PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Laruso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Groves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Groves has chosen Deebo as his entrance music. Donnie Groves is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Laruso
vs
Groves

176 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
140 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

MARY JANE's Medicinals! Weed will Rock You! ! !

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Laruso !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donnie Groves!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laruso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laruso throws a head kick that Groves semi-blocks.

It looks like Donnie Groves has been cut.
Laruso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Groves.
Laruso lands with a kick to the temple. Groves shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Groves misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Laruso tries to clinch there but Groves circles away.
Groves stuffs the takedown attempt from Laruso . Laruso gets slowly back to his feet.
Groves avoids the head kick by Laruso .
Groves has a takedown stuffed.

Laruso shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Groves looks gassed!
Groves is not content to let Laruso control the position.
Laruso stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laruso wants to take a breather but Groves is having none of it.
Groves tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Groves is looking for a sweep. Laruso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Groves is looking to escape.
Groves gets full guard.
Groves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Laruso advances to half guard.
Laruso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Groves keeps working.
Laruso wants to stand but Groves has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Laruso controlling the action here.
Groves lands with a few short shots to the body.
Groves moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Laruso tries to free his leg and advance position but Groves is retaining full guard.
Laruso preventing the sweep.

Groves has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Laruso off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Laruso avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Groves throws a series of punches but Laruso moves out of range.

Laruso clinches.
A short uppercut from Groves.
Laruso blocking some punches.

Laruso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Laruso shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Laruso showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Groves is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Groves wants to stand back up but Laruso manages to pass into side control.
Groves wants to get back to his feet but Laruso drags him back down.

Laruso decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Laruso tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Groves.
Laruso throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Groves.
Laruso slips a jab and a cross from Groves.
Laruso lands with a slapping head kick.
Groves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Laruso closes the distance and clinches up with Groves, looking for a takedown. Laruso pushes Groves against the cage but Groves circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Groves misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Laruso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Groves's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Laruso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daniel Laruso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laruso lands a nice looking body kick.
Laruso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laruso shoots in but Groves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Groves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laruso slips a jab and a cross from Groves.
Laruso lands a high kick!

Laruso tries to keep at a distance but Groves has taken the fight into the clinch.
Laruso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Groves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laruso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laruso scores with a spinning back kick!
Groves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laruso looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Groves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laruso scores with a body shot.
Laruso scores with a head kick.
Donnie Groves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laruso shoots for a double leg takedown but Groves sprawls well. He's pushed Laruso 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Groves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laruso misses with a knee strike.
Laruso blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Groves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laruso tries a head kick but it misses.
Groves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Laruso swats away the attempt to clinch by Groves.
Groves fails to land the takedown.
Laruso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

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.
Groves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Groves drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laruso tries a head kick but it misses.
Groves misses with a wild combination.

Laruso moves into the clinch.

Groves breaks the clinch.
Laruso dodges the punch combination from Groves.
Some wild striking there from Groves.
A punch combination from Groves misses.
Laruso misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Groves, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laruso throws a combination that misses
and Groves counters with a series of strikes. Laruso will be more careful next time no doubt.
Laruso throws a front kick that sends Groves stumbling back into the cage.
Groves falls off balance throwing a combination
and Laruso counters with a nice body shot.
Laruso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Groves throws a combination that misses
and Laruso counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Laruso tries to clinch

and Groves holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Groves manages to break the clinch.
Laruso shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Groves pinned against the cage. Groves gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Laruso . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Groves misses with a double jab
and Laruso counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Groves keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Groves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Laruso counters with a good low kick that Groves was not able to check.
Groves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laruso counters with a solid body kick.
Laruso lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Laruso - that will leave a mark!
Groves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Groves takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Groves shoots in for a takedown but Laruso shows good takedown defense.
Laruso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laruso throws a head kick that Groves semi-blocks.
Groves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Groves misses with a double jab
and Laruso counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Laruso scores with a push kick.
Groves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laruso counters with a nice body kick.
Groves has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Laruso .
Some wild striking there from Groves.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Groves swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Laruso counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Groves is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Laruso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laruso keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Laruso dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donnie Groves's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Laruso fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Groves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Groves pushes Laruso back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Groves manages to break the clinch.
Laruso throws a front kick that sends Groves stumbling back into the cage.
Groves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Laruso has Groves up against the cage in a clinch.
Groves lands with a short shot to the head.
Laruso is trying to maintain a safe position but Groves gets an underhook and turns Laruso into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laruso blocks an uppercut.
Groves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Groves.
Groves throws a punch but it's blocked by Laruso .
Groves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laruso is trying to maintain a safe position but Groves gets an underhook and turns Laruso into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Groves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Groves fails to land with a series of punches.
Groves tries to bum rush Laruso with a series of wild strikes but Laruso uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Groves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laruso lands with a nice body kick.
Groves keeps the fight on the outside.
Groves looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Laruso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Groves has a takedown stuffed.
Groves stuffs the takedown.
Groves throws a combination that misses
and Laruso counters with a nice body kick.
Groves stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Laruso . That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Laruso .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Groves swinging wilding here.
Groves wants to clinch up but Laruso keeps it at a distance.
Laruso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Groves throws a left and a right that both miss
and Laruso counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Groves misses with a two punch combination.
Donnie Groves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laruso lands a high kick!
Groves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laruso tries to close the distance and clinch but Groves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Groves.
A punch combination from Groves misses.
Groves takes a kick to the side of the head.
Laruso scores with a leg kick.
Groves throws a left and a right that both miss

and Laruso counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Groves's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laruso trying to control but Groves is working from the bottom.

Groves has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Laruso off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Groves is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Laruso .
Laruso throws a half hearted mid kick.
Groves throws a combination that misses
and Laruso counters with a stiff right hand.
Laruso looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Groves is fending him off so far but Laruso persists. Nope, Groves circles away and we're back to standing.
Groves throws a series of punches but Laruso moves out of range.
Groves misses with a series of wild punches.
Laruso goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Laruso throws a sloppy head kick and Groves moves out of range easily.

Groves takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Groves.

Laruso manages to pull guard.
Groves distracts Laruso with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Groves missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Groves chips away with some ground and pound.
Groves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Groves throwing strikes but missing.
Laruso working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Groves.

Groves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Groves thows a big elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Laruso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laruso , 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Laruso !