PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Grill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladamir Jocavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Grill has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grill
vs
Jocavich

205 cm
26
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
225 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Shinobi

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Grill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladamir Jocavich!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grill takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jocavich throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grill listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A big left from Grill misses.
Bob Grill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grill scores with a hook.
Jocavich slips a straight right by Grill.
Jocavich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grill.
Grill misses with a hook. Jocavich ducked under it nicely.
Jocavich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Grill scores with a nice strike.
Jocavich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grill lands with an overhand left.

Jocavich is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jocavich darts in trying to clinch
enabling Grill to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jocavich shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grill sprawls well. Grill wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jocavich gets slowly back to his feet.
Jocavich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sloppy strikes from Grill. Those never looked like landing.
Jocavich shoots and misses
enabling Grill to counter with a crisp jab.
Jocavich walks into a left hand.

Grill gets caught flat footed, as Jocavich shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Grill wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grill throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jocavich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jocavich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bob Grill has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladamir Jocavich.
Grill lands a body shot.
Grill thuds a left hand into Jocavich's body.
A cross from Grill lands.
Grill fails to land with a series of punches.
Grill connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jocavich momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grill connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jocavich momentarily.
Jocavich is still on wobbly legs! Can Grill finish him?

Grill cracks Jocavich with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Grill has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jocavich to stand back up!
Grill tests Jocavich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grill bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jocavich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grill connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jocavich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jocavich needs to keep his hands up - Grill had a free shot at his head there.
Sloppy strikes from Grill. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grill stuffs the takedown attempt from Jocavich. Jocavich gets slowly back to his feet.
Jocavich seems to have recovered his senses.
Jocavich misses with a takedown attempt - Grill sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grill stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grill lands a really nice looking cross but Jocavich seems unphased.
Jocavich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jocavich shoots and misses
and Grill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Grill 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.

Grill circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Jocavich to the canvas! Jocavich doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Grill keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Grill!
Bob Grill really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Shinobi logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Vladamir Jocavich spoke after the fight, saying 'I am sad I lost but I will win my next one'.