PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Grabowski (ranked 6959 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jang (ranked 5331 p4p, 0 weight class). Jang has chosen Turn It On as his entrance music. Damian Grabowski looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Grabowski
vs
Jang

185 cm
26
230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
25
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damian Grabowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Jang!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabowski tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Jang counters with a single leg into guard. Grabowski didn't expect that.
Grabowski looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Jang is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jang sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Grabowski's guard.
Jang performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Grabowski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jang scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jang controlling the action here.
Grabowski has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jang is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jang scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Grabowski manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Jang keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

Jang has clasped his hands together around Grabowski's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Jang is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Grabowski will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Let's hope that Jang has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Grabowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jang on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jang is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Jang's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Grabowski is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jang working the ground and pound from side control.
Jang controlling from side mount.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Jang.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jang working the body and head with strikes.
Jang scores with punches from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jang working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Grabowski is being controlled here.
Jang advances nicely into full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jang dominated that round.
That's time! Grabowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jang looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Grabowski!
Grabowski bucks up and tries to throw Jang off but instead Jang has got his back!
Jang looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Jang lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Jang looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Grabowski taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). James Jang!
Post fight, James Jang stared into the camera and said 'You got Clubber-Fucked fool!'.