PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien Black (ranked 5017 p4p, 4262 weight class) and Nico Grigorev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Black
vs
Grigorev

175 cm
21
165
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nico Grigorev!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigorev shoots in looking for a takedown but Black manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Grigorev's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Grigorev gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Black 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.
Black working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Black controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Black has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grigorev has momentary wrist control but Black slips an elbow through the middle.
Black scoring with punches to the head and body.

Grigorev is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Black keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grigorev's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black with a nice head shot there.
Black scoring with punches to the head and body.

Grigorev is rocked!
Black working some strikes from top position.
Grigorev is still in real trouble! Can Black finish him?
Black works over Grigorev with some ground and pound from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Black loads up on a big left hand. Grigorev felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Black looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Grigorev can't hide his disappointment, as Black celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Black!
After the fight, Damien Black was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.