PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Redondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Grave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franz Grave has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Antonio Redondo's chin.

Redondo
vs
Grave

189 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Redondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franz Grave!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grave misses with a series of wild punches.
Grave uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Antonio Redondo has been cut.
Redondo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grave.

Redondo moves into the clinch.
Grave misses with a punch on the inside.
Redondo lands an elbow that stopped Grave in his tracks for a moment.
Redondo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grave wants to get back to striking at distance but Redondo won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grave.
Redondo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grave has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Redondo lands a body shot.
Grave wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Redondo stalls.
Our sources have told us that Redondo has been working on his elbows in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redondo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redondo.
A head punch on the inside from Grave fails to land.
Grave dodges an elbow strike from Redondo.

Grave pulls guard successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Redondo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Redondo trying to control but Grave is working from the bottom.
Grave wants to sweep here but Redondo controlling him for the moment.
Redondo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Antonio Redondo wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Grave thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redondo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grave swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grave fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Redondo on the side of the head.
Grave works the jab nicely.
Redondo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grave looks to land a combination but Redondo avoids it well.
Grave moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redondo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Redondo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grave scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grave misses with an uppercut. Redondo saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut lands for Grave. That snapped Redondo's head back.
Redondo moves in looking to clinch but Grave pushes him off.
Grave throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redondo blocking some punches.
Grave scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grave has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Redondo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Grave can turn it around.
Redondo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grave up against the cage.
Grave struggles to land a body shot inside as Redondo controls his hands.
Redondo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grave avoids it.
Grave misses with a punch to the body.
Grave gets through Redondo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Redondo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Redondo tries a knee to the head but Grave blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Grave.
Grave misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Grave.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redondo tries to land a knee to the head but Grave blocks with his arms.
Grave lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grave creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Redondo is rocked!
Redondo trying to land knees to the body.
Oh Redondo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grave unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Redondo! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Grave is unloading with more strikes now! Redondo drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franz Grave!