PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Gorawski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl der Grosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gorawski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Three Six Mafia - It's a fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gorawski
vs
der Grosse

201 cm
32
219 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

181 cm
27
220 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Empire Threads
$50

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 Montreal, Mariusz Gorawski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl der Grosse!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
der Grosse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gorawski.
der Grosse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gorawski.

der Grosse shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gorawski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
der Grosse is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gorawski is controlling der Grosse's posture.
der Grosse postures up in Gorawski's guard and throws a big left but Gorawski blocks it.
Gorawski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
der Grosse with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gorawski seems keen to control der Grosse's posture.
Gorawski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mariusz Gorawski has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gorawski throws out a loose jab but der Grosse uses good head movement to avoid it.
der Grosse misses with a takedown attempt
and Gorawski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
der Grosse closes the distance and clinches up with Gorawski, looking for a takedown. der Grosse pushes Gorawski against the cage but Gorawski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
der Grosse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Gorawski misses the target.
der Grosse shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gorawski defends it nicely.
Mariusz Gorawski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl der Grosse.
der Grosse takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
der Grosse staying out of range there.

Gorawski gets a clinch.
Gorawski digs a right hand into der Grosse's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on der Grosse's gas tank.
Gorawski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gorawski throws a punch but it's blocked by der Grosse.

Gorawski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
der Grosse misses with a takedown attempt
and Gorawski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorawski misses with the combination.
der Grosse changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gorawski tries to avoid it but der Grosse manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gorawski to the ground. Gorawski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gorawski leaves der Grosse with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gorawski with a nice cross.
Gorawski scores with a leg kick.
der Grosse shoots in for a takedown but Gorawski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gorawski missing with a left hand there. der Grosse was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gorawski!
der Grosse takes a shot right to the bread basket.
der Grosse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gorawski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as der Grosse backs up against the cage.

der Grosse scores with a takedown into Gorawski's guard.
der Grosse looks winded!
der Grosse content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
der Grosse trying to control but Gorawski is working from the bottom.
der Grosse postures up in Gorawski's guard and throws a big left but Gorawski blocks it.
der Grosse trying to control the position from guard on top but Gorawski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
der Grosse scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gorawski trying to keep a closed guard but der Grosse is proving a slippery customer.
Gorawski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from der Grosse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorawski preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gorawski holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
der Grosse throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
der Grosse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
der Grosse with a flurry of punches that miss.
der Grosse in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
der Grosse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gorawski pulls der Grosse in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Gorawski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A big left from Gorawski misses.
der Grosse stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gorawski.
Gorawski slaps away a takedown attempt from der Grosse, before circling back to the center of the mat.
der Grosse fails with the takedown.
Gorawski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed der Grosse momentarily.
Gorawski connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Gorawski.
Jab, jab by Gorawski - just one landing.
The fighters circling - Gorawski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gorawski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from der Grosse.
Mariusz Gorawski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl der Grosse.
Gorawski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gorawski attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mariusz Gorawski is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
der Grosse bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gorawski moves into range and clinches up with der Grosse.
Gorawski taking a breather.
Gorawski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
der Grosse fails to pull guard.

Gorawski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
der Grosse shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gorawski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

der Grosse is rocked!
Gorawski is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! der Grosse hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mariusz Gorawski!
Mariusz Gorawski looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'That Was my 21 fight for MLC. Since the begin...Now It's closing and it's time to thanks. So big thanks to all Montreal fight fans who supported me through my whole career in here. It was a pleasure! Thanks Jeff, thanks MLC, this org will be always in me!'.