PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoyce Greycie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greycie has chosen Parang Tanga Lang as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Balboa
vs
Greycie

185 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
216 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Adrenaline

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hoyce Greycie!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

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

Balboa has Greycie up against the cage in a clinch.
Greycie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Greycie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Balboa avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Balboa lands a shoulder strike.
Balboa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Balboa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Greycie slips a straight right by Balboa.

Greycie gets the takedown into side control.
Balboa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Greycie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Greycie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Balboa is looking to regain half guard here but Greycie keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Greycie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Balboa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Balboa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Balboa tries to get out of the position.
Balboa is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balboa manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Greycie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Greycie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Balboa sees it coming and defends easily.
Balboa is pressing down on Greycie's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Greycie drops back, looking for a kneebar! Balboa looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Balboa looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Balboa!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Balboa stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Balboa jabs at Greycie's body.
Greycie looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greycie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Hoyce Greycie has been cut.
Balboa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Balboa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Greycie is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Balboa just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! And now a right hook, right on the button! Greycie has gone limp, and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rocky Balboa!
Rocky Balboa really struggled to get his t-shirt was on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Adrenaline logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.