PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark van Bommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Bommel has chosen Metallica-Battery as his entrance music. Terrance Grayson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Grayson
vs
van Bommel

181 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
172 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terrance Grayson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark van Bommel!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
van Bommel just misses with a punch to the body.
van Bommel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grayson.
van Bommel looks to land a combination but Grayson avoids it well.
Grayson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grayson missing with a left hand there. van Bommel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
van Bommel missing with a left hand there. Grayson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grayson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract van Bommel.
van Bommel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
van Bommel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Terrance Grayson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bommel lands an overhand right.
van Bommel throws a series of punches but Grayson moves out of range.
Grayson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grayson scores with a nice strike.
van Bommel just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
van Bommel throws a jab when Grayson was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel misses with a straight left.
van Bommel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grayson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Grayson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Bommel throws a combination that misses
and Grayson counters with a three punch combo that has van Bommel backing up. van Bommel nods at Grayson to acknowledge the strikes.
van Bommel misses with a double jab.
van Bommel throws a series of punches but Grayson avoids them all with ease.
Grayson misses with a combination
and van Bommel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson fails to land with a series of punches.
Grayson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from van Bommel. Grayson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grayson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grayson slips a straight right by van Bommel.
Grayson throws a shot from downtown. van Bommel moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Grayson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
van Bommel misses with a few strikes there.
Grayson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Grayson misses.
van Bommel just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson slips a straight right by van Bommel.
van Bommel moves into range and connects with a jab.
van Bommel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Terrance Grayson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grayson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of van Bommel's head.
Grayson falls off balance throwing a combination
and van Bommel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van Bommel moves away from the strike by Grayson.
van Bommel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van Bommel misses with a hook. Grayson ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grayson slips under a jab.
Grayson scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches van Bommel on the side of the head.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by van Bommel.
Grayson misses with a hook. van Bommel ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Grayson misses.
van Bommel looks to land a right hand but Grayson moved out of range.
Terrance Grayson is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from van Bommel misses the target.
van Bommel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grayson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two 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.
van Bommel scores with a nice head shot.
van Bommel missing with a left hand there. Grayson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
van Bommel throws a front kick aimed at Grayson's knee but Grayson avoids it well.
Good leg kick by van Bommel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grayson misses with a wild combination.

van Bommel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
van Bommel wants to free his trapped foot but Grayson is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson tries to kick van Bommel off but van Bommel keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Bommel trying to control from half guard but Grayson is working away.
van Bommel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
van Bommel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
van Bommel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
van Bommel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grayson defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
van Bommel is trying to control. Grayson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Grayson wants to get back to his feet.
van Bommel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grayson is trying to stand back up but van Bommel is controlling him
van Bommel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grayson wants to get back to his feet.
van Bommel wants to pass to mount but Grayson is defending the position.
van Bommel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grayson keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark van Bommel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A bone on bone clash there as Grayson blocks the leg kick.
van Bommel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grayson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grayson misses with a jab, cross combination.
van Bommel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
van Bommel blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van Bommel's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and van Bommel duly obliges.
Grayson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bommel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grayson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
van Bommel works Grayson's body with a nice hook.
van Bommel dives in and grabs Grayson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Grayson pushes down on van Bommel's head and hops out.
Grayson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and van Bommel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
van Bommel tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
van Bommel throws out a loose jab but Grayson uses good head movement to avoid it.
van Bommel moves out of range as Grayson strikes.
van Bommel slips a jab and a cross from Grayson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel pushes Grayson away with a front kick.
Grayson misses with the combination.
van Bommel wants to clinch.
van Bommel clobbers Grayson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Grayson misses its intended target.
van Bommel misses with an uppercut. Grayson saw that one coming.
Grayson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van Bommel.
van Bommel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grayson ducks under a wild hook from van Bommel.
Grayson misses the shot to the body.
van Bommel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terrance Grayson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van Bommel fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four 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.
van Bommel throws a series of punches but Grayson moves out of range.
A punch combination from van Bommel misses.
van Bommel misses with a combination
and Grayson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
van Bommel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Grayson checks it well.
The fighters circling - Grayson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark van Bommel really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Grayson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
van Bommel throws a series of punches but Grayson avoids them all with ease.
van Bommel tries for a takedown but Grayson circles away easily
enabling Grayson to counter with a crisp jab.
van Bommel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grayson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
van Bommel fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
van Bommel scores with the left hand. Grayson knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson slips a straight right by van Bommel.
Grayson misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Grayson misses its intended target.
van Bommel dips to his left and cracks Grayson with an uppercut!
van Bommel misses with a looping left.
van Bommel fails to land with a series of punches.
van Bommel with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van Bommel lunges at Grayson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grayson's hand.
Grayson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
van Bommel throws a body punch but Grayson moves out of range.
van Bommel throws a right and a left that Grayson avoids nicely.
van Bommel sizes up Grayson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Grayson scores with a one two! van Bommel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
van Bommel throws a series of punches but Grayson avoids them all with ease.
van Bommel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grayson at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grayson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
van Bommel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grayson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van Bommel.
van Bommel throws the left hand but Grayson avoids the punch easily.
Grayson misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from van Bommel misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson misses with a wild combination.
Grayson misses with a two punch combination.
van Bommel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grayson.
van Bommel looks to throw the jab but Grayson is out of range.
A combination from van Bommel does no damage.
van Bommel misses with an uppercut. Grayson saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Mark van Bommel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

van Bommel throws a hook but Grayson avoids it easily.
Grayson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grayson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
van Bommel misses with the combination.
van Bommel shoots in and drives through. Grayson sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from van Bommel misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van Bommel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grayson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Grayson blocks a jab.
van Bommel misses with a straight right.
van Bommel stuns Grayson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
van Bommel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grayson throws a predictable looking body shot
and van Bommel counters with a stiff right hand.
Terrance Grayson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of van Bommel's head.
A swing and a miss from van Bommel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. van Bommel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grayson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van Bommel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grayson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danga de danga de dang - van Bommel scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Bommel throws a hook but Grayson avoids it easily.
Grayson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mark van Bommel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel fails in his attempt to clinch.
van Bommel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
van Bommel wants to clinch.
van Bommel throws a front kick aimed at Grayson's knee but Grayson avoids it well.
van Bommel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grayson counters with a three punch combo that has van Bommel backing up. van Bommel nods at Grayson to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grayson falls off balance throwing a combination
letting van Bommel counter with a right hand.
Grayson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
van Bommel throws a leg kick but Grayson checks it.
Grayson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Terrance Grayson.
Well van Bommel 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 47:49
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 48:48
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Terrance Grayson retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!