PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by Alice in Chains - Rooster. Zivic has chosen La La Girl by Paffendorf as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grant
vs
Zivic

192 cm
36
220 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

185 cm
29
216 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fritzie Zivic!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Grant instigates a clinch.
Zivic scores with a shot to the side of Grant's head.
Grant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zivic looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zivic's defenses.

It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Grant scores with a shoulder strike.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Zivic blocks it.
We've been informed that Zivic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Grant breaks from the clinch.
Grant moves out of range as Zivic strikes.
Zivic stuffs the takedown.
Zivic lands with a good body shot.
Zivic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grant moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zivic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Grant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Grant has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zivic misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Grant.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zivic's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Fritzie Zivic's cut even more.
Zivic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grant's elbow.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zivic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zivic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grant is keeping busy.
Grant throws a head punch that misses.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zivic blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Grant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice left hand lands by Zivic.
Grant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Grant struggles to land a body shot inside as Zivic controls his hands.
Grant blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic prevents a body shot from Grant.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body.
Zivic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
Grant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zivic backwards.
Zivic blocks an elbow strike from Grant.
Zivic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zivic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zivic digs a right hand underneath Grant's ribcage. Grant let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zivic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Zivic blocks it.
Zivic tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zivic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zivic blocks the elbow strike.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Zivic blocks it.
Grant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zivic pushes Grant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zivic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zivic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zivic misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zivic throws a punch but it's blocked by Grant.
Grant misses with some punches.
Zivic lands with a light punch inside.
Zivic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Zivic.
Zivic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Zivic.
A left hand lands to the body for Zivic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zivic lands with a right to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zivic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zivic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zivic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zivic lands a body shot.
Zivic is working Grant over against the cage.
Zivic taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grant throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zivic.
Grant letting Zivic take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zivic.
Zivic misses with some punches.
Zivic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zivic misses with some punches.
Zivic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grant throws an elbow but misses.
Zivic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zivic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zivic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grant blocking some punches.
Zivic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zivic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Zivic has a couple of punches blocked by Grant.
Zivic lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Grant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritzie Zivic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zivic works Grant's body with a nice hook.
Grant misses with a hook. Zivic ducked under it nicely.
Zivic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grant.
Some bone on bone action there as Zivic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zivic looks to land a left hand but Grant moved out of range nicely.

Grant moves into range and clinches up with Zivic.
Zivic tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Zivic back against the cage.
Grant looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zivic taking a breather.
Zivic dodges an elbow strike from Grant.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Zivic in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Grant throws a punch but it's blocked by Zivic.
Grant can't find room to land a body shot as Zivic controls the action.
Zivic takes an elbow to the forehead.
A body shot lands from Zivic.

Grant breaks the clinch.
Zivic works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Zivic misses.
Decent striking displayed by Zivic there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic digs a good body shot into Grant's ribs.
Grant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zivic is out of range.
Grant lands a body shot.
Grant misses with a low kick as Zivic jumps back.
Zivic dips to his left and cracks Grant with an uppercut!
Zivic tests Grant's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Grant is rocked!
Zivic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zivic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grant at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zivic ducks under a wild hook from Grant.
Zivic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zivic misses with a few strikes there.
Grant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Grant counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zivic is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Zivic darts in and clinches Grant up against the cage.
Zivic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Grant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fritzie Zivic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grant lands with a short shot to the head.
Grant seems to have got his legs back now.
Grant lands with a right to the head.
Zivic working aggressively here.
Grant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zivic backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Zivic.
Zivic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zivic's defenses.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zivic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grant or not.
Zivic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grant tries to work over Zivic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grant lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zivic backwards.
Grant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zivic is defending well for now.
Zivic misses with a punch on the inside.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zivic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grant.
Zivic managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Zivic scores with a shot to the side of Grant's head.
Zivic taking a breather.
Grant prevents a body shot from Zivic.
Grant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zivic avoids it.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zivic struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Zivic digs a right hand into Grant's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grant's gas tank.
Zivic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grant's efforts to push away.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Zivic is blocking nicely.
Grant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zivic digs a right hand underneath Grant's ribcage. Grant let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zivic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grant or not.
Zivic lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Zivic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic lands a right hand.
Zivic throws a big uppercut that drops Grant! More strikes from Zivic and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Grant lies dazed against the cage as Zivic celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fritzie Zivic!
Fritzie Zivic took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.