PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Mortis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur.... Mortis has chosen Crush 'em by Megadeth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grossman
vs
Mortis

190 cm
28
217 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

190 cm
30
218 lbs
23 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Grace Grappling Gear

Down Under - Supplements.160Q Video Proof

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 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Les Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Mortis!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman connects with a single shot there.
Grossman moves out of range of the body kick.

Grossman closes the distance and pushes Mortis back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grossman.
A bit of stalling here from Grossman.
Grossman gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Grossman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mortis backwards.
Mortis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grossman throws a head punch that misses.
Mortis looking to slow down the pace here.
Mortis is trying to break the clinch but Grossman is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman throws a head punch that misses.
Mortis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mortis is looking to break free of the clinch but Grossman has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Grossman.
Grossman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mortis is trying to push Grossman away but Grossman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grossman is looking for a takedown.
Grossman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mortis tries to break free but Grossman pushes him back against the cage.
Mortis prevents a body shot from Grossman.
Mortis blocks an uppercut.
Grossman misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grossman wants a takedown but no success here.
Mortis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grossman has him pressed against the cage.
Grossman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grossman misses with the head strike.
Grossman misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Grossman fails to land.
Mortis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Mortis manages to break the clinch.
Mortis scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mortis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mortis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grossman circles away quickly and effectively.
Grossman feints a jab promting Mortis to slip. Grossman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mortis slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A slow jab from Mortis misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman lands with a hook. Mortis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mortis tries to land a front kick but Grossman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grossman misses the shot to the body.
Mortis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grossman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grossman checks a leg kick.
Mortis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mortis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mortis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grossman misses with a few strikes there.
Mortis throws a leg kick but Grossman checks it.
Grossman shoots and misses
and Mortis counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Les Grossman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mortis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mortis throws a leg kick but Grossman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grossman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mortis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grossman to score with a decent uppercut.
Grossman throws out a loose jab but Mortis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grossman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mortis throws out the jab.
Grossman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mortis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mortis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Mortis misses.
Mortis misses with a few strikes there.
Grossman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mortis.
Grossman takes one to the chin there.
Kyle Mortis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mortis misses with a straight right.
Mortis loads up on a big right hand but Grossman slips the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mortis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grossman.
Grossman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mortis throws a hook to the side of Grossman's head but Grossman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Les Grossman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mortis throws a series of punches but Grossman moves out of range.
Grossman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Mortis sizes up Grossman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grossman moves away from the strike by Mortis.
Grossman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grossman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mortis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grossman was well out of range. Poor timing from Mortis.
Mortis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Grossman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grossman throws a right and a left that Mortis avoids nicely.
Nice body punch from Grossman.
Mortis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mortis throws a nice looking combination but Grossman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mortis is breathing heavily.
Mortis digs a good hook to Grossman's body.
Les Grossman is winning the standup battle so far.
Mortis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Grossman.
Grossman cracks Mortis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grossman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grossman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Kyle Mortis has been cut.
Mortis misses with a two punch combination.
Grossman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grossman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grossman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Mortis is rocked!

Grossman shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mortis napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mortis is still in real trouble! Can Grossman finish him?
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Grossman tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mortis seems to have recovered his senses.
Grossman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Mortis is squirming around, avoiding Grossman's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grossman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Grossman raining down shots from the mount!
Grossman with good strikes from the mount here!
Mortis is looking to improve his position but Grossman isn't that keen on the idea.
Grossman controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Grossman cracks Mortis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grossman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mortis tries to hold on but Grossman postures up.
Grossman breaks from Mortis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grossman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grossman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Grossman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Mortis covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Les Grossman!
Les Grossman made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'It's great to get a win tonight but tonight is not about me. I want to take this moment on behalf of the Copeland Fight Team to thank Reach and Chuck Grace for everything they've done with the org and for giving the chance for so many fighters to compete, it's been one hell of a ride!'.