PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronny Sizemore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Grover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sizemore comes to the cage accompanied by Who Told You - Reprazent. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sizemore
vs
Grover

188 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronny Sizemore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phillip Grover!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grover misses with a jab, cross combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sizemore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grover blocks it with crossed arms.
Grover wants to break free but Sizemore has control.
Sizemore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grover has had enough of the clinch but Sizemore keeps him there for the moment.
Grover wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sizemore lands a knee to the head.
Grover tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sizemore just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sizemore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sizemore gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Grover regains guard.
Sizemore wants to pass the guard but Grover is keeping the position.
Sizemore won't allow Grover to sweep him here.
Sizemore slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Grover wants to stand and escape but Sizemore is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sizemore trying to stand up but can't free himself from Grover's guard.
Sizemore is breathing heavily.
Sizemore tries to free his leg and advance position but Grover is retaining full guard.
Sizemore throwing strikes from guard but Grover blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grover swinging wilding here.
Grover darts in trying to clinch

and Sizemore moves into the clinch.
Sizemore misses with an elbow strike.
Sizemore is pressed up against the cage. Grover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sizemore down to the mat. Sizemore avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Grover doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sizemore holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ronny Sizemore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phillip Grover.
Sizemore is working for takedown but Grover is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sizemore prevents Grover from breaking the clinch.
Sizemore looking to throw knees to the head but Grover is blocking nicely.
Grover tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sizemore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grover's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grover can't break the clinch.
Grover has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sizemore avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sizemore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Phillip Grover has been cut.
Sizemore landing knees to the head.

Sizemore gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Sizemore decides to stand up.

Grover gets caught flat footed, as Sizemore shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Grover is trying to control the position but Sizemore postures up.

Sizemore stands up from Grover's guard - Sizemore perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Grover throws a right hand that Sizemore ducks under and follows up with a left that Sizemore also avoids with ease.
Grover tries to clinch up but Sizemore circles away and keeps his distance.
Grover lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Sizemore is rocked!

It looks like Ronny Sizemore has been cut.
Sizemore fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grover has his takedown stuffed

and Sizemore counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore crunches a lovely knee into Grover's ribcage.
Sizemore lands an elbow just above Grover 's eye.
Sizemore crunches a lovely knee into Grover's ribcage.
Sizemore lands a damaging elbow.
Sizemore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sizemore is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Grover gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sizemore lands a knee to the body.
Sizemore drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grover pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sizemore darts in trying to clinch
and Grover counters with a leg kick.
Grover looks for a takedown but Sizemore sprawls well.
Sizemore missing with a left hand there. Grover was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sizemore circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sizemore counters by clinching up.
Sizemore misses with a knee strike.
Grover prevents the takedown attempt.
Sizemore is pressed up against the cage. Grover has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sizemore down to the mat. Sizemore avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grover has his takedown stuffed

and Sizemore decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grover's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sizemore stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Grover fails to land with a series of punches.
Grover circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sizemore tries to clinch but Grover moves out of range.
Grover falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sizemore counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sizemore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grover looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grover has a closed guard, preventing Sizemore from standing up.
Sizemore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grover trying to keep a closed guard but Sizemore is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronny Sizemore dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Sizemore is looking to clinch but Grover is avoiding it.

Grover has Sizemore up against the cage in a clinch.
Grover tries to break the clinch but Sizemore is controlling the position.
Sizemore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grover.
Knees to the body from Sizemore.
Sizemore connects with a knee to the head.
Grover wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sizemore scores with a knee to the head.
Sizemore landing knees to the body.
Sizemore lands a damaging elbow.
Sizemore lands an elbow that stopped Grover in his tracks for a moment.
Grover gets underhooks to prevent Sizemore's takedown attempt.
Sizemore lands an elbow inside.
Grover tries to break the clinch but Sizemore is controlling the position.
Grover tries to break the clinch but Sizemore is controlling the position.
Sizemore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sizemore lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sizemore.
Sizemore avoids the elbow strike from Grover, against the cage.
Sizemore can't get the takedown.
Grover has had enough of the clinch but Sizemore keeps him there for the moment.
Grover is trying to break free.
Grover lands with a left to the head.
Grover is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sizemore lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Phillip Grover's cut even more.
Sizemore prevents Grover from breaking the clinch.
Sizemore drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronny Sizemore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grover wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grover stops a takedown attempt from Sizemore.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grover wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sizemore takes an elbow to the temple.
Sizemore is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Grover has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sizemore avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sizemore tries to land knees in the clinch but Grover avoids the damage to the body.
Grover can't get the takedown.
Grover takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sizemore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grover tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sizemore scores with a knee to the head.
Grover tries to pull guard but Sizemore holds him up against the cage and eventually Grover drops back down to his feet.

Sizemore has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Grover is trying to keep an underhook but Sizemore manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Grover wants to control but Sizemore is keeping busy and won't allow it.
It looks like Sizemore is going to stand back up.
Grover punching from the bottom.
Grover regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sizemore.
Sizemore wants to control from the top but Grover keeps moving.
Grover utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grover is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Sizemore gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Ronny Sizemore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grover fails with the takedown.

Sizemore clinches with his opponent.
Sizemore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Sizemore.

The cut above Phillip Grover's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sizemore lands an elbow just above Grover 's eye.
Sizemore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sizemore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Phillip Grover's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Sizemore tries for a takedown. No joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sizemore lands an elbow just above Grover 's eye.
Sizemore landing knees to the body.

Sizemore gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sizemore wants to stand but Grover has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sizemore trying to control the position from guard on top but Grover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Grover throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sizemore is looking to work some ground and pound but Grover has wrist control.

Sizemore decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sizemore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grover can do to turn this around?
Grover looks to clinch

and Sizemore counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sizemore lands an elbow that stopped Grover in his tracks for a moment.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ronny Sizemore!