PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ponury grabaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

grabaz
vs
Bush

188 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, ponury grabaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Bush!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bush wants a takedown but no success here.
grabaz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
grabaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Bush.
grabaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bushs head.

It looks like Eric Bush has been cut.
Bush is trying to work for a single leg takedown but grabaz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bush avoiding damage.
grabaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Bush.
grabaz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bush pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bush blocking some punches.
Bush should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
grabaz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bush prevents it.
grabaz digs a right hand into Bush's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bush's gas tank.
grabaz scores with a nice hook to the head.

grabaz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
grabaz is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bush is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
grabaz wants to get back to his feet.
Bush works his way to full guard. Good work.
grabaz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bush has a closed guard, preventing grabaz from standing up.
Bush looking to control.
Bush wants to get back to his feet but grabaz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

grabaz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
grabaz fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ponury grabaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bush darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bush content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
grabaz tries to kick Bush off but Bush keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bush is controlling the pace.
Bush trying to control from half guard but grabaz is working away.
Bush prevents grabaz from standing back up.
Bush content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush prevents grabaz from standing back up.
Bush looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

grabaz looking for submissions off his back.
grabaz is in trouble now - Bush has advanced to mount!
Bush controlling from mount.

Despite being in the dominant position, Eric Bush just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Bush closes the distance and pushes grabaz back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bush has dropped down and is working for a takedown. grabaz is trying to keep an underhook but Bush manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Bush stands up from half guard.
grabaz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
grabaz fails with the takedown

and Bush counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bush gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bush looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Bush dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Bush's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bush darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bush is trying to control. grabaz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

grabaz looking for submissions off his back.
Bush works his way into side control.
Bush is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bush wants to lay and pray for a moment but grabaz keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bush is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. grabaz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
grabaz is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Bush has worked his way into a potential kimura here. grabaz is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Bush yanks on the arm and grabaz is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Bush.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eric Bush!