is trying to break the clinch but Bohan has him pressed against the cage.
Bohan trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Grove blocks an elbow strike.
Bohan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grove has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grove wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohan has him pressed against the cage.
Bohan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grove wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grove on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bohan tries to land knees in the clinch but Grove avoids the damage to the body.
Grove wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bohan throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bohan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grove blocks it with crossed arms.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grove is trying to break free.
Grove wants to break free but Bohan has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Michael Bohan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Michael Bohan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Grove lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bohan drops his hands momentarily and Grove takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Grove.

Bohan clinches.
Grove wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bohan misses with a knee strike.
Bohan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grove blocks it with crossed arms.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bohan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grove has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grove can't break the clinch.
Grove wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but Grove blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grove can't break the clinch.
Bohan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grove's face.
Grove avoids a wild elbow strike from Bohan.
Bohan looking to throw knees to the head but Grove is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bohan prevents Grove from breaking the clinch.
Grove wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohan won't allow it.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bohan trying to land knees to the body.
Grove wants to get back to striking at distance but Bohan won't allow it.
Bohan prevents Grove from breaking the clinch.
Bohan looking to throw knees to the head but Grove is blocking nicely.
Grove can't break the clinch.
Grove prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bohan keeps control of Grove as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grove blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grove tries to break the clinch but Bohan is controlling the position.
Grove blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Grove wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bohan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grove is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Grove is trying to break free.
Bohan prevents Grove from breaking the clinch.
Bohan tries a knee to the head but Grove blocks it.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bohan misses with a knee strike.
Grove wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bohan has him pressed against the cage.
Grove avoiding damage as Bohan throws knees to the body.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grove wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bohan looking to throw knees to the head but Grove is blocking nicely.
Grove is looking to break free of the clinch but Bohan has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bohan tries to land a knee to the head but Grove blocks with his arms.
Grove tries to break the clinch but Bohan is controlling the position.
Grove wants to break free but Bohan has control.
Bohan misses with a knee strike.
Bohan missing with knees to the body.
Grove is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bohan looking to throw knees to the head but Grove is blocking nicely.
Bohan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grove has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bohan missing with knees to the body.
Bohan misses with a knee strike.
Bohan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grove pulls his leg out and moves away.
Grove lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Grove scores with a one two! Bohan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bohan moves in looking to clinch but Grove pushes him off.
Grove connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grove throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alex Grove is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grove throws out a loose jab but Bohan uses good head movement to avoid it.

Grove tries to keep at a distance but Bohan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grove managing to block the knees to the body from Bohan.
Grove blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bohan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bohan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grove fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alex Grove has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Bohan.
Grove misses with a double jab

and Bohan moves into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grove is trying to break the clinch but Bohan has him pressed against the cage.
Bohan throws an elbow but it misses.
Grove wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grove avoids a wild elbow strike from Bohan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Grove showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grove has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Grove!