PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royce Grazies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Jooginz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jooginz's choice of entrance music: Break some shit. Andrew Jooginz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Grazies
vs
Jooginz

186 cm
24
198 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royce Grazies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Jooginz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grazies ducks under a wild hook from Jooginz.
Grazies tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jooginz swivels and escapes.
Jooginz takes a swing at Grazies's ribcage but misses.
Jooginz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grazies shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jooginz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jooginz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grazies gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grazies shoots for a double leg takedown but Jooginz sprawls well. He's pushed Grazies's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Grazies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jooginz lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grazies slips under a jab.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Grazies scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Grazies tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Grazies has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Grazies wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jooginz, who protects the arm well.
Jooginz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Grazies off and has taken his back!
Jooginz cracks Grazies with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Grazies from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Jooginz lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Jooginz throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Grazies!

Grazies is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Grazies rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jooginz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Grazies looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Grazies looking for submissions off his back.
Grazies is breathing heavily.
Jooginz is keen to just control but Grazies is a slippery customer.
Jooginz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grazies's head.
Grazies avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jooginz.
Jooginz drops an elbow to the side of Grazies's head.
Jooginz working over Grazies with some ground and pound. Grazies looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Jooginz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jooginz is nestled in close to Grazies, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grazies gets back to full guard.
Jooginz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jooginz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jooginz stands up over Grazies, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Grazies looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Grazies can't keep his opponent in guard - Jooginz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Grazies tries to roll over but Jooginz keeps him under control.
Jooginz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grazies's head.
Jooginz throwing shots but Grazies is blocking nicely.
Grazies keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Grazies looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grazies is not content to let Jooginz control the position.
Jooginz slips a nice elbow through Grazies's hands, connecting with Grazies's forehead.
Jooginz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Grazies looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jooginz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jooginz is looking to take a break and control but Grazies is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jooginz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jooginz drops an elbow to the side of Grazies's head.
Jooginz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jooginz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grazies defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Jooginz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jooginz throws a body punch but Grazies moves out of range.
Grazies blocks a jab.
Jooginz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grazies was well out of range. Poor timing from Jooginz.
Grazies closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jooginz circles away.
Jooginz throws a hook but Grazies blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Jooginz.
Grazies fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jooginz avoids it really well and circles away.
Jooginz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jooginz looks to land a combination. Grazies sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Royce Grazies has been cut.
Jooginz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grazies defending well as Jooginz loads up on a big left hand.
Jooginz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jooginz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grazies's head backwards.
Jooginz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Jooginz.
Grazies will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Grazies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grazies shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jooginz as he jumps to the side.
Jooginz throws out a loose jab but Grazies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grazies will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jooginz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jooginz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grazies.
Jooginz throws a jab but it's blocked by Grazies.
Jooginz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jooginz wants it to stay on the feet.
Grazies tries for a takedown but Jooginz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jooginz loads up on a big right hand but Grazies slips the punch.
Jooginz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grazies.
Jooginz takes a swing at Grazies's ribcage but misses.
Jooginz lands with a nice body punch.
Andrew Jooginz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grazies takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jooginz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Grazies has time to react.
Jooginz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jooginz jabs Grazies right on the nose. Grazies blinks but takes it well.
Grazies moves away from the strike by Jooginz.
Grazies avoids the body shot from Jooginz.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grazies shoots in for a takedown but Jooginz shows good takedown defense.
Jooginz misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Jooginz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Royce Grazies'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!

A looping hook to the body misses from Jooginz. Grazies does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grazies takes one to the chin there.
Jooginz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Grazies slips a straight right by Jooginz.
Grazies takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Grazies is rocked!
Jooginz throws the left hand but Grazies avoids the punch easily.
Oh Grazies is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jooginz drops Grazies with a naaaaasty hook - Grazies is in real trouble here! Jooginz dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Jooginz!