PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Gronkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doyle comes to the cage accompanied by DX. Bart Gronkman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Doyle
vs
Gronkman

182 cm
19
230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
278 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

Good wrestler
Brawler
Likes ground

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bart Gronkman!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doyle shoots in but no luck this time.
Doyle lands with a nice combination. Gronkman backs away looking to recover.
Gronkman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doyle stuffs the takedown.
Some wild striking there from Doyle.
Doyle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doyle misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Doyle throws a right hand that Gronkman ducks under and follows up with a left that Gronkman also avoids with ease.
Gronkman tries to clinch up but Doyle circles away and keeps his distance.
Doyle throws a nice looking combination but Gronkman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doyle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gronkman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gronkman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doyle ducks under a wild hook from Gronkman.

Gronkman clinches up with Doyle and pushes him back against the cage.
Gronkman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doyle wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gronkman fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Doyle manages to break the clinch.
Doyle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doyle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gronkman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doyle.
Gronkman fails with an attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Doyle.
Doyle throws a right hand that Gronkman ducks under and follows up with a left that Gronkman also avoids with ease.
Doyle tries to bum rush Gronkman with a series of wild strikes but Gronkman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gronkman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Doyle but Doyle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Randy Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bart Gronkman.
Doyle fails to land with a series of punches.
Doyle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doyle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Doyle lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Doyle swats away the attempt to clinch by Gronkman.
Gronkman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Doyle scores a takedown into full mount!

Doyle jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Gronkman is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Gronkman and Doyle has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Gronkman is trying to improve his position.

Doyle is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gronkman has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gronkman tries to buck Doyle off but Doyle is having none of it.
Gronkman manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ground and pound from Gronkman.
Gronkman passes to full mount!
Doyle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Doyle tries to get out of the position.
Gronkman with good strikes from the mount here!
Gronkman lands a big shot there that rocks Doyle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Doyle is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gronkman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Doyle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gronkman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gronkman with shots to the head and body - Doyle looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gronkman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gronkman looks gassed!
Gronkman lands a heavy elbow.
Gronkman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gronkman raining down shots from the mount!
Gronkman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doyle's face.
Gronkman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gronkman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Doyle's face.
Gronkman cracks Doyle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gronkman raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle working to try and regain half guard.
Doyle taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Doyle is trying to escape the mount.
Gronkman with shots to the head and body - Doyle looks very uncomfortable down there.
Doyle is looking to improve his position but Gronkman isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bart Gronkman dominated that round.
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.

Doyle tries to keep at a distance but Gronkman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Doyle seems to have got his legs back now.

Gronkman jumps into guard, dragging Doyle to the mat.
Doyle won't allow Gronkman to sweep him here.
Gronkman throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gronkman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gronkman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gronkman keeping full guard, as Doyle tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doyle trying to control the position from guard on top but Gronkman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gronkman is breathing heavily.

Doyle thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gronkman tries to clinch there but Doyle circles away.
Doyle throws a series of punches but Gronkman avoids them all with ease.
Doyle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Doyle.
Doyle misses with a two punch combination.
Doyle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Doyle.
Doyle looks to land a combination but Gronkman avoids it well.
Gronkman wants to clinch up but Doyle keeps it at a distance.

Doyle closes the distance and clinches.
Gronkman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Doyle just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gronkman can't break the clinch.

Gronkman pulls guard.
Gronkman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Doyle advances position into side control!
Gronkman tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Doyle working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Doyle avoids the strikes from the bottom by Gronkman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Doyle thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gronkman is looking to regain half guard here but Doyle keeps moving and retains side control.
Gronkman prevents Doyle from moving into mount.

Gronkman throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Gronkman misses with a hook. Doyle ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gronkman looks to score with a jab to the body but Doyle is just out of range.
Doyle fails with the takedown.
Gronkman tries to clinch up.
Doyle misses with the combination.
Doyle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Randy Doyle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doyle fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Doyle!
Gronkman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Doyle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Doyle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gronkman.
Doyle misses with a series of wild punches.
Gronkman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Doyle counters with a one-two to the body.
Doyle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gronkman pinned against the cage. Gronkman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Doyle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Doyle swinging wilding here.
Gronkman fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Doyle misses.
Gronkman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Doyle.
A punch combination from Doyle misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Doyle!
Doyle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gronkman on the side of the head.
Gronkman wants to clinch
and Doyle counters with a stiff right hand.

Doyle moves into range and clinches up with Gronkman.
Gronkman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Doyle connects with a knee to the head.
Doyle prevents a takedown attempt there.
Doyle prevents the takedown attempt.
Randy Doyle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bart Gronkman.

Doyle breaks from the clinch.
Doyle misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Doyle misses.
Gronkman darts in trying to clinch
and Doyle counters with a thumping low kick.
Gronkman throws a leg kick

and Doyle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Doyle.

Gronkman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Doyle throws a series of punches but Gronkman moves out of range.
Gronkman is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Doyle hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bart Gronkman!