PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keenwah Granes (ranked 416 p4p, 853 weight class) and Jan Sokol (ranked 28 p4p, 64 weight class). Granes comes into the arena with 敢不敢 blaring out of the sound system. Jan Sokol will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Granes
vs
Sokol

167 cm
30
140
22 - 14 - 0

182 cm
29
135
17 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

NARCOS
30th Century Beer Store

30th Century Beer Store

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keenwah Granes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sokol!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokol swings for the body but Granes moves out of range.
Sokol connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sokol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Granes is looking to counter punch.
A big left from Sokol misses.
Sokol loads up on a big right hand but Granes slips the punch.
Sokol is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Granes scores with a nice head shot.
Sokol loads up on a big right hand but Granes slips the punch.

Sokol pushes Granes up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Granes throws an elbow but misses.
Granes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Granes misses with a knee to the head.
Granes pushes off an throws an elbow but Sokol leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Granes working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Granes has clasped his hands together around Sokol's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Granes trying to control the position but Sokol is working away.
Granes is putting a hurting on Sokol here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sokol is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokol is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
I wouldn't like to be where Sokol is right now.
Granes misses with the ground and pound.
Granes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Granes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sokol to see if he's OK.
Granes 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.
Sokol is trying to improve his position.
Granes throwing strikes but Sokol manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Granes is looking to regain half guard here but Sokol keeps moving and retains side control.
Granes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
You can see the frustration on Granes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granes is looking to reverse the position.
Granes gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sokol frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sokol trying to control but Granes is having none of it.
Sokol lands a nice shot to the head.
Sokol looking to control but Granes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Granes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sokol cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sokol lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Granes hang on?
Sokol scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Granes?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokol lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Granes hang on?
Sokol scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Granes?
Granes is looking to improve his position but Sokol isn't that keen on the idea.

Sokol has control of Granes's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Granes regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Granes tries to reverse the position but Sokol maintains control.
Granes wants to hold on but Sokol pushes him away.
Granes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sokol controlling from the full mount.
Sokol scoring with strikes but Granes is staying in there.
Granes can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sokol looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Granes is trying to escape the mount.
Sokol lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sokol wants to control the pace but Granes is squirming around nicely.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sokol working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Granes is in a horrible position here. Sokol smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Granes wants to hold on but Sokol pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Granes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sokol landing shots from mount.

Granes is rocked!
A big strike lands for Sokol! That's really hurt Granes and he's turned his back - Sokol keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sokol jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Sokol!
Jan Sokol thanked the fans post fight for their support.