PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Grigorian (ranked 5858 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frane Bartulovic (ranked 25403 p4p, 0 weight class). Frane Bartulovic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Adam Grigorian's chin.

Grigorian
vs
Bartulovic

184 cm
23
194 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Grigorian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frane Bartulovic!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartulovic takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Grigorian slips under a jab from Bartulovic.
Grigorian slips a straight right by Bartulovic.
Bartulovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Bartulovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grigorian moves out of range as Bartulovic strikes.

Grigorian shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bartulovic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Grigorian stands up from Bartulovic's guard - Grigorian perhaps looking for a knockout.
Grigorian lands with a slapping head kick.
Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bartulovic.
Grigorian lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bartulovic misses with a right hand
and Grigorian counters with a series of strikes. Bartulovic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grigorian scores with a head kick. Bartulovic tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bartulovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adam Grigorian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grigorian.
Bartulovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grigorian.
Bartulovic misses with an uppercut.
As Bartulovic looks to move away, Grigorian throws a big counter combo but Bartulovic just gets out of the way.
Grigorian slips a straight right by Bartulovic.
Grigorian throws a right and a left that Bartulovic avoids nicely.
Bartulovic misses with a left hand
and Grigorian counters with a series of strikes. Bartulovic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grigorian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bartulovic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bartulovic misses with a straight right.
Grigorian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grigorian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bartulovic backs up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Bartulovic misses its intended target.
Grigorian connects with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian delivers a nice body kick.
Grigorian scores with a leg kick.
Grigorian dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bartulovic. That did some damage!
Grigorian misses with a few strikes there.
Grigorian slips under a jab.
Grigorian connects with an inside leg kick.
Grigorian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bartulovic throws out the jab.
Grigorian lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bartulovic 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.
Grigorian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid body kick from Grigorian.
Bartulovic looks winded!
Bartulovic misses with a looping right.
Grigorian fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bartulovic just manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Grigorian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slapping body kick lands there for Grigorian.
Grigorian throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bartulovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian scores with a spinning back kick!
Grigorian lands with a right that hurts Bartulovic. Bartulovic looks to clinch but Grigorian throws a short knee that drops Bartulovic. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Adam Grigorian!
Adam Grigorian was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Frane Bartulovic spoke after the fight, saying 'i am very sad and i think i will do it better nsxt time'.