PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lord Of Grappling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde Bowser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Of Grappling
vs
Bowser

190 cm
26
201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
20
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lord Of Grappling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wayde Bowser!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowser tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grappling paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bowser tries to clinch but Grappling moves away

and Grappling counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bowser won't be happy with that.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Grappling controls the position.
Bowser is trying to get back to his feet.
Grappling taking a break here but Bowser is having none of it and regains half guard.
Grappling tries to pass to full mount but Bowser defends it.
Grappling stops Bowser from getting back to his feet.
Bowser won't allow Grappling to pass to mount.
Bowser is staying active underneath Grappling, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowser is in trouble now - Grappling has advanced to mount!
Grappling trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Grappling is looking to work his way around to Bowser's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Bowser is squirming around, avoiding Grappling's attempts to control the action.
Bowser trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowser is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Grappling has taken his back!
Bowser is trying to get back to his feet but Grappling has full control of the position and if anything, Bowser has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Grappling is trying to control but Bowser is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.

Bowser somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Grappling gets tackled into the cage by Bowser. Bowser maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Bowser.
Bowser unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bowser is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Grappling is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bowser is defending well.
Bowser crunches a lovely knee into Grappling's ribcage.
Bowser effectively controlling the action here.
Bowser using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grappling is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowser lands a good knee to the midsection. Grappling won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bowser obliges.
Bowser lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Bowser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowser stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bowser working Grappling over with knees to the body.
Bowser lands an elbow just above Grappling 's eye.

It looks like Lord Of Grappling has been cut.
Bowser lands a knee to the head.
Bowser connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grappling's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bowser obliges.
Bowser lands an elbow that stopped Grappling in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bowser.

Grappling is rocked!
Bowser lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Grappling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bowser just leaning against Grappling, taking a breather.
Grappling is pressed against the cage. Bowser pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Grappling! Two more big strikes from Bowser and Grappling crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Wayde Bowser!
Wayde Bowser decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.