PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Home Grown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Megareem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Home Grown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Grown
vs
Megareem

205 cm
20
260 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

192 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Home Grown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Megareem!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grown is looking to clinch.
Grown circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Grown counter with a right hand.

It looks like Alistair Megareem has been cut.
Megareem wants to clinch but Grown slips to the side
and Grown counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Megareem moves into the clinch.
Megareem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grown trying to control the position but instead, Megareem has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grown into the cage.
Megareem pushes off an throws an elbow but Grown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Grown.
Grown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Megareem looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Grown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grown working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Megareem - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Megareem missing with knees to the body.
Megareem tries to land a knee to the head but Grown blocks with his arms.
Grown lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Megareem.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Megareem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grown's brow.
Megareem looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Megareem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Megareem landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Grown.
Megareem tries a knee to the head but Grown blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Megareem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Grown fails to land.
Megareem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grown is trying to stall.
Grown stalling.
Grown lands a right hand.
Megareem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grown stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Home Grown.
Grown tries to clinch up.
Grown misses with a straight right.
Megareem just misses with a punch to the body.
Megareem tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Grown moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Megareem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grown blocks it with crossed arms.
Grown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Megareem is keeping busy.
Grown avoiding damage as Megareem throws knees to the body.
Grown avoiding damage as Megareem throws knees to the body.
Grown tries to land knees in the clinch but Megareem avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Megareem tries to land a knee to the head but Grown blocks with his arms.
Grown stalls.
Grown wants to stall.
Megareem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grown stalling in the clinch but Megareem improves position.
Megareem putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Megareem missing with knees to the body.
Grown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Megareem trying to land knees to the body.
Megareem working Grown over with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Megareem throws an elbow but misses.
Megareem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grown lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grown managing to block the knees to the body from Megareem.
Megareem misses with a knee strike.
Megareem looks gassed!
Grown displaying some good clinch control by pressing Megareem up against the cage.
Megareem avoids a wild elbow strike from Grown.
A hook to the body from Grown.
Grown throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Megareems head.
Grown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grown managing to block the knees to the body from Megareem.
Megareem is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Megareem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Megareem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grown trying to stall but Megareem improves his position.
Megareem missing with knees to the body.
Megareem misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Grown.
Megareem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grown is defending well for now.
Grown scores with a hook to the body.
Grown slowing the pace effectively.
Grown is looking to control Megareem's arms but Megareem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grown has his back to the cage.
Grown lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grown will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Megareem up against the cage.
Megareem looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Megareem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Grown.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Grown for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Home Grown.
Grown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Megareem tries to clinch but Grown moves away

and Grown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Grown.
Grown slows down the pace here.
Grown misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grown avoiding damage as Megareem throws knees to the body.
Megareem misses with a knee strike.
Grown is looking to control Megareem's arms but Megareem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grown has his back to the cage.
Grown misses with a punch on the inside.
Megareem avoiding damage as Grown throws knees to the body.
Grown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Home Grown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alistair Megareem's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grown misses with a double jab.
Grown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Megareem wants to land a leg kick but Grown is out of range.
Grown throws a jab when Megareem was well out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Megareem.
Megareem with a nice cross.
Megareem tries to clinch but Grown moves away
and Grown counters with a nice body shot.
Megareem clinches but Grown breaks the clinch
and Megareem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grown circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Grown to counter with a crisp jab.
Megareem tries to clinch there but Grown circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Megareem tries to clinch
and Grown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grown wants to clinch.
Megareem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Megareem wants to clinch
and Grown counters with a head kick.
Grown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Grown tries to clinch but Megareem is having none of it.
Grown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Home Grown is winning the standup battle so far.
Megareem misses with an uppercut. Grown saw that one coming.
Megareem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Megareem misses.
Megareem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grown swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grown misses with a double jab
and Megareem counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alistair Megareem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grown throws out a leg kick but Megareem moves out of range and Grown only half commits.
Megareem wants to clinch
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Grown counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grown lands with a big left! Megareem is wobbled badly! Grown comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Megareem to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Home Grown!