PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lalli Koylio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Newton Grabapple (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Koylio
vs
Grabapple

175 cm
21
164 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

188 cm
23
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lalli Koylio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Newton Grabapple!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koylio tries for a takedown but Grabapple sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grabapple connects with a right hand. Koylio shakes it off.
Koylio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grabapple defending well as Koylio loads up on a big left hand.
Koylio walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grabapple. Koylio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grabapple throws a nice looking combination but Koylio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koylio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Koylio there as he acknowledges the shot.
Koylio lands a jab to Grabapple's midsection.
Koylio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grabapple throws a shot from downtown. Koylio moves away and avoids it.
Grabapple tries to clinch but Koylio moves out of range.
Grabapple tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Koylio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grabapple digs a good hook to Koylio's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grabapple tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koylio paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabapple throws a jab when Koylio was well out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Grabapple. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grabapple.
Grabapple tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koylio was well out of range. Poor timing from Grabapple.
Grabapple swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab lands there for Grabapple.
Grabapple looks to land a right hand but Koylio moved out of range.
Grabapple tries to clinch but Koylio is having none of it.
Grabapple has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grabapple scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grabapple tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koylio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koylio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A jab from Grabapple finds it's way through Koylio's defenses.
Grabapple defending well as Koylio loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koylio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grabapple is fending him off so far but Koylio persists. Nope, Grabapple circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lalli Koylio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grabapple, as that shot connected.
Koylio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabapple.
Grabapple is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koylio.
Grabapple lands a really nice looking cross but Koylio seems unphased.
Koylio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Koylio is rocked!
Grabapple throws a right and a left that Koylio avoids nicely.
Oh Koylio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grabapple throws a series of punches but Koylio avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Koylio.
Koylio seems to have got his legs back now.
Grabapple fails with an attempt to clinch.

Grabapple throws a left that rocks Koylio and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Grabapple dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Koylio regain composure!
Koylio regains half guard, as Grabapple was trying to land strikes.
Grabapple thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koylio regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Grabapple.
Koylio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Grabapple throws a strike but Koylio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grabapple wants to stand and escape but Koylio is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koylio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Grabapple's guard.
Koylio prevents Grabapple from standing back up.
Koylio content to control rather than advance.
Grabapple wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabapple looks winded!
Koylio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koylio moves nicely into side control.
Grabapple is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Koylio asserts his dominance and retains side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koylio controlling the position from side mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koylio working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Newton Grabapple dominated that 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.

Koylio shoots in but no luck this time.
Grabapple throws a looping overhand right but Koylio ducks down to avoid it.
Koylio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grabapple misses with a hook. Koylio ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Koylio misses.
Grabapple misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Koylio scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Grabapple wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Koylio lands a few punches from side control.
Koylio staying calm.
Grabapple is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koylio controlling the position from side mount.
Koylio lands a decent elbow from side control.
Koylio is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Grabapple's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lalli Koylio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Koylio working the ground and pound.
Koylio working the body and head with strikes.
Koylio in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Koylio is looking to take a break and control but Grabapple is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koylio lands a few punches from side control.
Grabapple pushes Koylio away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Koylio gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Grabapple is letting Koylio control him for a moment.
Grabapple tries to escape but Koylio is in control.
Koylio landing strikes.
Check out the look on Koylio's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grabapple wants to get back to his feet.
Grabapple is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Koylio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grabapple can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grabapple is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Koylio has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koylio slows the pace down.
Koylio working the ground and pound from side control.
Grabapple is trying to escape the position but Koylio is controlling the position.
Grabapple is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Koylio asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Grabapple is breathing heavily.
Koylio works to advance to full mount. Grabapple defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Grabapple is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Koylio unloading with bombs!
Koylio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Koylio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grabapple wants to get back to his feet.
Koylio content just to control the position here.
Grabapple is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Grabapple really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Koylio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koylio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Koylio raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lalli Koylio dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Grabapple defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Koylio.
A punch combination from Grabapple misses.
Newton Grabapple is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koylio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grabapple.
Grabapple misses with a two punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koylio.
Grabapple swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Koylio closes the distance and clinches.
Koylio tries to throw a body punch but Grabapple avoids it by throwing Koylio back against the cage.
Koylio lands a body shot.
Koylio can't find room to land a body shot as Grabapple controls the action.
Grabapple wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koylio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koylio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grabapple wants to get back to striking at distance but Koylio won't allow it.
Grabapple tries to throw a body punch but Koylio avoids it by throwing Grabapple back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Koylio.
Grabapple takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grabapple blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koylio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grabapple trying to stall but Koylio improves his position.

Grabapple pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grabapple displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Koylio.
Newton Grabapple is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koylio keeps the fight on the outside.
Koylio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Grabapple slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koylio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grabapple moves away.
Grabapple ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koylio moves away.
Grabapple throws a jab but it's blocked by Koylio.
Koylio misses the shot to the body.
Grabapple swinging wildly here.
Grabapple is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Koylio closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Grabapple's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koylio showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Grabapple is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Koylio dives into side control.
Koylio prevents Grabapple from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabapple is looking to get back to his feet here but Koylio is keeping cool and he's managed to take Grabapple's back.
Koylio is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Grabapple controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Koylio controls the action.
Koylio softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Koylio lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Koylio is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koylio lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Grabapple.

Grabapple is rocked!
Koylio connects with a couple of big shots that have Grabapple covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Grabapple! Koylio fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lalli Koylio!
Lalli Koylio is the new lightweight champion!
Lalli Koylio seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.