PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Joseph Proudhon (ranked 1495 p4p, 2820 weight class) and Papa Granit (ranked 207 p4p, 369 weight class). Granit has chosen Trumpsta (Contiez feat. Treyy G) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Papa Granit has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Proudhon
vs
Granit

188 cm
34
193
22 - 13 - 0

191 cm
43
211
25 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Core Combat
The Dirty Needle Project

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Joseph Proudhon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Granit!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granit avoids the body shot from Proudhon.
Granit throws a hook but Proudhon blocks it.
Proudhon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Granit.
Granit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Proudhon.
Proudhon throws a hook but Granit blocks it.
Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Proudhon lands with a hook. Granit tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Papa Granit has been cut.
Granit avoids the body shot from Proudhon.
Granit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Proudhon swinging wildly here.
Granit misses with a hook
and Proudhon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab by Granit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Proudhon tries to bum rush Granit with a series of wild strikes but Granit uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Granit throws a leg kick but Proudhon moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Proudhon. Granit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Granit throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Granit misses with a jab to the body
enabling Proudhon to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Proudhon misses its intended target.
Granit on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick by Granit misses
and Proudhon counters with a nice uppercut.
Granit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Proudhon.
Granit throws a lazy right hand but Proudhon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Granit closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Proudhon cracks Granit with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Proudhon has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Granit to stand back up!

Granit is rocked!
Granit defending well as Proudhon loads up on a big left hand.
Granit closes the distance but Proudhon moves to the side

and Proudhon counters with a nice right hand that sends Granit toppling to the canvas! Granit scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Proudhon finish him?!
Granit is still on wobbly legs! Can Proudhon finish him?
Granit scores with a jab to the jaw.
Granit seems to have recovered his senses.
Proudhon looks to score with a jab to the body but Granit is just out of range.
Proudhon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Proudhon connects with a body shot that sends Granit's belly button to the back.
Proudhon misses with a hook to the body
and Granit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Proudhon thinking.
Granit misses with a hook.
Proudhon lands a nice shot that snaps Granit's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon cracks a nice hook into Granit's ribs.
Proudhon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Proudhon throws a right hand that Granit ducks under and follows up with a left that Granit also avoids with ease.
Granit was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Granit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Granit looks to score with a jab to the body but Proudhon is just out of range.

Granit clinches.
Granit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Proudhons head.
A short body shot lands from Granit as the two fighters clinch.
Proudhon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Granit tries a body shot but Proudhon blocks it.
Proudhon misses with a punch to the body.
Granit lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Proudhon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Proudhon gets through Granit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Granit.
Nice body punch from Proudhon.
Proudhon lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon blocks an uppercut.
Granit has a couple of punches blocked by Proudhon.
Granit tries to throw a body punch but Proudhon avoids it by throwing Granit back against the cage.
Proudhon throws a head punch that misses.
Proudhon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Proudhon prevents a body shot from Granit.
Proudhon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Granit backwards.
Granit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Granit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Proudhon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Granit backwards.
Proudhon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Granit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Granit misses with the head strike.

Proudhon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Granit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Proudhon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Granit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Proudhon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Joseph Proudhon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Papa Granit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Granit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Proudhon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Granit.
Proudhon throws an overhand right that lands on Granit's shoulder, as Granit tries to avoid the shot.
Granit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Granit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Proudhon.
Granit throws a shot to the body.
Proudhon misses with a hook
and Granit counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by Granit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Proudhon just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Granit is predictable there
and Proudhon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Granit shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Proudhon eats them both and turns towards Granit to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Granit misses the shot to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Proudhon here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granit tries to close the distance and clinch but Proudhon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Proudhon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Granit was well out of range. Poor timing from Proudhon.
Granit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Granit throws a poor cross that misses
and Proudhon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Proudhon throws a hook to the side of Granit's head but Granit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Granit works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Granit throws a jab but it's blocked by Proudhon.
Granit tries to land a front kick but Proudhon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A solid leg kick lands there for Granit.
Proudhon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Granit misses with a combination
and Proudhon counters with a nice uppercut.
Proudhon scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granit jabs at Proudhon's body.
Granit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Proudhon scores with a nice head shot.
Proudhon lands with an uppercut that bounces Granit off the cage and back into range.
Granit blocks a jab.
Proudhon misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Granit. Those never looked like landing.
Proudhon seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Proudhon connects with a nice looking jab.
Granit misses with a leg kick
and Proudhon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Proudhon throws a big shot that misses.
Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granit tries to clinch
and Proudhon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab by Granit.

Proudhon cracks Granit with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Granit looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Proudhon finish him?
Proudhon misses with a wild combination.
A nice side step and Granit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Granit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Proudhon.
Granit moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Granit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Proudhon misses with a straight right.
Granit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Granit moves out of range as Proudhon strikes.
Proudhon connects with a body shot that sends Granit's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudhon scores with a decent looking hook.
Proudhon thuds his right hand into Granit's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pierre Joseph Proudhon is winning the standup battle so far.
Granit throws a looping overhand right but Proudhon ducks down to avoid it.
Proudhon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Granit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Proudhon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Proudhon drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Granit right on the button. Granit goes down! Proudhon follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Proudhon gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Joseph Proudhon!
Pierre Joseph Proudhon retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Pierre Joseph Proudhon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.