PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthews has chosen Drown in the Now as his entrance music. John Matthews looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Grigoriev
vs
Matthews

185 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Proof Supplements

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolay Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grigoriev misses with a few strikes there.
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grigoriev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matthews moves away.

Grigoriev drives through with a takedown into guard.
Grigoriev stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Matthews swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grigoriev passes Matthews's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Grigoriev wants to pass the guard but Matthews is defending well.
Nice strikes from Grigoriev there.
Matthews is staying active underneath Grigoriev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Matthews is in trouble now - Grigoriev has advanced to mount!
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Matthews is in trouble!
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Matthews taking shots to the head.
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Grigoriev lands a nice shot to the head.
Grigoriev lands with some strikes.
Matthews looks gassed!
Matthews is in a horrible position here. Grigoriev smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthews is in a horrible position here. Grigoriev smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Matthews is rocked!
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Matthews is in trouble!

Matthews defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev dominating with strikes here.
Grigoriev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Matthews looks a forlorn figure.
Grigoriev with the ground and pound from mount.
Matthews is bucking up trying to escape but Grigoriev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Grigoriev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Grigoriev is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Matthews has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Grigoriev scoring with strikes but Matthews is staying in there.
Grigoriev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Matthews is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev is landing with some decent strikes but Matthews is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Grigoriev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Matthews is in a horrible position here. Grigoriev smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grigoriev raining down shots from the mount!
Grigoriev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Grigoriev is landing with some decent strikes but Matthews is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Matthews hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Grigoriev swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nikolay Grigoriev!