PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ride Grierson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roddy Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roddy Piper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grierson
vs
Piper

178 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
20
158 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Solid chin

Next Level Nutrition--158q/$45 (159q contest)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ride Grierson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roddy Piper!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piper leaves Grierson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Grierson moves out of range as Piper strikes.
A head kick misses from Piper.

Piper moves into the clinch.
Piper scores with a shot to the side of Grierson's head.
Piper throws a head punch that misses.
Piper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Piper.
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
Piper has a couple of punches blocked by Grierson.
Piper digs a right hand into Grierson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grierson's gas tank.
Piper throws a punch but it's blocked by Grierson.
Piper lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Piper.
Piper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Piper.
Piper lands a body punch.
Piper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Piper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Piper scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grierson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice left hand lands by Piper.
Piper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Piper working aggressively here.
Grierson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
Piper prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ride Grierson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Piper lands an elbow that stopped Grierson in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grierson.
Grierson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grierson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Piper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grierson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Piper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Piper pushes Grierson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Piper stops a takedown attempt from Grierson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Piper working aggressively here.
Piper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grierson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Piper gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Piper misses with some punches.
Piper gets through Grierson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Piper misses with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Piper.
A short left from Piper.
Piper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Piper lands a shoulder strike.
Piper lands with a light punch inside.
Piper throws a head punch that misses.
Piper lands a shot to the body.
Grierson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Piper walks away with a smile on his face. Grierson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Piper delivers a nice body kick.
Piper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piper lands a leg kick that knocks Grierson off balance momentarily.
Grierson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Grierson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Piper. Piper obviously looking to wear him down.
Grierson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Piper scores with a nice right hand.

Grierson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Piper is looking to improve his position.

Grierson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Piper defends it well.
Grierson is breathing heavily.
Piper tries to kick Grierson off but Grierson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Grierson wants to work for an arm triangle but Piper is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piper wants to control but Grierson is keeping busy.
Piper tries to get to full guard but Grierson has control of the leg.
Grierson trying to control the action but Piper is working from the bottom.

Grierson is trying to work for a kimura but Piper is defending well.
Grierson stops Piper from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roddy Piper dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Grierson shoots in and gets a takedown into Piper's guard.
Piper is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Piper has control of Grierson's left arm, preventing Grierson from doing any damage.
Grierson throws a big right hand that misses.
Piper is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Piper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Piper is working an open guard so Grierson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Piper.
Grierson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Piper looks to throw the jab but Grierson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grierson tries to keep at a distance but Piper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Piper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Piper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Piper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Piper pushes Grierson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Piper.
Grierson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grierson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Piper has him pressed against the cage.
Grierson takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
Piper misses with some punches.
Piper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Piper.
Grierson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Piper.
Piper lands a hook that snaps the head of Grierson backwards.
Piper lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Piper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Piper throws a head punch that misses.
Piper lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Piper.
Grierson wants to get back to striking at distance but Piper won't allow it.
Piper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grierson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grierson.
Piper misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Piper.
Piper digs a right hand into Grierson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grierson's gas tank.
Piper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grierson backwards.

Grierson is rocked!
Piper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Grierson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Piper - that landed with a thud.
Grierson seems to have got his legs back now.
Piper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griersons head.
Piper works on Grierson's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Piper lands a body punch.
Grierson blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Piper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grierson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Piper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Piper lands a body shot.
Grierson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grierson tries to pull guard but Piper holds him up against the cage and eventually Grierson drops back down to his feet.
Piper scores with a shot to the side of Grierson's head.
Piper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grierson or not.
Piper scores with a shoulder strike.
Grierson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Piper pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ride Grierson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Piper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Griersons head.
Piper lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Grierson to his knees! Piper keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roddy Piper!