PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Pae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brunon Grzywa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pae
vs
Grzywa

185 cm
19
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
196 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Pae!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brunon Grzywa!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Pae slams his shin into Grzywa's torso.

Grzywa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

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

Pae gets a clinch.

Pae breaks the clinch.
Pae stuffs the takedown attempt from Grzywa. Grzywa gets slowly back to his feet.
Pae fails to land with a series of punches.
Grzywa misses with a takedown attempt - Pae sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grzywa avoids a punch combination nicely.

Pae has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pae breaks the clinch.

Pae has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pae gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Grzywa.
Joe Pae has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brunon Grzywa.

Pae breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grzywa.
Grzywa fails with a takedown attempt.
Pae fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grzywa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Pae clinches.
Pae lands an elbow inside.

Pae breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grzywa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pae throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Grzywa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Grzywa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pae but Pae pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pae rushes Grzywa and presses him up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Pae breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Pae.
Grzywa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pae swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pae closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Grzywa is rocked!
Grzywa misses with a takedown attempt - Pae sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grzywa is still on wobbly legs! Can Pae finish him?

Grzywa tries to keep at a distance but Pae has taken the fight into the clinch.

Pae breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pae gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pae unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Pae breaks the clinch.

Pae moves into the clinch successfully.
Grzywa seems to have recovered his senses.

Pae breaks the clinch.
Pae tries a head kick but it misses.
Grzywa shoots in looking for a takedown but Pae manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Grzywa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pae throws a sloppy head kick and Grzywa moves out of range easily.

Pae closes the distance and pushes Grzywa back into the cage.
Grzywa is working for takedown but Pae is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pae manages to break the clinch.
Grzywa shoots in for a double leg but Pae sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Grzywa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pae was well out of range. Poor timing from Grzywa.

Pae forces Grzywa back against the cage and clinches.
Grzywa is looking for a takedown.
Pae pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grzywa is trying desperately to land a takedown but Pae is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Grzywa.

Pae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pae stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pae wants it to stay on the feet.
Pae is looking to slow Grzywa down with leg kicks.

Pae clinches with his opponent.
Pae working Grzywa over with knees to the body.

Pae's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick from Pae lands but Grzywa takes it in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Pae closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grzywa blocks an elbow strike from Pae.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grzywa avoids a wild elbow strike from Pae.
Grzywa tries to break free but Pae pushes him back against the cage.
Pae is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Pae escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grzywa.
Pae lands a brutal head kick. Grzywa looks out on his feet and Pae throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Joe Pae!
Joe Pae retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Joe Pae, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.