PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mattize Grovinsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tex Bighorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mattize Grovinsky has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mattize Grovinsky seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Grovinsky
vs
Bighorn

187 cm
31
205 lbs
13 - 3 - 2

180 cm
30
220 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Mattize Grovinsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tex Bighorn!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grovinsky throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bighorn throws a head punch that misses.
Grovinsky wants to break free but Bighorn has control.
Bighorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch.

Grovinsky gets a clinch.
Grovinsky tries to circle away but Bighorn has him pinned against the cage.
Bighorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bighorn misses with a hook from the clinch.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grovinsky darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Grovinsky moves into the clinch successfully.

Grovinsky breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Bighorn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grovinsky slips under a jab from Bighorn.
Bighorn swinging wildly here.
Grovinsky is looking to clinch but Bighorn is avoiding it.
Bighorn misses with a double jab.
Grovinsky takes a swing at Bighorn's ribcage but misses.
Bighorn looks to land a combination but Grovinsky avoids it well.
Bighorn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bighorn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grovinsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bighorn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grovinsky throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Grovinsky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bighorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Grovinsky.
Grovinsky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grovinsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grovinsky throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bighorn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grovinsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bighorn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bighorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bighorn stuns Grovinsky with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grovinsky closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bighorn looks to throw the jab but Grovinsky is out of range.
Grovinsky paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bighorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bighorn misses with an uppercut.
Bighorn looks to land a combination but Grovinsky avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grovinsky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bighorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Grovinsky.
A punch combination from Bighorn misses.

Grovinsky takes the fight into the clinch.
Grovinsky has had enough of the clinch but Bighorn keeps him there for the moment.
Grovinsky is trying to break the clinch but Bighorn is controlling him.
Bighorn throws a punch but it's blocked by Grovinsky.
Bighorn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bighorn tries to bum rush Grovinsky with a series of wild strikes but Grovinsky uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grovinsky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bighorn moves away.
Bighorn misses with the combination.
Grovinsky avoids the body shot from Bighorn.
Grovinsky throws a shot from downtown. Bighorn moves away and avoids it.
Bighorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Grovinsky throws the left hand but Bighorn avoids the punch easily.
Bighorn throws a combination. Grovinsky tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Mattize Grovinsky has been cut.
Grovinsky tries to clinch up but Bighorn circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bighorn just misses with a punch to the body.
Grovinsky moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grovinsky scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bighorn doesn't seem bothered though.
Donk. Grovinsky catches Bighorn right on the button with a cross.

Grovinsky gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Grovinsky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bighorn dodges the punch combination from Grovinsky.
Bighorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grovinsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bighorn slips a jab and a cross from Grovinsky.
Grovinsky misses with a kick to the body.
Bighorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grovinsky throws a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grovinsky.
Bighorn throws a right hand that Grovinsky ducks under and follows up with a left that Grovinsky also avoids with ease.
Grovinsky is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Grovinsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grovinsky scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bighorn doesn't seem bothered though.
Bighorn ducks right into an uppercut from Grovinsky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bighorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Grovinsky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bighorn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bighorn throws out a loose jab but Grovinsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bighorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grovinsky was well out of range. Poor timing from Bighorn.
Grovinsky plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bighorn just misses with a punch to the body.
Bighorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grovinsky circles away quickly and effectively.
Grovinsky wants to clinch up but Bighorn keeps it at a distance.
Grovinsky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bighorn throws out the jab.
Bighorn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grovinsky lands a really nice looking cross but Bighorn seems unphased.
Bighorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Bighorn throws a right hand that Grovinsky ducks under and follows up with a left that Grovinsky also avoids with ease.

Grovinsky rushes Bighorn and presses him up against the cage.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Grovinsky clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grovinsky tries to clinch but Bighorn moves out of range.
Grovinsky lands with a kick to the temple. Bighorn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Grovinsky looks to land a combination but Bighorn avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Grovinsky.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mattize Grovinsky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mattize Grovinsky's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grovinsky wants to clinch up but Bighorn keeps it at a distance.
Grovinsky slips a jab and a cross from Bighorn.
Grovinsky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bighorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grovinsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bighorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bighorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Grovinsky.
Grovinsky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bighorn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Grovinsky. Grovinsky circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Bighorn throws a left that rocks Grovinsky and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Bighorn dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Grovinsky regain composure!

Grovinsky is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bighorn stands up.
Oh Grovinsky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grovinsky wants to clinch.
Grovinsky scores with a jab to the body.
Bighorn swinging wildly here.
Grovinsky seems to have got his legs back now.
Mattize Grovinsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grovinsky defending well as Bighorn loads up on a big left hand.
Grovinsky lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grovinsky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bighorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grovinsky stalks Bighorn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bighorn's face. Bighorn staggers backwards, shaken.
Bighorn looks to land a combination but Grovinsky avoids it well.
Grovinsky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bighorn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Grovinsky uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bighorn.
Grovinsky misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grovinsky scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grovinsky.
An inside leg kick lands from Grovinsky.
Bighorn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grovinsky finds it's way round the side to connect with Bighorn's head.
Bighorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bighorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grovinsky walks into a straight right hand from Bighorn.
Grovinsky slips a jab from Bighorn.
Bighorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Bighorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grovinsky fakes the leg kick and cracks Bighorn in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grovinsky connects with a jab.
Bighorn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bighorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grovinsky manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grovinsky throws a nice head kick!

