PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro de le Fe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de le Fe's entrance music is Smack my bitch up. A fine choice. The key to victory for Alejandro de le Fe has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

de le Fe
vs
Grant

190 cm
38
201 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

184 cm
34
195 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alejandro de le Fe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Grant!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - de le Fe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
de le Fe misses with a double jab.
Grant throws a right and a left that de le Fe avoids nicely.
de le Fe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grant throws out the jab.
de le Fe misses with a looping left.
de le Fe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant misses with a two punch combination.
de le Fe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Brandon Grant has been cut.
de le Fe throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant scores with the left hand. de le Fe knows he should have avoided that one.
Grant slips under a jab from de le Fe.
de le Fe lands a glancing blow to the side of Grant's head.
de le Fe tries to work over Grant's front leg with a kick but Grant checks it.

Grant changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. de le Fe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Grant is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. de le Fe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Grant looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de le Fe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Grant has hold of de le Fe's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and de le Fe manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Grant is going oldschool here, as he tries to force de le Fe to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so de le Fe shrugs it off.

Grant looking to secure an arm triangle but de le Fe defends it well.
de le Fe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Grant breaks from de le Fe's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
de le Fe takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Grant's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Grant!