PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Grand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Dove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grand might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out. Dove is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Renegades of Funk. Frank Grand looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Grand
vs
Dove

183 cm
26
177 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Grand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Dove!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dove will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dove throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grand avoids the head kick by Dove.
Dove shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Grand moves into the clinch.

Dove pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grand swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dove throws a right hand that Grand ducks under and follows up with a left that Grand also avoids with ease.

Dove clinches.

Dove manages to break the clinch.
Dove swats away the attempt to clinch by Grand.
Dove tries to clinch up but Grand circles away and keeps his distance.
Grand takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dove misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dove is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grand.
Grand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dove manages to avoid it.
Dove will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dove shoots in looking for a takedown but Grand manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dove's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dove throws a series of punches but Grand moves out of range.
Grand dodges the punch combination from Dove.

Grand closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Dove breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grand throws a right and a left that Dove avoids nicely.
James Dove seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grand misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grand tries to clinch there but Dove circles away.
Dove throws a series of punches but Grand avoids them all with ease.
Grand showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dove.
Dove throws a left and a right that both miss

and Grand holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Grand is trying to force a seperation but Dove has the dominant position.

Grand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Dove.
Dove will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Frank Grand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Dove.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grand leaves Dove with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dove looks winded!
Dove rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dove gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Grand counters with a three punch combo that has Dove backing up. Dove nods at Grand to acknowledge the strikes.
Grand scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dove doesn't seem bothered though.
Grand scores with a sloppy right hand. Dove should have avoided that one.
Frank Grand is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grand throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dove.

Dove closes the distance and clinches.

Dove breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dove misses with a head kick.
Grand leaves Dove with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Dove. Those never looked like landing.
Dove throws a series of punches but Grand avoids them all with ease.
Grand throws a series of strikes that have Dove backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grand listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grand rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dove moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grand avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Grand. No joy for Dove on that attempt.
Dove ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grand moves away.
Dove fails to land with a series of punches.
Grand fails to land with a series of punches.
Dove is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grand.
Grand scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dove doesn't seem bothered though.
Dove showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grand.
Dove misses with the combination.
Dove avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dove is defended easily by Grand.
Grand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grand is looking to clinch.
Grand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grand throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dove avoids the body shot from Grand.
Dove throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grand throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Dove does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dove tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grand paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Dove.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dove lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frank Grand will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dove looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dove closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grand circles away.
Grand connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Dove.
Grand dodges the punch combination from Dove.
Dove throws the kick towards the body but Grand avoids it.
Dove tries to score a power double leg takedown but Grand sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dove somewhat.
A nice combination there by Grand.
Grand swings for the body but Dove moves out of range.
Dove misses with a few strikes there.
Dove will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Frank Grand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dove on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dove is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Grand lands.
No joy there for Grand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dove misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dove.
Frank Grand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Dove.
Grand swats away the attempt to clinch by Dove.
Grand is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grand misses with a few strikes there.
Dove shoots in looking for a takedown. Grand tries to sprawl out of it but Dove keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grand shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dove eats them both and turns towards Grand to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dove fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dove misses the shot to the body.
Dove tries to close the distance and clinch but Grand swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dove throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Grand holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Grand escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grand feints a jab promting Dove to slip. Grand then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dove slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dove fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grand manages to avoid it.
Dove misses with the combination.
Grand slaps away a takedown attempt from Dove, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Grand fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dove shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grand sprawls well. Grand wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dove gets slowly back to his feet.
Grand throws a series of punches but Dove moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dove stalks Grand and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Grand's face. Grand staggers backwards, shaken.
Dove misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grand's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Grand duly obliges.
Grand is working the combinations to good effect here.
Dove showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grand.
Grand lands with a nice body punch.
Dove is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grand sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dove misses with a body shot.
Grand fails to land with a series of punches.
Frank Grand is winning the standup battle so far.
Dove closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grand circles away.
Grand works over Dove's head and body with a nice combination.
Good shot there by Grand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dove tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dove shoots in looking for a takedown but Grand manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dove's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Grand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grand with a hook.
A combination from Grand does no damage.
Dove misses with a double jab.
Dove throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grand's waist but Grand gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dove off to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dove takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dove shoots in looking for a takedown. Grand tries to sprawl out of it but Dove keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dove is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grand rather than just go for the knockout.
A shot to the liver by Grand. Beautiful body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dove misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grand fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Grand dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Grand thuds a left hand into Dove's body.
Dove shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grand as he avoids it easily.
Dove dives in and grabs Grand's left leg, looking for a takedown. Grand pushes down on Dove's head and hops out.
Grand misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grand is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dove fails with the takedown.
Frank Grand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Dove.
Grand tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dove manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dove rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Grand moves into the clinch successfully.
Dove misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dove breaks from the clinch.
Dove fails with the takedown.
Grand throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dove looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grand is fending him off so far but Dove persists. Nope, Grand circles away and we're back to standing.
Dove takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dove takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grand, as that shot connected.
Grand moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dove takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dove missing with a left hand there. Grand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grand circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grand throws a series of punches but Dove avoids them all with ease.
Grand takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Horrible takedown by Dove or perhaps it was just good defense by Grand which made him look bad.
Dove shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
James Dove has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grand throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grand misses with a wild combination.
Horrible takedown by Dove or perhaps it was just good defense by Grand which made him look bad.
A combination from Grand does no damage.
Grand throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dove tries to score a power double leg takedown but Grand sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dove somewhat.
Grand bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dove's head.
Grand looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grand slaps away a takedown attempt from Dove, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Grand connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dove's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grand avoids the head kick by Dove.
Grand displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dove misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grand dodges the punch combination from Dove.
Dove fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grand throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dove is trying desperately to land a takedown but Grand is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Dove.
Dove tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grand paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dove wants to slow Grand down by chopping away at his legs.
Dove throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Grand counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Grand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dove swinging wildly here.
The fighters circling - Dove throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grand throws a one two combo.
Grand lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Grand.
Danga de danga de dang - Grand scores with a four punch combination!
Dove tries for a takedown but Grand sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grand lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grand looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dove throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dove tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Grand manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dove takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dove swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dove looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grand is fending him off so far but Dove persists. Nope, Grand circles away and we're back to standing.
Grand misses with the combination.
Grand throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Grand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grand has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Grand!
Frank Grand thanked the fans post fight for their support.