PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaido Graindo (ranked 1476 p4p, 1641 weight class) and Frank Rothco (ranked 206 p4p, 220 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Graindo
vs
Rothco

188 cm
23
220
9 - 4 - 0

194 cm
24
210
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaido Graindo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Rothco!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Graindo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rothco looking to control.
Graindo passes into half guard.

Graindo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rothco is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Graindo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Graindo drops an elbow to the side of Rothco's head.
Graindo thows a huge punch but Rothco dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rothco trying to hold on to Graindo's head to control him but Graindo postures up.
We've been hearing good reports from Graindo's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Graindo tries to pass to full mount but Rothco defends it.
Nice strikes from Graindo there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graindo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Graindo there.
Graindo working over Rothco with some ground and pound. Rothco looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Graindo lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Rothco quite badly. Rothco pulls Graindo in close trying to recover. Graindo postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Rothco on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Rothco doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaido Graindo!
The defeated Frank Rothco had this to say: 'He caught me, just bad luck.'.