PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Karl Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Skywalker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Devil's Rejects. Luke Skywalker has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Karl Grossman's chin.

Grossman
vs
Skywalker

173 cm
29
143 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

170 cm
30
142 lbs
29 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Luke Skywalker!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skywalker thows a body kick. Grossman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A big left from Grossman misses.

Grossman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Skywalker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grossman stalling.
Grossman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grossman scores with a shot to the side of Skywalker's head.
Skywalker lands an elbow inside that Grossman shrugs off.
Skywalker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grossman taking a breather.
Skywalker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grossman lands with a short shot to the head.
Grossman throws a punch but it's blocked by Skywalker.
Skywalker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grossman is defending well for now.
Grossman is working Skywalker over against the cage.
A short right from Grossman.
Skywalker misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Grossman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skywalker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grossman dodges an elbow strike from Skywalker.
Grossman managing to block the knees to the body from Skywalker.
Skywalker letting Grossman take a breather here.
Skywalker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grossman throws a head punch that misses.
Skywalker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Skywalker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Skywalker trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grossman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grossman pushes Skywalker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Grossman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Skywalker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Skywalker trying to land knees to the body.
Grossman blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Grossman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grossman lands with a left to the head.
Grossman takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Grossman.
Skywalker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Skywalker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grossman lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Grossman to work.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Skywalker.

It looks like Karl Grossman has been cut.
Grossman looking to throw knees to the head but Skywalker is blocking nicely.
Skywalker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grossman looking to slow down the pace here.
Skywalker gets through Grossman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grossman throws a head punch that misses.
Grossman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skywalker backwards.
Skywalker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grossman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skywalker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grossman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Skywalker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grossman blocks an elbow strike.
Skywalker lands an elbow just above Grossman 's eye.
Skywalker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Skywalker lands a knee to the body.
Grossman blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Skywalker throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Skywalker.
Skywalker managing to block the knees to the body from Grossman.
Grossman takes an elbow to the temple.
Grossman throws a punch but it's blocked by Skywalker.
Skywalker missing with knees to the body.
Grossman avoids a wild elbow strike from Skywalker.
Skywalker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Skywalker managing to block the knees to the body from Grossman.
Grossman avoids the elbow strike from Skywalker, against the cage.
Grossman scores a nice knee to the body.
Grossman blocks an elbow strike from Skywalker.
Grossman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Skywalker throws an elbow but misses.
Skywalker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grossman can't find room to land a body shot as Skywalker controls the action.
Grossman lands with a left to the head.
Skywalker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grossman's defenses.
Skywalker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Skywalker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Skywalker.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grossman tries to work over Skywalker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Grossman.
Skywalker trying to land knees to the body.
Skywalker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grossman is trying to maintain a safe position but Skywalker gets an underhook and turns Grossman into the cage.
Skywalker blocks an uppercut.
Grossman scores with a shot to the side of Skywalker's head.
Skywalker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grossman avoids the elbow strike from Skywalker, against the cage.
Skywalker lands with a short shot to the head.
Skywalker misses with an elbow strike.
Grossman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Skywalker up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Skywalker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grossman's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grossman blocking some punches.
Grossman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
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 Karl Grossman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karl Grossman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Grossman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Grossman scores with a jab.
Skywalker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grossman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grossman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luke Skywalker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grossman swings for the body but Skywalker moves out of range.
Skywalker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grossman moves away.
Grossman lands a head shot.
Skywalker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grossman moves out of range of the body kick from Skywalker.
Skywalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grossman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Skywalker throws a body kick that misses
and Grossman counters with a nice uppercut.
Grossman throws an overhand right that lands on Skywalker's shoulder, as Skywalker tries to avoid the shot.
Skywalker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Skywalker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skywalker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grossman as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skywalker misses with a body shot.
Karl Grossman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Skywalker looks to score with a jab to the body but Grossman is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Grossman misses the target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Skywalker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grossman - the referee stops the clock and Skywalker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grossman. Skywalker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Skywalker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grossman throws a body kick that misses.
Skywalker moves away from the strike by Grossman.
Grossman throws a low kick but Skywalker avoids it.
Skywalker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Skywalker looks to land a right hand but Grossman moved out of range.
Skywalker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Skywalker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Skywalker throws a combination that misses

and Grossman counters by clinching up.
Grossman misses with a punch on the inside.
Skywalker blocks an uppercut.
Grossman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grossman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grossman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grossman takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grossman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skywalker backwards.
Skywalker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Skywalker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skywalker gets through Grossman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Grossman avoids a wild elbow strike from Skywalker.
Grossman blocks a body shot from Skywalker.
Grossman blocks an elbow strike from Skywalker.
Grossman looking to stall.
Skywalker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grossman avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grossman.
Grossman blocks an elbow strike from Skywalker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman misses with a knee strike.
Grossman tries to stall but Skywalker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grossman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skywalker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grossman misses with a knee strike.
Grossman blocks an uppercut.
Skywalker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grossman misses with the head strike.
Skywalker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Skywalker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skywalker throws an elbow that misses.
Grossman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Skywalker misses with a punch to the body.
Grossman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Skywalker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Skywalker obliges.
Skywalker looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skywalker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grossman trying to land knees to the body.
Skywalker lands a damaging elbow.
Grossman has Skywalker pushed against the cage.
Skywalker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skywalker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Skywalker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grossman.
Grossman avoids the elbow strike from Skywalker, against the cage.
Skywalker trying to land knees to the body.
Grossman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grossman dodges an elbow strike from Skywalker.
Grossman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Skywalker avoiding damage as Grossman throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grossman misses with a knee to the head.
Skywalker throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Skywalker throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Skywalker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Luke Skywalker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Karl Grossman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Skywalker wants to clinch but Grossman slips to the side
and Grossman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grossman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grossman swats away the attempt to clinch by Skywalker.
Skywalker misses with an attempted mid kick.
A lazy body kick from Skywalker
and Grossman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Skywalker throws a solid leg kick but Grossman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Skywalker.
Grossman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grossman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Skywalker is rocked!

It looks like Luke Skywalker has been cut.
Skywalker throws a wild body kick that Grossman sees coming a mile off.
Skywalker is still on wobbly legs! Can Grossman finish him?
Grossman lands a nice hook to Skywalker's body. Skywalker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grossman pounces like a tiger and cracks Skywalker with a vicious hook! Skywalker is down but not out! Grossman follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Karl Grossman!
Karl Grossman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.