PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by United States of America's National Anthem. James has chosen Aerials as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grant
vs
James

185 cm
28
202 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

178 cm
34
184 lbs
26 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ulysses Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Holden James!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Grant does no damage.
Grant listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
James throws a leg kick which misses Grant's front leg but catches the back leg as Grant tries to avoid it.

Grant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.

Grant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grant wants to slow James down by chopping away at his legs.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grant.
Grant throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as James checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as James blocks the leg kick.
James is looking to clinch.
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.

James gets a clinch.
Grant is looking to control James's arms but James gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grant has his back to the cage.
James stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of James backwards.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Grant scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grant lands a right hand that snaps the head of James backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant leaning against his opponent.
Grant has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James can't break the clinch.
James is trying to break free.
James is trying to break the clinch but Grant has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on James's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Grant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from James.
Grant thumps James with a low kick.
James looks for the body kick but Grant saw that one coming.
Grant pushes James away with a front kick.
Grant on the wrong end of a nice jab.
James avoids the head kick by Grant.
Good shot there by James.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant misses with a series of wild punches.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Grant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
Grant lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Grant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
James fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grant looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and James makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Grant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by James.
Grant throws a wild body kick that James sees coming a mile off.
Grant looks to land a left hand but James moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Grant.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
James cracks Grant with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Grant throws a big shot that misses.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Grant misses with a double jab.
Grant throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
James scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grant doesn't seem bothered though.
Grant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grant is breathing heavily.
James misses with a hook.
A big left from Grant misses.
James moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grant walks into a stiff left hand from James.
Grant throws an off balance right hand
and James counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant takes one on the button.
A clash of legs there as James blocks the low kick.

Grant tries to keep at a distance but James has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

James breaks from the clinch.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grant getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
James explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but James was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
James swinging wildly here.
Grant closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
James's corner calls for a 1-2. James obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant misses with a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from James. Those never looked like landing.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Grant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ulysses Grant will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grant.
James takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick misses from Grant.
James moves in looking to clinch but Grant pushes him off.
James with a nice cross.
James moves out of range as Grant throws a body kick.
James thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant throws a leg kick that is checked
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Grant misses.
Nice body punch from James.
Grant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from James.
James connects with a solid leg kick.
Grant on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ulysses Grant is winning the standup battle so far.
James fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grant throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James defending well as Grant loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Grant.
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grant stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James walks into a left hand.
Grant is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Grant swings for the body but James moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grant!
James thumps Grant with a low kick.
Grant lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grant misses with a two punch combination.
James lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grant misses with a combination
and James counters with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from James.
James cracks Grant with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ulysses Grant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grant throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

James is rocked!
Grant has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant fails to land with a series of punches.
Grant walks into a jab.

Grant is rocked!
James darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Grant's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles James before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Holden James!
Holden James decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.