PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Borg Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guara Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Borg Jr
vs
Grove

184 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

205 cm
24
176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bjorn Borg Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guara Grove!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grove gets a clinch.
Borg Jr is trying to force a seperation but Grove has the dominant position.
The referee calls for Borg Jr to work.
Grove tries to stall but Borg Jr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grove is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Borg Jr has denied him.
Grove is looking for a takedown.
Borg Jr tries a body shot but Grove blocks it.
Borg Jr avoids a wild elbow strike from Grove.
A short uppercut from Borg Jr.
Borg Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Borg Jr slowing the pace effectively.
Grove is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grove.
Grove is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bjorn Borg Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Guara Grove.
Borg Jr can't break the clinch.
Grove is looking to break free of the clinch but Borg Jr has double underhooks.
Grove is trying to stall.
Borg Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Grove controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Borg Jr.
Grove trying to stall but Borg Jr improves his position.
Borg Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grove stalling in the clinch.
Borg Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grove's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Borg Jr.
Grove throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borg Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Borg Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Borg Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Borg Jr is pushing Grove up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Grove breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grove avoids the body shot from Borg Jr.
Borg Jr takes a swing at Grove's ribcage but misses.
Grove steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borg Jr.
Grove chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grove fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grove uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Borg Jr.
Borg Jr throws a good cross that connects.
Grove is looking to clinch but Borg Jr is avoiding it.
Borg Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grove uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Borg Jr.
Grove throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Borg Jr drives through and clinches with Grove against the cage.

Grove pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grove misses with a head kick.
Borg Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Borg Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Grove.
Borg Jr avoids the head kick by Grove.
Grove tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Borg Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grove goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Borg Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Borg Jr connects with the punch.
Borg Jr misses with a body shot.
Grove ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Borg Jr misses the shot to the body.
Grove takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Grove lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grove steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borg Jr.
Borg Jr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grove throws a shot to the body.
Borg Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grove's hands.

Grove is rocked!
Grove misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grove lets loose with a powerful body kick. Borg Jr will feel that in the morning.
Borg Jr drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Grove right on the button. Grove goes down! Borg Jr follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Borg Jr gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bjorn Borg Jr!
Bjorn Borg Jr decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.