PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egil Grim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Grim
vs
Sutter

190 cm
27
236 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

188 cm
24
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Egil Grim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Sutter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grim on the side of the head.
Grim swings away with a body shot that misses

and Sutter counters with a takedown into side control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sutter working the ground and pound.

Sutter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grim knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Grim is trying to get back to half guard.
Sutter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grim keeps working.
Grim is trying to get back to his feet.
Sutter scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Grim to see if he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grim taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sutter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sutter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grim keeps working.
Sutter scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Grim to see if he's OK.
Sutter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Sutter is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Grim is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Grim is not content to let Sutter control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grim gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Grim makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Grim misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sutter. Grim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Grim misses.
A big right from Grim misses.
Grim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grim swings widly with a right hand
and Sutter counters with a left to the body.
Grim throws an off balance right hand

and Sutter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Sutter gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Sutter.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutter prevents Grim from improving his position.
Grim wants to get back to his feet.
Grim trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sutter content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sutter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grim has hold of Sutter's hands but Sutter slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grim wants to get back to his feet.
Sutter working over Grim with some ground and pound. Grim looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sutter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sutter connects with a nice short shot to Grim's temple.
Sutter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grim is looking to escape.
Sutter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grim trying to control from the bottom.
Grim taking some punishment here, with Sutter in his half guard.
Sutter wants to take a breather but Grim is having none of it.
Sutter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sutter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sutter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grim keeps working.
Grim is trying to stand back up but Sutter is controlling him
Grim wants to control but Sutter is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sutter working over Grim with some ground and pound. Grim looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutter takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sutter working over Grim with some ground and pound. Grim looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Grim is rocked!

Sutter is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Grim doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sutter.
Oh Grim is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sutter lands a nice short elbow.
Sutter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grim does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grim seems to have got his legs back now.

Sutter is working for a submission of some sort.
Grim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sutter drops an elbow to the side of Grim's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutter prevents Grim from standing back up.
Sutter takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sutter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sutter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sutter lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Sutter dominated that round.
That's time! Grim's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sutter has taken the fight to the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mark Sutter has been cut.
Sutter avoids the elbow strike from Grim, against the cage.
Sutter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Grim gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Grim has a couple of punches blocked by Sutter.
Sutter pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grim obliges.
Sutter lands a left hand.
Sutter blocks an elbow strike.
Grim can't break the clinch.
Sutter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grim crunches a lovely knee into Sutter's ribcage.
Grim blocks an elbow strike from Sutter.
Grim scores with a nice hook to the head.

Sutter lands a takedown into guard.
Sutter stops Grim from standing up.
Grim throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Grim manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sutter manages to get himself to full guard.
Grim wants to control from the top but Sutter keeps moving.
Sutter wants to sweep here but Grim controlling him for the moment.
Sutter controlling the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grim wants to control from the top but Sutter keeps moving.
Grim throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutter managing to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Egil Grim wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sutter misses with a wild body shot.

Sutter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sutter not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grim looks like he's trying to stand up.
Grim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sutter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Grim avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sutter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grim is not content to let Sutter control the position.
Grim taking some punishment here, with Sutter in his half guard.

Sutter is looking for a kimura here.
Sutter drops an elbow to the side of Grim's head.
Sutter prevents Grim from standing back up.
Sutter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grim looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sutter is nestled in close to Grim, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sutter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sutter lands with a punch from half guard.
Grim is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sutter scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutter scores with a big shot! Grim's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Grim! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Sutter!