PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conde Koma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grove
vs
Koma

184 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

175 cm
18
181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Grove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Conde Koma!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grove throws a head kick that misses.
Koma tries to clinch but Grove is having none of it.

Grove tries to keep at a distance but Koma has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grove tries to circle away but Koma has him pinned against the ropes.
Grove tries to break the clinch but Koma is controlling the position.
Grove avoiding damage as Koma throws knees to the body.
Koma lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grove backwards.
Grove keeps control of Koma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Koma looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Grove breaks from the clinch.
Grove throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Left hook, right uppercut from Grove.

Koma closes the distance and clinches.

Grove breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koma tries to clinch up.
Koma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grove's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Grove duly obliges.
Grove tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grove circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koma tries to clinch there but Grove circles away.
Grove scores with a nice strike.
Koma lands with a cross.
Grove misses with a head kick.
Koma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grove stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grove fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grove misses with a takedown attempt - Koma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Koma is looking to clinch.

Koma closes the distance and pushes Grove back into the ropes.

Koma breaks the clinch.
Koma tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Grove manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koma moves in looking to clinch but Grove pushes him off.
Koma tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Grove manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grove throws a leg kick which misses Koma's front leg but catches the back leg as Koma tries to avoid it.
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!

Koma rushes Grove and presses him up against the ropes.
Koma is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Koma manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koma tries to clinch up.
Grove slips a jab and a cross from Koma.
Koma takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Koma cracks Grove with a good jab.
Grove scores with a head kick.
Grove's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Grove duly obliges.

Koma clinches up against the ropes.
Grove looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Grove breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grove lands a head kick!
Grove circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grove lands a high kick!
Koma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koma misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Koma drives through and clinches with Grove against the ropes.
Koma can't find room to land a body shot as Grove controls the action.

Grove manages to break the clinch.
Grove lands a leg kick that knocks Koma off balance momentarily.
Koma blocks a head kick by Grove.
Koma throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grove tries to clinch up but Koma circles away and keeps his distance.
Koma takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Grove throws a right hand that Koma ducks under and follows up with a left that Koma also avoids with ease.
Koma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koma wants to clinch.
Grove throws a left and a right that both miss
and Koma counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Koma looks at the referee who does nothing so Koma lands a crushing right that sends Grove to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conde Koma!