PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bolli Gru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Krycewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gru comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Gru
vs
Krycewski

182 cm
19
149 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

172 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bolli Gru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Piotr Krycewski!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gru fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krycewski stuffs the takedown.
Krycewski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gru blocks a head kick by Krycewski.
Gru fails to land with a series of punches.
Gru rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Krycewski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Krycewski walks into a straight right hand from Gru.
Krycewski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gru closes the distance and clinches up with Krycewski, looking for a takedown. Gru pushes Krycewski against the cage but Krycewski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krycewski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krycewski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Krycewski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Bolli Gru has been cut.
Krycewski misses with a series of wild punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Krycewski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gru waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Krycewski.

Gru gets caught flat footed, as Krycewski shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gru is breathing heavily.
Gru working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gru wants to sweep but no luck.
Gru controls Krycewski momentarily but Krycewski frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krycewski wants to control from the top but Gru keeps moving.
Krycewski is looking to stand up but Gru won't let him.
Krycewski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Krycewski wants to pass the guard but Gru is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krycewski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Krycewski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Krycewski wants to work for an arm triangle but Gru is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Krycewski wants to control but Gru is keeping him busy.
Krycewski controlling the action here.

Krycewski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gru holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Gru wants to get back to full guard but Krycewski has passed into side control.
Krycewski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Krycewski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gru?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Krycewski tries to control but Gru wriggling away.
Krycewski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gru really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Krycewski breaks from Gru's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Krycewski looking for a guillotine from mount but Gru is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Krycewski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Krycewski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bolli Gru's cut.
That's time! Gru's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gru lands a jab-cross combination.
Horrible takedown by Krycewski or perhaps it was just good defense by Gru which made him look bad.
Gru shoots in looking for a takedown. Krycewski tries to sprawl out of it but Gru keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Krycewski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gru tries to close the distance and clinch but Krycewski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krycewski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gru.
Gru connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Krycewski momentarily.

Gru feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Krycewski is trying to control the position but Gru postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krycewski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gru's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gru is trying to keep Krycewski in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krycewski trying to control the position from guard on top but Gru is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gru avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krycewski trying to control but Gru is working from the bottom.
Gru is pulling down on Krycewski's head. It's preventing any offense from Krycewski, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Krycewski wants to get up but he can't break Gru's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Krycewski trying to control but Gru is working from the bottom.
Krycewski has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gru is proving hard to escape from.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gru fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Krycewski instigates a clinch.

Krycewski breaks from the clinch.

Krycewski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Krycewski has picked Gru up - he's going for a ride! Krycewski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gru is looking to escape.
Krycewski prevents Gru from improving his position.
Gru is trying to stand up here but Krycewski is controlling him well.
Krycewski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gru's head.
Krycewski content to control rather than advance.
Gru wants to improve his position but Krycewski is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krycewski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gru with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gru wants to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Krycewski takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Krycewski jumps guard and drags Gru to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Krycewski trying to keep a closed guard but Gru is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Piotr Krycewski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bolli Gru'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!

Krycewski closes the distance and clinches up with Gru, looking for a takedown. Krycewski pushes Gru against the cage but Gru circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krycewski swats away the attempt to clinch by Gru.
Krycewski misses with a body shot.
Krycewski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gru was well out of range. Poor timing from Krycewski.
Gru lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gru.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gru.
Gru closes this distance looking for a takedown but Krycewski circles away.
Krycewski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bolli Gru is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krycewski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gru backs up against the cage.

Gru shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gru showed some decent athleticism there.
Gru is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krycewski keeping control of the position.
Krycewski is looking for a sweep. Gru is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Krycewski looking for a kimura from the bottom but Gru passes into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gru trying to control the action but Krycewski is working from the bottom.
Krycewski is looking to reverse the position.
Krycewski regains half guard.
Gru wants to lay and pray for a moment but Krycewski keeps working.
Gru is really struggling to control Krycewski but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gru not doing much here.
Krycewski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Krycewski trying to control the position.
Gru stopping the sweep attempt from Krycewski.

Gru decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Bolli Gru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four 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.
Gru shoots in looking for a takedown. Krycewski tries to sprawl out of it but Gru keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Krycewski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Krycewski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Gru scores with a takedown into Krycewski's guard.

Krycewski has his foot on Gru's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gru works his way back into a safe position though.
Bolli Gru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Piotr Krycewski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gru working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bolli Gru showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Krycewski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piotr Krycewski!