PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Road (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Grimaud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Road
vs
Grimaud

169 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Road!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Grimaud!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grimaud looking to score a takedown here. Road is defending well but Grimaud drives through and ends up in Road's guard.
Grimaud trying to control but Road is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Road not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Road has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Road can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Grimaud controls the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grimaud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Road swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Grimaud shoots in and drives through. Road sprawls well.
Road fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Road will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Road fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Road. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grimaud shoots in but no luck this time.
Road gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Grimaud counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Road shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Grimaud defends it nicely.

Road looking to score a takedown here. Grimaud is defending well but Road drives through and ends up in Grimaud's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimaud trying to control the position.
Grimaud is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Road is controlling him.
Road trying to control the position from guard on top but Grimaud is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Grimaud is working an open guard so Road takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rocky Road seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Road is breathing heavily.
Grimaud avoids the head kick by Road.
Road misses with a body kick.
Road slaps away a takedown attempt from Grimaud, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimaud misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Road misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grimaud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Road swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Road misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Road tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Road shoots in looking for a takedown but Grimaud manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Road's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Road throws a sloppy head kick and Grimaud moves out of range easily.
Road circles away from the clinch attempt.

Grimaud scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Grimaud passes to side control.
Grimaud remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Grimaud is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Road looks calm but he's in trouble here. Grimaud gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Road is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Grimaud lets go of the hold and Road can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan Grimaud!