PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Buma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manus Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant has chosen Thunderstruck - AC/DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Manus Grant will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Buma
vs
Grant

150 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
140 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Buma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Manus Grant!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Buma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Buma.

It looks like Manus Grant has been cut.
Grant lands a nice looking body shot.
Grant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grant lands a front kick.
Grant throws the kick towards the body but Buma avoids it.
Buma misses with a few strikes there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grant.
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buma.
Buma scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant tries to land a front kick but Buma steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Buma avoids the body shot from Grant.
Buma on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grant. Grant obviously looking to wear him down.
Grant scores with a punch to the head.
A solid body kick from Grant.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Buma moves out of range easily.
Buma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grant throws a leg kick but Buma checks it.
Buma slips a straight right by Grant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Buma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grant is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Buma rather than just go for the knockout.
Grant does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Grant. Buma shrugs it off though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grant fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Buma chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grant can pounce on him.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Grant throws the kick towards the body but Buma avoids it.
Buma scores with a punch to the head.
Grant misses the shot to the body.
Buma lands a glancing blow to the side of Grant's head.
Buma fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grant lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Buma has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Buma and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buma jabs Grant to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant stuns Buma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buma.
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buma.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grant.
A shot to the liver by Grant. Beautiful body shot.
Buma just misses with a punch to the body.
Buma throws a series of punches but Grant moves out of range.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Buma bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grant's head.
A punch combination from Buma misses.
Buma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grant.
Buma walks into a jab.
Grant looks to score with a jab to the body but Buma is just out of range.
A left lands for Grant.
Buma tries a low kick but Grant avoids it.
Buma lands a nice hook to Grant's body. Grant takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Buma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A combination from Grant does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Buma swings for the body but Grant moves out of range.
Buma misses with a series of wild punches.
Grant walks into a straight right hand from Buma.
Buma looks to land a combination but Grant avoids it well.
Grant catches Buma with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Buma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A head kick from Grant lands but Buma takes it in his stride.
Buma avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buma.
Grant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buma throws a right and a left that Grant avoids nicely.
Grant has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Buma is looking to chop away at Grant's legs.
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Donk. Buma catches Grant right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Buma misses its intended target.
Grant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Grant needs to keep his hands up - Buma had a free shot at his head there.
Buma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buma misses with an uppercut. Grant saw that one coming.
Buma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buma misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Buma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buma misses with a double jab.
Buma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Grant throws a head kick but Buma moves out of range.
Buma slips under a jab from Grant.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grant.
Buma tests Grant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grant scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Manus Grant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Manus Grant's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Grant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Buma misses its intended target.
Grant has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Buma throws a one two combo.

Grant is rocked!
Jacob Buma is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant throws a head kick that half lands.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Buma finish him?
Buma misses with a wild combination.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buma manages to avoid it.
Buma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Buma throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Good leg kick by Grant there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grant seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grant connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Buma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grant.
Buma throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
Buma looks to land a combination but Grant avoids it well.
Grant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buma throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grant.
No joy there for Buma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buma is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Grant.
Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant throws the kick towards the body but Buma avoids it.
Buma misses with a few strikes there.
Grant slips a straight right by Buma.
Buma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Buma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
Grant slips a jab and a cross from Buma.
Jacob Buma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Buma misses.
Grant connects with a right hand. Buma shakes it off.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Grant.
Grant throws a quick inside leg kick.
Buma takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters circling a little - Grant finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Buma throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buma moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Grant wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grant slips a jab from Buma.
Grant is looking to slow Buma down with leg kicks.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant scores with a head kick. Buma tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Buma takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Buma throws a series of punches but Grant avoids them all with ease.
Grant throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Buma throws out a powerful jab.
Buma throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
Buma with a jab.
The fighters circling - Buma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grant misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buma misses with a straight right.
Buma misses with the combination.
Buma takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Grant moves out of range as Buma strikes.
Buma misses with a double jab.
Buma punishes Grant's body with a nice straight punch.
Grant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Buma throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grant lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grant cracks Buma with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Buma just misses with a punch to the body.
Buma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grant.
Buma bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grant.
Grant swings for the body but Buma moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grant thumps Buma with a low kick.
Buma takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buma.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grant.
Grant avoids the head kick by Buma.
Grant throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buma rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a good low kick that Buma was not able to check.
Grant throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grant scores with a nice head shot.
Grant scores with a nice right hand.
Buma scores with a one two! Grant had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buma.
Buma drops his hands momentarily and Grant takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Buma swings for the body but Grant moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Grant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manus Grant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Manus Grant's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grant scores with a decent looking hook.
Grant slips a straight right by Buma.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Buma.
Buma slips under a jab from Grant.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grant.
Grant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grant misses with a wild body shot.
Buma will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Buma avoids the head kick by Grant.
Buma lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grant misses the shot to the body.
Grant changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Grant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Buma loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
Grant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Buma misses.
Buma throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grant on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Grant misses.
Buma throws a looping overhand right but Grant ducks down to avoid it.
Buma tries to bum rush Grant with a series of wild strikes but Grant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grant throws a looping overhand right but Buma ducks down to avoid it.
Buma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buma avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant swings for the body but Buma moves out of range.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Buma staying out of range there.
Buma connects with a single shot there.
Grant misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grant. Buma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from Buma.
Buma blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Grant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buma throws a series of punches but Grant moves out of range.
Buma looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Buma scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Buma fails to land with a series of punches.
Grant connects with a solid leg kick.
Buma misses with a straight right.
Buma lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant swings for the body but Buma moves out of range.
Buma takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buma blocks the body kick.
Grant misses with a low kick.
Grant scoring well with a low kick there.
Grant dodges the punch combination from Buma.
Buma throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant scores with a shot to the body.
Grant throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Buma fails to land with a series of punches.
Buma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grant.
Grant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buma.
Grant has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good work by Buma as he checks the leg kick.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buma moves away.
Buma misses with a double jab.
Grant will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buma throws a hook but Grant blocks it.
Grant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Buma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
Grant jabs Buma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grant lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grant connects with a high kick.
Jacob Buma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buma on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buma smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Grant.
Grant throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buma works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Buma misses with a few strikes there.
Buma misses with a hook
and Grant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grant lands a head kick!
Grant swings for the body but Buma moves out of range.
Grant slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buma has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buma is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grant.
Buma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manus Grant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grant has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manus Grant!
A relieved looking Manus Grant thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.