PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Grupe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Ottosson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grupe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Organized Konfusion - Bring It On (Buckwild Remix) . Ottosson has chosen Clawfinger - Biggest & The Best as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Grupe
vs
Ottosson

186 cm
35
178 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

168 cm
34
186 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160
No Contest Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norbert Grupe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Ottosson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ottosson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grupe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ottosson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ottosson working over Grupe with some ground and pound. Grupe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Grupe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ottosson.
Grupe wants to get back to his feet.
Ottosson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grupe defending well though.
Ottosson stops Grupe from getting back to his feet.
Ottosson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ottosson thows a huge punch but Grupe dodges it nicely.
Grupe tries to get to full guard but Ottosson has control of the leg.
Ottosson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ottosson in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ottosson misses with a head shot. Grupe uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grupe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ottosson is one step ahead there.
Grupe is working hard here to advance position.
Ottosson cracks Grupe with a solid left hand.
Ottosson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grupe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ottosson advances to half guard.
Grupe trying to hold on to Ottosson's head to control him but Ottosson postures up.
Ottosson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ottosson is trying to control. Grupe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Grupe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ottosson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Grupe wants to get back to his feet.
Grupe tries to get to full guard but Ottosson has control of the leg.
Ottosson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson is looking to take a break and control but Grupe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ottosson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grupe is looking to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ottosson throws a strike but Grupe avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ottosson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ottosson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ottosson postures up in Grupe's guard and throws a big left but Grupe blocks it.
Ottosson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ottosson postures up.
Grupe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Grupe keeping moving, preventing Ottosson from controlling successfully.
Grupe trying to control the position.
Ottosson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ottosson wants to control from the top but Grupe keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grupe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ottosson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ottosson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ottosson trying to control the position from guard on top but Grupe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ottosson working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Grupe swats away the attempt to clinch by Ottosson.
Ottosson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grupe seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Grupe staying out of range there.

Ottosson pushes Grupe up against the cage in a clinch.
Ottosson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grupe backwards.
Nice elbow from Grupe.
Ottosson lands a nice uppercut.
Ottosson lands a left hand.

Grupe is rocked!
Grupe is looking to control Ottosson's arms but Ottosson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grupe has his back to the cage.
Oh Grupe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ottosson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grupe backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Ottosson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson digs a right hand underneath Grupe's ribcage. Grupe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ottosson avoids a wild elbow strike from Grupe.
Ottosson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ottosson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grupe avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ottosson.
Grupe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ottosson backwards.
Ottosson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ottosson tries a body shot but Grupe blocks it.
Ottosson lands with a short shot to the head.
Grupe prevents the takedown attempt.
Ottosson dodges an elbow strike from Grupe.
Grupe is leaning against Ottosson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ottosson lands an uppercut.
Ottosson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ottosson is trying to break free.
Ottosson throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Ottosson.
Grupe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ottosson.

Grupe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ottosson has Grupe up against the cage in a clinch.

Grupe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Andreas Ottosson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ottosson throws a series of punches but Grupe moves out of range.
Grupe seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ottosson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andreas Ottosson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A punch combination from Grupe misses.
Ottosson tries to clinch but Grupe moves out of range.
Grupe swinging wildly here.
Grupe moves in looking to clinch but Ottosson pushes him off.
Ottosson moves in looking to clinch but Grupe pushes him off.
Ottosson tries to clinch but Grupe is having none of it.
Ottosson moves in looking to clinch but Grupe pushes him off.
Grupe is looking to clinch.
Ottosson moves in looking to clinch but Grupe pushes him off.
Ottosson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grupe.
Danga de danga de dang - Grupe scores with a four punch combination!

Grupe clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ottosson misses with some punches.
Ottosson lands with a light punch inside.
Grupe blocks a body shot from Ottosson.
Grupe connects with a knee to the head.

Grupe manages to break the clinch.

Ottosson closes the distance and pushes Grupe back into the cage.
Ottosson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grupe letting Ottosson take a breather here.
Ottosson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ottosson works on Grupe's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grupe throws an elbow that misses.
Andreas Ottosson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grupe lands an elbow inside.
Ottosson is trying to break the clinch but Grupe is controlling him.
Grupe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ottosson lands with a light punch inside.
Ottosson can't find room to land a body shot as Grupe controls the action.
Ottosson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grupe can't find room to land a body shot as Ottosson controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grupe tries to throw a body punch but Ottosson avoids it by throwing Grupe back against the cage.
Good body shot from Grupe.
Grupe takes a shot to the head.
Ottosson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grupe has him pressed against the cage.

Grupe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norbert Grupe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grupe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ottosson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grupe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grupe falls off balance throwing a combination

and Ottosson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Grupe!
Grupe tries to improve position but can't.
Grupe controls the position for a moment.
Ottosson cracks Grupe with a big right hand but Grupe just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ottosson controlling from side mount.
Grupe is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottosson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Grupe looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Ottosson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Ottosson!
Our winner, Andreas Ottosson, 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.
Norbert Grupe was interviewed post fight and said 'fan ta dig din jävel'.