PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mattias Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Quackenbush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grabowski comes to the cage accompanied by Forever by Throwdown. Quackenbush comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Write Sins Not Tragedies kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Seamus Quackenbush struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.1lbs 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. Seamus Quackenbush has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grabowski
vs
Quackenbush

188 cm
26
274 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

208 cm
26
275 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mattias Grabowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seamus Quackenbush!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quackenbush throws a chopping leg kick but Grabowski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quackenbush looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Quackenbush misses the shot to the body.
Quackenbush looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Quackenbush.
Quackenbush misses with a lunging right hand
and Grabowski counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Quackenbush shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grabowski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quackenbush slips a jab and a cross from Grabowski.
Grabowski is looking to land body kicks.
Grabowski loads up on a big right hand but Quackenbush slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Quackenbush checks a leg kick.
Grabowski shoots in for a takedown but Quackenbush shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quackenbush throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski checks a low kick from Quackenbush.
Quackenbush throws a half hearted mid kick.
Grabowski thows a leg kick but Quackenbush checks it
and Quackenbush makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grabowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski checks a leg kick.
Quackenbush avoids the body shot from Grabowski.
Quackenbush attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grabowski misses with a body kick.
Quackenbush avoids the head kick by Grabowski.
Quackenbush moves out of range of the leg kick from Grabowski.

That's two 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.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Quackenbush enables Grabowski to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Quackenbush manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Grabowski stays in close to Quackenbush's body and controls the position.
Grabowski passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Grabowski in side control, throwing shots but Quackenbush defends.
Quackenbush is not content to let Grabowski control the position.
Grabowski working the ground and pound.
Quackenbush seems a little lost for a moment, as Grabowski dominates the positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Quackenbush can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grabowski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Grabowski lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quackenbush takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Grabowski tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Grabowski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ground and pound from Grabowski seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Grabowski working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Quackenbush seems a little lost for a moment, as Grabowski dominates the positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Grabowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quackenbush manages to avoid it.
Quackenbush misses with a low kick.
Grabowski misses with a body shot.
Quackenbush throws a leg kick but Grabowski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grabowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quackenbush manages to avoid it.
Grabowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grabowski misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grabowski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quackenbush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quackenbush is breathing heavily.
Quackenbush takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski misses with a body shot.
Grabowski misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grabowski swings for the body but Quackenbush moves out of range.
Grabowski misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grabowski. Quackenbush does a little dance to reset his feet.

Grabowski darts in and clinches Quackenbush up against the cage.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Quackenbush is controlling him.
Quackenbush prevents Grabowski from breaking the clinch.
Quackenbush struggles to land a body shot inside as Grabowski controls his hands.
Grabowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Grabowski is trying to force a seperation but Quackenbush has the dominant position.
Grabowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Grabowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Grabowski wants to break free but Quackenbush has control.

Grabowski has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Quackenbush regains guard immediately.
Grabowski content to stall in guard here.
Grabowski wants to control from the top but Quackenbush keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mattias Grabowski just wasn't active enough.
Grabowski throws a low kick but Quackenbush avoids it.
Seamus Quackenbush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Grabowski moves into range and clinches up with Quackenbush.
Quackenbush keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grabowski's efforts to push away.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Quackenbush has him pressed against the cage.
Grabowski can't break the clinch.

Grabowski has picked Quackenbush up - he's going for a ride! Grabowski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Grabowski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grabowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Quackenbush really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grabowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grabowski is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Grabowski is working for a kimura but Quackenbush is defending it quite comfortably.
Grabowski thows a huge punch but Quackenbush dodges it nicely.

Grabowski is trying to work for a kimura but Quackenbush is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mattias Grabowski dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Quackenbush takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quackenbush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grabowski.
Grabowski throws a right hand that misses
and Quackenbush counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Grabowski just misses with a punch to the body.

Grabowski shoots in and bounces Quackenbush off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Grabowski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Quackenbush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grabowski thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Grabowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grabowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Grabowski landing with the ground and pound.
Grabowski throwing strikes from guard but Quackenbush blocks nicely.
Quackenbush keeping moving, preventing Grabowski from controlling successfully.
Grabowski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Quackenbush's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski working over Quackenbush with some ground and pound. Quackenbush looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Grabowski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Grabowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Grabowski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Grabowski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Quackenbush for as long as he can get away with.
Grabowski works his way into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski slows the pace down.

Grabowski is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Quackenbush has escaped the position, nice work there.

Grabowski is trying to get an arm triangle but Quackenbush is defending well.
Check out the look on Grabowski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mattias Grabowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Quackenbush's shoulder. That is not cool.
Grabowski works to advance to full mount. Quackenbush defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Grabowski looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mattias Grabowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grabowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mattias Grabowski!