PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Groves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Groves is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Voices in the air. Geoffrey Powell is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Powell
vs
Groves

192 cm
20
218 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Vitality

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Geoffrey Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryce Groves!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Groves gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Powell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Powell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Groves slips a jab and a cross from Powell.
Powell throws a hook to the side of Groves's head but Groves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Groves tries to close the distance and clinch but Powell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Powell slaps away a takedown attempt from Groves, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Powell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Geoffrey Powell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Groves tries for a takedown but Powell circles away easily
and Powell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Geoffrey Powell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryce Groves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Groves with a poor takedown

and Powell counters with a crisp right hand that drops Groves! Powell lets Groves back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Groves is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groves has his takedown stuffed
and Powell counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Geoffrey Powell!
An out of breath Geoffrey Powell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.