PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McThornbody might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tame. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McThornbody
vs
Grundy

188 cm
34
210 lbs
39 - 10 - 0

190 cm
29
209 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Reaper Combatwear
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from McThornbody.
Grundy looks to score with a jab to the body but McThornbody is just out of range.
McThornbody buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grundy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grundy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grundy misses with a lunging right hand
and McThornbody counters with a stiff right hand.
Grundy throws a poor cross that misses
and McThornbody connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grundy misses with a low kick.
Grundy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McThornbody lands with a cross.
A low kick from Grundy is predictable there

and McThornbody counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Grundy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McThornbody lands a left hand.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from McThornbody fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McThornbody seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Grundy is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Grundy misses with an elbow over the top.
McThornbody just leaning against Grundy, taking a breather.
McThornbody takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Gristle McThornbody has been cut.
McThornbody has a couple of punches blocked by Grundy.
A head punch on the inside from McThornbody fails to land.
Grundy is struggling to control the position.
McThornbody lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Grundy.
McThornbody lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grundy controlling the action here for a moment.
Grundy blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy stalling against the cage.
Grundy lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grundy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Grundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
McThornbody lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Grundy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McThornbody managing to block the knees to the body from Grundy.
Grundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grundy misses with an elbow strike.
McThornbody misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy digs a right hand underneath McThornbody's ribcage. McThornbody let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McThornbody is stalling here.
McThornbody misses with a hook from the clinch.
McThornbody lands a nice shot to the body.
McThornbody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grundy lands with a left to the head.
Grundy struggles to land a body shot inside as McThornbody controls his hands.
A short right from McThornbody on the inside.

Grundy breaks from the clinch.
McThornbody throws a leg kick
and Grundy counters with a low kick, right behind McThornbody 's knee.
McThornbody lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grundy tries a low kick but McThornbody avoids it.
Grundy misses the shot to the body.
McThornbody swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody checks a leg kick nicely.
McThornbody throws a hook to the side of Grundy's head but Grundy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McThornbody 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.
McThornbody lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grundy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grundy connects with a good right hand that stumbles McThornbody. McThornbody circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McThornbody takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McThornbody cracks Grundy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Grundy misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grundy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grundy misses with a body punch
enabling McThornbody to counter with a crisp jab.
Grundy checks a low kick from McThornbody.
Nice defenses there by McThornbody.
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 Gristle McThornbody will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gristle McThornbody's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grundy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McThornbody to score with a decent uppercut.
McThornbody fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grundy manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as McThornbody blocks the leg kick.
McThornbody misses with a combination
and Grundy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McThornbody lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grundy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McThornbody digs a good hook to Grundy's body.
McThornbody throws a push kick but Grundy slaps the foot to one side.
Grundy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grundy lands a nice hook to McThornbody's body. McThornbody takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grundy. That's going to slow McThornbody down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grundy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McThornbody is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
McThornbody uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grundy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grundy.
Grundy scores with a push kick.
McThornbody swings for the body but Grundy moves out of range.
Grundy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McThornbody.
Grundy throws a leg kick but McThornbody sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grundy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
McThornbody motions for Grundy to come forward. McThornbody throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grundy.
McThornbody connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Grundy is rocked!
McThornbody lands with a right and another and another! Grundy is in big trouble! McThornbody lands again and this time it's lights out for Grundy! A quality knockout there for McThornbody.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gristle McThornbody!
An out of breath Gristle McThornbody thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.