PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zaza Murano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Chico Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murano
vs
Chico Grande

186 cm
29
143 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

165 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zaza Murano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesus Chico Grande!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grande scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murano in his tracks.
Zaza Murano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murano throws a right hand that misses

and Grande counters with a beautiful punch that sends Murano to the canvas!

Murano is rocked!

It looks like Zaza Murano has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grande is looking to work some ground and pound but Murano has wrist control.
Oh Murano is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Murano really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Murano has Grande pulled in close to control his posture.
Grande wants to control from the top but Murano keeps moving.
Murano seems to have got his legs back now.
Murano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murano tries to get out of the position.
Grande is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murano pulls Grande in close to prevent any damage.
Grande not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murano seems keen to control Grande's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Murano swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Murano is countered with a crisp right hand from Grande that sends him to the canvas! Grande follows him to the mat into side control.
Grande in the domination position with Murano hanging on.
Grande wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murano keeps working.
Murano can't do much from the bottom here.
Grande looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grande wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murano keeps working.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande wants to control the pace but Murano is squirming around nicely.
Murano wants to control but Grande is having none of it.
Murano keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grande trying to control but Murano is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murano throwing hammer fists to the chest of Grande. What's that going to do exactly?
Grande looking to control but Murano is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grande misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Murano sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Grande is taking a breather. Murano says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Grande is thwarting Murano's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Chico Grande dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaza Murano's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Murano.
Murano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grande throws out a counter right but Murano avoids it with no problem.
Grande throws a hook to the side of Murano's head but Murano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murano changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Grande throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grande on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
Murano lands with a nice body punch.
Grande throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murano counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grande throws a lazy uppercut
and Murano counters with a stiff right hand.
Grande throws an overhand right that lands on Murano's shoulder, as Murano tries to avoid the shot.
Murano throwing a counter right hand but Grande manages to avoid it.
Grande ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grande throws a sloppy head kick
and Grande takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murano closes the distance and pushes Grande back into the cage.
Murano throws a head punch that misses.
Murano lands a right hand.
Murano being controlled against the cage.
Murano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grande lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Grande.
Grande working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Grande works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grande blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Murano misses with a body punch.
Grande blocking some punches.
Grande prevents a body shot from Murano.
Grande is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murano lands an uppercut.
Grande blocks a body shot from Murano.
Murano tries to throw a body punch but Grande avoids it by throwing Murano back against the cage.
Murano misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murano.
Grande has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murano misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Grande.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murano swings wildly with an uppercut but Grande uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grande blocking some punches.
Murano throws a head punch that misses.
Murano can't find room to land a body shot as Grande controls the action.
Murano looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grande creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murano throws a punch but it's blocked by Grande.
Murano misses with a short punch on the inside.

Grande ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Grande no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Grande is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Murano advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Murano is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Grande defends it well.
Grande moves into full guard.
Grande is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Grande seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Murano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grande stalling.
Murano is looking for a sweep. Grande is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murano wants to get back to his feet.
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 Zaza Murano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zaza Murano's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Murano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grande moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murano.
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
Murano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grande.
Grande only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Murano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
Jesus Chico Grande seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murano misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Grande counters with a beautiful punch that sends Murano to the canvas!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murano keeping moving, preventing Grande from controlling successfully.
Murano being controlled here, momentarily.
Murano keeping moving, preventing Grande from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murano is trying to keep Grande in close.
Grande in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murano keeping moving, preventing Grande from controlling successfully.
Grande prevents Murano from getting back to his feet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Grande controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Grande might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Murano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murano throws a poor cross that misses
and Grande counters with a left to the body.
Murano tries to clinch up

and Grande counters with a beautiful punch that sends Murano to the canvas!
Jesus Chico Grande has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grande got a little sloppy there for a moment and Murano has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Grande has managed to get both his arms back between Murano's legs - danger averted.
Murano keeping moving, preventing Grande from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grande engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Murano lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murano preventing the sweep.
Grande wants to stand and escape but Murano is having none of it.
Murano wanted to stand there but Grande had control of the position.

Grande scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Grande slips a jab from Murano.
Grande wants to counter the offense by Murano and move into the clinch position.
A jab from Grande misses.
Grande throws a poor cross that misses
and Murano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Murano misses
and Murano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grande throws a nice looking combination but Murano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murano punishes Grande's body with a nice straight punch.
Murano throws a jab when Grande was well out of range.
Murano keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grande connects with a superb combination that knocks Murano out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Grande before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Murano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jesus Chico Grande!