PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bertel Haardt (ranked 2259 p4p, 2350 weight class) and Andy Grabber (ranked 93 p4p, 94 weight class). Grabber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Side to Side kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Haardt
vs
Grabber

186 cm
33
279
15 - 15 - 0

207 cm
41
275
47 - 23 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bertel Haardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andy Grabber!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haardt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haardt slips under a jab from Grabber.
Haardt lands a lovely overhand right.
Grabber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grabber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Haardt has closed the distance and engaged Grabber in a clinch.
Haardt cracks Grabber with a nice body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grabber lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Bertel Haardt has been cut.
Grabber lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grabber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grabber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grabber lands with a light punch inside.
Haardt misses with an elbow over the top.
Grabber pushes Haardt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grabber tries to work over Haardt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haardt blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grabber struggles to land a body shot inside as Haardt controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Haardt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Haardt trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Grabber.
Grabber has a couple of punches blocked by Haardt.
Grabber lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grabber as Haardt tries to tie him up.
Grabber throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haardts head.
A short uppercut from Grabber.
Haardt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Grabber.
Haardt trying to control the position but instead, Grabber has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haardt into the cage.
Grabber lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grabber lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Grabber.
Grabber lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haardt has had enough of the clinch but Grabber keeps him there for the moment.
Haardt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grabber.
Grabber lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haardt backwards.
Haardt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grabber.
Haardt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grabber is keeping busy.
Grabber lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haardt backwards.
Grabber lands with a left to the head.
Haardt is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grabber lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grabber creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Haardt is rocked!

Bertel Haardt's cut is getting worse.
Haardt misses with a punch on the inside.
Grabber creates a little bit of space and unloads with a massive uppercut! Haardt drops to the mat, out cold! Wow, that was brutal! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andy Grabber!
Andy Grabber tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.