PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Grabowski struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Vega
vs
Grabowski

185 cm
24
285 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

195 cm
19
292 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronald Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vega misses with a double jab.
Grabowski lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Ronald Vega has been cut.

Vega forces Grabowski back against the ropes and clinches.
Vega wants to break free but Grabowski has control.
Vega is trying to break the clinch but Grabowski has him pressed against the ropes.
Grabowski throws a head punch that misses.
Grabowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Vega can't break the clinch.

Vega tumbles to the floor! Grabowski threw a big shot that dropped him and now Grabowski is on top looking to finish! Vega has guard but can he survive?!

Vega is rocked!
Grabowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oh Vega is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vega preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vega seems to have got his legs back now.
Vega working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grabowski.
Grabowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grabowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vega is breathing heavily.
Grabowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grabowski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grabowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski looking to pass the guard.
Grabowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grabowski preventing the sweep.
Grabowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vega works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grabowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grabowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vega is keeping the position for now.
Vega knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grabowski on the ground.
Vega avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch lands to the side of Vega 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Ronald Vega's cut is getting worse.
Nice uppercut there from Grabowski.
Ronald Vega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vega misses with a double jab.

Grabowski drops his shoulder and cracks Vega with a huge uppercut! Vega goes down! Can Grabowski finish him?

Ronald Vega's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grabowski works over Vega with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vega utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grabowski with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grabowski postures up and lands a big shot to Vega's brow.
Vega being controlled here, momentarily.
Grabowski lands a couple of digs.
Grabowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vega preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Grabowski slips nicely into half guard.
Grabowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Grabowski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Vega's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Grabowski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Jeez, Ronald Vega's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ronald Vega's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Damian Grabowski!