PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulysses Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: United States of America's National Anthem. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Curry
vs
Grant

186 cm
34
194 lbs
35 - 16 - 0

185 cm
29
202 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ulysses Grant!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry throws a low kick but Grant avoids it.
Curry throws a right and a left that Grant avoids nicely.
Curry has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
Ulysses Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curry connects with the punch.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Curry lands a right hook to the body.
Grant throws out a powerful jab.
Grant misses with a left hand
and Curry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grant thuds his right hand into Curry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curry.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curry manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Grant.
Curry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Curry throws a leg kick but Grant moved away.
A slow jab from Grant misses its intended target.
Grant fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Grant.
Curry tries to land a leg kick but Grant saw it coming and moves away.
Curry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grant.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grant has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant tries to bum rush Curry with a series of wild strikes but Curry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grant takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A solid body kick from Grant.
Grant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Curry throws a low kick but Grant moves out of range easily.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant throws a shot from downtown. Curry moves away and avoids it.
Grant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Curry blocks a head kick by Grant.
Nice body kick from Grant.
Grant misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
Grant misses with a hook. Curry ducked under it nicely.
Grant thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Curry is out of range.
Grant throws a right hand that misses
letting Curry counter with a right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curry.
Grant takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Grant misses with a wild combination.
Curry misses with a straight right.
Curry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grant throws a solid leg kick but Curry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grant.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Curry misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant swings away with a body shot that misses
and Curry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curry checks a low kick from Grant.
Curry throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant throws a jab when Curry was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Grant.
Grant tries a head kick but it misses.
Grant throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curry.
Curry scores with a leg kick.
Grant on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Grant is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Curry.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Curry finish him?
Grant looks winded!
Curry connects with a nice cross there... Grant is looking wobbly and Curry recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Grant to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Curry jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arthur Curry!
Our winner, Arthur Curry, 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.