PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 1364 p4p, 3299 weight class) and Robert Grandis (ranked 120 p4p, 246 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Courtial
vs
Grandis

169 cm
33
150
27 - 16 - 2

168 cm
39
144
30 - 18 - 2

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Robert Grandis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grandis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Courtial staying out of range there.
Courtial throws a nice looking combination but Grandis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grandis throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Grandis throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Courtial feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grandiss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grandis throws an off balance right hand
and Courtial counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've been informed that Grandis has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Grandis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Courtial.
Courtial feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grandiss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Courtial misses with an uppercut.
Courtial checks a low kick from Grandis.
Courtial misses with a low kick.
Courtial tries to score with a low kick but Grandis moves his leg out of the way.
Grandis swings widly with a right hand
letting Courtial counter with a right hand.
Courtial misses with a right hand
and Grandis counters with a two punch combo.
Courtial 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.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grandis moves forwards but Courtial connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Courtial lands a right hook to the body.
Grandis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Courtial backs up against the cage.

It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
Courtial throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial with the inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandis misses with a double jab
letting Courtial counter with a right hand.
Courtial scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Courtial blocks the low kick.
Grandis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grandis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Courtial scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Courtial misses with a combination
and Grandis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grandis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grandis manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Grandis! But no joy.
Courtial has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grandis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Courtial.
Grandis throws a leg kick which misses Courtial's front leg but catches the back leg as Courtial tries to avoid it.
Courtial with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Courtial attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Courtial chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grandis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Grandis misses with a looping right.
Grandis throws a one two combo.
Grandis throws a lazy uppercut
and Courtial counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Courtial scores with a nice right hand.
Courtial scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grandis digs a good hook to Courtial's body.
Grandis blocks a head kick by Courtial.
Courtial turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grandis tests Courtial's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donk. Courtial catches Grandis right on the button with a cross.
Courtial dodges the punch combination from Grandis.
Grandis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Courtials jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Courtial checks the leg kick.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grandis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Courtial digs a good body shot into Grandis's ribs.
Grandis throws a nice looking combination but Courtial bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grandis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Courtial tries to bum rush Grandis with a series of wild strikes but Grandis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Courtial works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Grandis misses.
Grandis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grandis connects with a leg kick.
Grandis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Courtial lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Courtial.
Courtial connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grandis scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Grandis looks to land a combination but Courtial avoids it well.
Courtial connects with the punch.
A good leg kick by Courtial.
Grandis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
Courtial lands a jab to the nose.
Grandis lands with a right hand.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Courtial cracks a nice hook into Grandis's ribs.
Courtial is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A leg kick checked by Courtial.
Grandis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Courtial dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Courtial moves into the clinch successfully.
Courtial prevents a body shot from Grandis.
Courtial softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Courtial scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Godefroy Courtial dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Courtial misses the body punch
and Courtial takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grandis throws out a leg kick but Courtial moves out of range and Grandis only half commits.
Grandis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Godefroy Courtial is winning the standup battle so far.
Grandis throws a body shot but no joy.
Courtial throws a body punch but Grandis moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Courtial. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Courtial.
Some wild striking there from Grandis.
Courtial lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Courtial moves out of range of the leg kick from Grandis.
Grandis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Courtial.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Courtial misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grandis.
Courtial tries to clinch but Grandis moves away
letting Grandis counter with a right hand.
Courtial scores with a body shot.
Courtial goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grandis thuds a left hand into Courtial's body.
Courtial comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Courtial connects with a jab.
Courtial keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grandis.
Grandis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Robert Grandis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Courtial checks a low kick from Grandis.
Grandis tries to land a leg kick but Courtial saw it coming and moves away.
Courtial appears to be looking for a big counter.
A head kick misses from Courtial.
Grandis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Grandis misses with a leg kick.
Courtial was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grandis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Grandis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grandis tries to work over Courtial's front leg with a kick but Courtial checks it.
Grandis lands a body shot.
Jab from Courtial.
Courtial lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grandis will feel that in the morning.
Courtial turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grandis swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandis motions for Courtial to come forward. Grandis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grandis misses with a low kick.
Courtial tried to counter with a leg kick but Grandis avoided it.
Grandis misses with a combination
and Courtial counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Courtial connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grandis's hands.
Courtial swings for the body but Grandis moves out of range.
Courtial scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Courtial moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Courtial.
Courtial keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Courtial walks into a stiff left hand from Grandis.
Courtial staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Courtial.
Grandis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grandis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Grandis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Grandis throws a hook to the side of Courtial's head but Courtial sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial works over Grandis's head and body with a nice combination.
Grandis moves forwards but Courtial connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Courtial misses with a jab, cross combination.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
Courtial lands with a cross.
Courtial throws a leg kick which misses Grandis's front leg but catches the back leg as Grandis tries to avoid it.
Grandis tries to bum rush Courtial with a series of wild strikes but Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Courtial connects with a body shot that sends Grandis's belly button to the back.
Courtial lands with a cross.
Grandis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grandis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grandis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Courtial chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grandis.
A punch combination from Grandis misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A combination from Grandis does no damage.
Courtial throws out a powerful jab.
Courtial moves away from the strike by Grandis.
Grandis looks to score with a jab to the body but Courtial is just out of range.
Courtial moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grandis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Courtial has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Courtial and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sloppy strikes from Grandis. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grandis. Courtial does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grandis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Courtial moves out of range of the strikes.
Grandis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Courtial.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grandis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grandis is breathing heavily.
Courtial fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Courtial wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grandis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Godefroy Courtial dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Grandis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Courtial connects with a jab.
Grandis needs to keep his hands up - Courtial had a free shot at his head there.
Courtial throws a big shot that misses.
Courtial scores with a body shot.
Courtial avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Courtial lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Courtial misses with a double jab.
Courtial throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Grandis is rocked!

