PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Illias Illiadis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alastair Gridlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gridlock has chosen Robbie Williams - Come Undone as his entrance music. Alastair Gridlock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Illiadis
vs
Gridlock

178 cm
30
177 lbs
19 - 7 - 1

190 cm
34
185 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Illias Illiadis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alastair Gridlock!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Illiadis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gridlock. Gridlock obviously looking to wear him down.
Gridlock connects with a leg kick. Illiadis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Illiadis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gridlock.
Illiadis moves out of range of the leg kick from Gridlock.
Gridlock connects with a solid leg kick.
Gridlock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Illiadis finds it's way round the side to connect with Gridlock's head.
A punch combination from Illiadis misses.
Gridlock has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gridlock finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Illiadis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gridlock throws a leg kick but Illiadis checks it.
Illiadis lunges at Gridlock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gridlock's hand.
Gridlock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gridlock tries a head kick but it misses.
Gridlock blocks a jab.
Alastair Gridlock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Illiadis misses.
Gridlock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Illiadis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gridlock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Illiadis misses with a hook
and Gridlock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Illiadis is looking to clinch.
Gridlock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Illiadis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gridlock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Illiadis tests Gridlock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot by Illiadis.
Gridlock scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alastair Gridlock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Illiadis moves out of range of the leg kick from Gridlock.
Illiadis cracks Gridlock with a right hand to the side of the head.
Illiadis misses with a straight right.
Illiadis thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock slips under a jab.
Illiadis backing away here, and Gridlock unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gridlock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Illiadis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gridlock.
Nice uppercut there from Illiadis.
Illiadis scores with a hook.
Illiadis misses with a body kick.
Gridlock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gridlock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gridlock cracks the inside of Illiadis's front leg.
Gridlock throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
An inside leg kick lands from Gridlock.
Gridlock misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Gridlock coming out on top.
Gridlock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Illiadis doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot by Gridlock.
Illiadis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Illiadis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gridlock throws a solid leg kick but Illiadis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gridlock.
Illiadis drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gridlock sprawls and moves away.
Illiadis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gridlock throws a body punch but Illiadis moves out of range.
Gridlock scores with a head kick. Illiadis tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Illiadis is rocked!

Gridlock cracks Illiadis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gridlock has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Illiadis to stand back up!
Oh Illiadis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Illiadis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Gridlock.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gridlock.
Crunch! Gridlock slams his shin into Illiadis's torso.
Illiadis throws the left hand but Gridlock avoids the punch easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Illiadis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gridlock - the referee stops the clock and Illiadis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gridlock. Illiadis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Illiadis throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gridlock scores with a counter punch that sends Illiadis to the canvas! Gridlock smells blood - he's punishing Illiadis with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Illiadis has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alastair Gridlock!
Alastair Gridlock decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Illias Illiadis had this to say: 'Whatta fuck was that! Hajime! NO IPPON!!'.