PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Remy Growwoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Bambang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Arto Bambang enters the cage!

Growwoo
vs
Bambang

205 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
212 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Remy Growwoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arto Bambang!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bambang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Growwoo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Growwoo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Growwoo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bambang.
Bambang blocks an elbow strike.
Growwoo lands a nice knee to the body.
Bambang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Growwoo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Growwoo stalling in the clinch.
Growwoo crunches a lovely knee into Bambang's ribcage.
Growwoo lands a nice elbow.
Growwoo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Growwoo misses with an elbow over the top.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Growwoo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bambang drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Growwoo gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Growwoo stops a takedown attempt from Bambang.
Remy Growwoo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arto Bambang.
Growwoo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Growwoo prevents the takedown attempt.
Growwoo landing knees to the head.
Bambang is looking to take this one to the mat.
Growwoo misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Growwoo.

It looks like Arto Bambang has been cut.
Bambang letting Growwoo take a breather here.
Bambang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Growwoo trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bambang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bambang looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Growwoo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Growwoo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Growwoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bambang avoids it.
Bambang being controlled against the cage.
Growwoo scores a nice knee to the body.
Growwoo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bambang has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Growwoo throws an elbow but it misses.
Bambang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Growwoo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Growwoo lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Growwoo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Bambang has Growwoo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bambang pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Growwoo tumbling to the mat - Bambang dives into Growwoo's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Growwoo controlling Bambang's posture.
Bambang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Growwoo is keeping the position for now.
Growwoo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bambang sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo wants to sweep here but Bambang controlling him for the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bambang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Growwoo swivels and escapes.

Growwoo rushes Bambang and presses him up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Growwoo obliges.
Bambang managing to block the knees to the body from Growwoo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Growwoo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Arto Bambang's cut even more.
Growwoo slows down the pace here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Growwoo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bambang's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Growwoo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arto Bambang's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bambang shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Bambang is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Growwoo to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Bambang trying to control the position from guard on top but Growwoo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bambang trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Growwoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bambang is one step ahead there.

Bambang drops back, looking for a kneebar! Growwoo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Growwoo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Growwoo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Growwoo moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Bambang tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Growwoo tries to move to mount but Bambang blocks the move with his legs.
Growwoo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Growwoo taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bambang is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee asks Growwoo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Growwoo prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bambang wants to get back to his feet.
Growwoo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bambang wants to control but Growwoo postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Growwoo takes the fight into the clinch.
Growwoo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bambang is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bambang up against the cage.
Growwoo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bambang.
Growwoo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Bambang manages to pull guard.

Bambang isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Growwoo stacks Bambang on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Growwoo!
You can see the frustration on Bambang's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Growwoo just content to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bambang can't do much from the bottom here.
Growwoo controls the position from side control.
Bambang is looking for a sweep.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bambang.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Growwoo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck for Bambang with that takedown attempt.
Growwoo lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Growwoo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arto Bambang's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Growwoo clinches up against the cage.
Growwoo stalling the fight.
Bambang dodges an elbow strike from Growwoo.
Bambang avoids the elbow strike from Growwoo, against the cage.
Growwoo tries to land knees in the clinch but Bambang avoids the damage to the body.
Growwoo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bambang blocks an elbow strike.
Growwoo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bambang avoids it.
Growwoo trying to land knees to the body.
Bambang managing to block the knees to the body from Growwoo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Growwoo.
Bambang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Growwoo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Growwoo lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bambang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bambang wants a takedown but no success here.
Growwoo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Growwoo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Growwoo seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bambang avoids the elbow strike from Growwoo, against the cage.
Bambang blocks an elbow strike from Growwoo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Growwoo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Growwoo with a knee to the head.
Growwoo misses with an elbow over the top.
Growwoo trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bambang avoids a wild elbow strike from Growwoo.
Bambang blocks an elbow strike.
Remy Growwoo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Growwoo lands an elbow inside.
Bambang takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Arto Bambang's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Growwoo stalling in the clinch.
Growwoo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bambang managing to block the knees to the body from Growwoo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bambang avoiding damage as Growwoo throws knees to the body.

Bambang manages to pull guard.
Growwoo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bambang on the ground.
Growwoo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Arto Bambang has got the better of the ground game so far.
Growwoo passes Bambang's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Growwoo seems content to control.
Bambang is looking to improve his position.
Bambang is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Growwoo controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bambang actively working from the bottom here.

Bambang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Remy Growwoo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Growwoo trying to pass the guard but Bambang defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bambang is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Remy Growwoo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Growwoo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remy Growwoo!
Remy Growwoo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.