PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Grabovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Hex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hex has chosen DMX: Tales From The Hood as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Grabovski
vs
Hex

187 cm
26
252 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

194 cm
22
255 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30
Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damien Grabovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonah Hex!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabovski has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hex.
Jonah Hex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grabovski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hex tries to clinch but Grabovski moves out of range.
Hex fails to land with a series of punches.
Grabovski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hex.
Hex throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grabovski fails with a takedown attempt.
Hex tries to clinch there but Grabovski circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hex stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grabovski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hex misses with a straight right.
Grabovski throws a sloppy body shot
letting Hex counter with a right hand.
Hex tries to clinch
and Grabovski counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hex moves out of range as Grabovski throws a body kick.
Grabovski blocks a leg kick.
Hex avoids the body shot from Grabovski.
Grabovski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hex moves away.
Hex moves out of range of the body kick.
Grabovski is looking to wear down Hex with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hex tries to clinch up but Grabovski circles away and keeps his distance.
Hex tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Grabovski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grabovski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hex lands a nice shot that snaps Grabovski's head back.

Hex moves into the clinch.
Grabovski wants to take the fight to the mat but Hex manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hex throws an elbow but misses.
Hex looking to throw knees to the head but Grabovski is blocking nicely.
Grabovski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hex is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Grabovski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hex throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hex obliges.
Grabovski is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hex lands a knee to the body.
Hex taking a breather.
Hex lands a knee to the body.
Hex is struggling to control the position.
Grabovski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hex lands an elbow that stopped Grabovski in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hex.
Hex scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Damien Grabovski has been cut.
Hex is pushing Grabovski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hex.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hex lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hex.
Hex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grabovski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grabovski wants a takedown but no success here.
Hex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grabovski's face.
Hex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hex stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hex is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grabovski being controlled against the cage.
Hex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grabovski's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hex pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hex is looking to clinch.
A shot to the body from Grabovski misses
and Hex counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hex is looking to clinch.
Hex tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grabovski misses the shot to the body.
Hex is looking to clinch.
Grabovski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hex tries to clinch but Grabovski moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonah Hex dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Grabovski's cut.
That's time! Grabovski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grabovski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hex is looking to clinch.
Hex tries to clinch there but Grabovski circles away.
Hex tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Grabovski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hex tries to clinch up.
Grabovski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hex counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grabovski keeps the fight on the outside.
Hex tries to clinch there but Grabovski circles away.
Grabovski throws a body kick that misses.
Jonah Hex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hex looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hex fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grabovski pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grabovski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hex wants to clinch but Grabovski slips to the side
and Grabovski counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hex tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grabovski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hex is looking to clinch.
Hex misses with a two punch combination.
Hex tries to clinch up but Grabovski circles away and keeps his distance.
Grabovski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hex tries to clinch but Grabovski is having none of it.
Hex avoids the body shot from Grabovski.
Jonah Hex is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hex will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grabovski tries to pull guard but Hex holds him up against the cage and eventually Grabovski drops back down to his feet.
Grabovski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grabovski's face.
Hex has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grabovski can't get the takedown.
Hex landing knees to the head.
Hex tries to stall but Grabovski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grabovski is defending well for now.
Jonah Hex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grabovski is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Grabovski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grabovski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grabovski avoids it.
Hex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grabovski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Hex.
Hex has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Knees to the body from Hex.
Hex will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Grabovski up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grabovski as Hex tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hex tries to land knees in the clinch but Grabovski avoids the damage to the body.
Hex stalling against the cage.
Hex lands an elbow inside that Grabovski shrugs off.

Damien Grabovski's cut is getting worse.

Grabovski tightens his grip and picks Hex up, before dumping him to the ground. Hex manages to land in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hex is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grabovski is controlling him.

Grabovski postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hex is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Grabovski, into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grabovski looking for a guillotine here but Hex defends easily.

Grabovski looking for a guillotine here but Hex defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Grabovski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonah Hex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Damien Grabovski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Grabovski swats away the attempt to clinch by Hex.
Grabovski just misses with a punch to the body.
Hex tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hex is looking to clinch but Grabovski is avoiding it.
Grabovski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hex tries to clinch but Grabovski moves out of range.
Jonah Hex seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick there by Grabovski.
Hex tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Grabovski counter with a right hand.

Grabovski tries to keep at a distance but Hex has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grabovski has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hex avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hex will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Grabovski up against the cage.
Hex unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grabovski avoids a wild elbow strike from Hex.
Hex lands a damaging elbow.
Grabovski is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hex gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hex lands a knee to the head.
Hex connects with a knee to the head.
Hex content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hex connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grabovski is defending well for now.
Hex connects with a knee to the head.
Hex is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grabovski is defending well for now.
Grabovski is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Grabovski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hex lands a good knee to the midsection. Grabovski won't want to take too many of those.
Hex trying to land knees to the body.
Grabovski is looking for a takedown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hex misses with a knee strike.
Hex landing knees to the body.
Hex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hex manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hex is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Damien Grabovski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grabovski is working for takedown but Hex is calmly controlling the position for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jonah Hex is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Knees to the body from Hex.
Hex landing knees to the head.
Hex wants to stall.
Hex is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hex gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Grabovski drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hex misses with a knee to the head.
Hex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hex tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grabovski avoids it.
Hex lands a damaging elbow.
Hex lands a good knee to the midsection. Grabovski won't want to take too many of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonah Hex comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hex winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonah Hex!
During a confident post fight interview, Jonah Hex thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.