Grandis gets tackled into the cage by Courtial. Courtial maintains the clinch.
Grandis tries to throw a body punch but Courtial avoids it by throwing Grandis back against the cage.
Courtial misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grandis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grandis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Courtial has a couple of punches blocked by Grandis.
Grandis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Courtial lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grandis backwards.
Grandis is still on wobbly legs! Can Courtial finish him?

Courtial's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grandis seems to have recovered his senses.
Courtial dodges the punch combination from Grandis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grandis scores with a decent looking hook.
Grandis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grandis can do to turn this around?
Grandis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Courtial's sensitive parts.
Courtial fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grandis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Courtial moves out of range as Grandis strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Courtial.
Grandis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grandis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Courtial.
Courtial keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Grandis gets tackled into the cage by Courtial. Courtial maintains the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Courtial prevents a body shot from Grandis.
Grandis throws a head punch that misses.
Courtial misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Courtial scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandis misses with a body punch.
Courtial lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Courtial.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Courtial.
Grandis has a couple of punches blocked by Courtial.
Grandis misses with some punches.
Courtial lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grandis.
Grandis throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
Courtial lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Godefroy Courtial has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Grandis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Courtial misses with a body punch.
Courtial blocks an uppercut.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grandis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Courtial lands a right hand.
Grandis misses with some punches.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial misses with a punch to the body.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Godefroy Courtial is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial blocking some punches.
A short left from Courtial.
A head punch on the inside from Grandis fails to land.
Courtial lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grandis backwards.
Robert Grandis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grandis misses with some punches.
Grandis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grandis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Courtial prevents a body shot from Grandis.
Grandis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grandis misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial blocking some punches.
Grandis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grandis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses with a hook from the clinch.
Courtial scores with a shoulder strike.
Grandis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial blocks a body shot from Grandis.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grandis.
Grandis is leaning against Courtial and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Courtial working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grandis misses with the head strike.
Grandis throws a punch but it's blocked by Courtial.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grandis throws a head punch that misses.
Grandis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Courtial.

And that's the end of the fight!
Godefroy Courtial showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Courtial has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Godefroy Courtial!