PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystian Gromadowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gromadowski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rzeszowska Klasa. Krystian Gromadowski told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sanford
vs
Gromadowski

193 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

180 cm
21
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Sanford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Krystian Gromadowski!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gromadowski.

Gromadowski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gromadowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gromadowski stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford tries to roll over but Gromadowski keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gromadowski wants to free his trapped foot but Sanford is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Gromadowski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gromadowski controlling the pace.
Gromadowski is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gromadowski controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Gromadowski.
Gromadowski prevents Sanford from getting the reversal.
Gromadowski controlling his opponent.

Gromadowski with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gromadowski lands a nice shot to the head.
Gromadowski controlling from mount.
Sanford wants to hold on but Gromadowski pushes him away.
Sanford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gromadowski on the ground.
Gromadowski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanford looks a forlorn figure.
Gromadowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanford is squirming around, avoiding Gromadowski's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford wants to hold on but Gromadowski pushes him away.
Gromadowski landing strikes from the mount and Sanford is in trouble!
Gromadowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gromadowski cracks Sanford with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Sanford is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Gromadowski! Sanford is hurt baaadly! Gromadowski is firing away with more strikes - Sanford is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krystian Gromadowski!
Krystian Gromadowski tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.