PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Macedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Macedo
vs
Grant

175 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Win Nutritional

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Macedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Grant!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macedo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grant will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Macedo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Macedo trying to control the action but Grant is working from the bottom.
Macedo prevents Grant from improving his position.
Macedo is looking to take a break and control but Grant is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Macedo throwing shots but Grant is blocking nicely.

Macedo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Macedo prevents Grant from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grant kicks Macedo off and gets back to his feet.

Macedo takes the fight into the clinch.
Grant tries to stall but Macedo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Macedo scores with a knee to the head.

Macedo is trying to trip Grant. He has hold of a leg but Grant is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Macedo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Macedo wanted to stand there but Grant had control of the position.
Grant is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grant stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grant is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Grant is working for a submission of some sort.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Macedo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Grant looks gassed!
A head kick misses from Macedo.
Macedo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Grant.

It looks like Jeff Grant has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grant darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Grant tries to pass to full mount but Macedo defends it.
Macedo trying to get back to full guard but Grant takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Macedo tries to control the position but Grant now has his back.
Grant has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Macedo.

Grant is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Macedo is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jeff Grant!