PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Sloop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Natan Grygiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grygiel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sobota- Rusz dupsko na marsz. Josh Sloop had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sloop
vs
Grygiel

200 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

194 cm
30
205 lbs
10 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Sloop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Natan Grygiel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grygiel cracks Sloop with a right hand to the side of the head.

Grygiel takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sloop's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sloop tries to break the clinch but Grygiel is controlling the position.

Grygiel tightens his grip and picks Sloop up, before dumping him to the ground. Sloop manages to land in guard.
Grygiel is looking to work some ground and pound but Sloop has wrist control.
Grygiel controlling from the top position.
Sloop wants to get back to his feet but Grygiel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grygiel sitting in guard here, content to control.
Grygiel tries to free his leg and advance position but Sloop is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grygiel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grygiel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Natan Grygiel has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Grygiel misses with a double jab.
Grygiel scores with a sloppy right hand. Sloop should have avoided that one.
Sloop takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Grygiel closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sloop quickly recovers to half guard.
Sloop knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grygiel on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grygiel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sloop defending well though.

Grygiel seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Sloop is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Natan Grygiel!
Natan Grygiel was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.