Grovinsky takes the fight into the clinch.
Bighorn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bighorn tries a body shot but Grovinsky blocks it.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch.
Grovinsky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bighorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Grovinsky closes the distance and clinches.
Bighorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grovinsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grovinsky is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bighorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Grovinsky breaks from the clinch.
Bighorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grovinsky lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grovinsky wants to clinch.
Grovinsky works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Grovinsky lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bighorn doesn't seem phased though.
Grovinsky scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bighorn walks into a straight right hand from Grovinsky.
Grovinsky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bighorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grovinsky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grovinsky lands with a kick to the temple. Bighorn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bighorn swinging wildly here.
Grovinsky lands with a good body shot.
Grovinsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bighorn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bighorn tests Grovinsky's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grovinsky wants to clinch up but Bighorn keeps it at a distance.
Bighorn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Grovinsky misses with a two punch combination.
Bighorn looks to land a left hand but Grovinsky moved out of range nicely.
Donk. Grovinsky catches Bighorn right on the button with a cross.
Bighorn throws a right and a left that Grovinsky avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grovinsky lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grovinsky misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grovinsky tries to clinch up.
Grovinsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grovinsky lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bighorn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice defenses there by Grovinsky.
Good standup being displayed there by Grovinsky as he connects with a hook.

Grovinsky fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bighorn, pushing him back against the cage.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bighorn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grovinsky tries to circle away but Bighorn has him pinned against the cage.
Bighorn misses with a body punch.

Grovinsky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mattize Grovinsky is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bighorn. Grovinsky does a little dance to reset his feet.

Grovinsky closes the distance and pushes Bighorn back into the cage.
Grovinsky blocks a body shot from Bighorn.
Grovinsky tries to circle away but Bighorn has him pinned against the cage.

Grovinsky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mattize Grovinsky will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mattize Grovinsky's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bighorn walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grovinsky.
Grovinsky lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bighorn backs up against the cage.
Grovinsky lands a glancing blow to the side of Bighorn's head.
Grovinsky wants to clinch.
Grovinsky chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grovinsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bighorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grovinsky connects with a looping right hand.
Bighorn takes a swing at Grovinsky's ribcage but misses.
Bighorn walks into a straight right hand from Grovinsky.
Bighorn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grovinsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grovinsky misses with a hook.
Grovinsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bighorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grovinsky wants to clinch up but Bighorn keeps it at a distance.
Bighorn cracks a nice hook into Grovinsky's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bighorn misses with a double jab.
Grovinsky slips under a jab.
Grovinsky is looking to slow Bighorn down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bighorn misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Bighorn. Those never looked like landing.
Grovinsky tries to close the distance and clinch but Bighorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Bighorn misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Bighorn misses.
Bighorn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grovinsky throws a series of punches but Bighorn avoids them all with ease.
Bighorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grovinsky manages to avoid it.
Bighorn throws a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Grovinsky - just one landing.
Grovinsky misses the shot to the body.
Bighorn misses with a double jab.
Bighorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Grovinsky.
Grovinsky connects with a body shot that sends Bighorn's belly button to the back.
A left lands for Grovinsky.
Bighorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grovinsky delivers a nice body kick.
Grovinsky throws a right and a left that Bighorn avoids nicely.
Grovinsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grovinsky misses with the combination.
Bighorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bighorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Bighorn misses with a jab, cross combination.

Grovinsky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Grovinsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Bighorn misses its intended target.
Grovinsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grovinsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bighorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Grovinsky has Bighorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Grovinsky blocking some punches.
Bighorn misses with a hook to the ribs.

Grovinsky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grovinsky lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Grovinsky.
Grovinsky avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Grovinsky misses.
Grovinsky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Bighorn misses its intended target.
Bighorn loads up on a big right hand but Grovinsky slips the punch.
Grovinsky cracks Bighorn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grovinsky connects with a right hand. Bighorn shakes it off.
Grovinsky slips a jab and a cross from Bighorn.
Bighorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grovinsky throws a series of punches but Bighorn avoids them all with ease.
Grovinsky fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bighorn on the side of the head.
Grovinsky lands a jab to the nose.
Bighorn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grovinsky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bighorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grovinsky scores with a jab. Bighorn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Grovinsky connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bighorn. Bighorn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Grovinsky lands a right hook to the body.
Bighorn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Grovinsky pushes Bighorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Bighorn prevents Grovinsky from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grovinsky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grovinsky is looking to clinch.
A cross from Grovinsky lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bighorn misses with the combination.
Bighorn slips a jab and a cross from Grovinsky.
Grovinsky tests Bighorn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grovinsky throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bighorn throws a series of strikes that have Grovinsky backpedaling.
Sloppy strikes from Bighorn. Those never looked like landing.

Grovinsky moves into the clinch.
Bighorn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grovinsky's elbow.

Grovinsky breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grovinsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grovinsky scores with a hook.
Bighorn misses with a two punch combination.
Bighorn with a nice cross.
Grovinsky misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mattize Grovinsky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grovinsky, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Mattize Grovinsky!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Mattize Grovinsky!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Mattize Grovinsky!

Mattize Grovinsky wins by unanimous decision!