PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Grover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grover comes to the cage accompanied by Ran-D & Zatox - Hectic. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Grover
vs
Gonzalez

170 cm
21
151 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

165 cm
19
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcelo Grover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez scores with a hook to the body. Grover takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Grover looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzalez scores with a decent looking hook.
Grover scores with a sloppy right hand. Gonzalez should have avoided that one.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gonzalez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grover misses with a looping left.
Gonzalez cracks Grover with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grover shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gonzalez but Gonzalez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gonzalez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gonzalez connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grover looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gonzalez is fending him off so far but Grover persists. Nope, Gonzalez circles away and we're back to standing.
Grover misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grover.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Grover. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grover is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Gonzalez cracks Grover with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gonzalez scores with a body shot.
A combination from Grover does no damage.
Anthony Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grover takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Grover on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Grover is just out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Grover is defended easily by Gonzalez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grover pushes Gonzalez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonzalez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Grover.
Gonzalez can't find room to land a body shot as Grover controls the action.
Gonzalez holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Grover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grover fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grover tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzalez digs a good body shot into Grover's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grover tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grover rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grover thinking.
Grover throws a hook but Gonzalez avoids it easily.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab by Grover.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Grover takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grover darts in trying to clinch
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grover thinking.
Grover misses with a hook.
Gonzalez lands with a good body shot.
Marcelo Grover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grover moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Gonzalez scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gonzalez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grover rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Grover ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Grover breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez with a nice cross.
Gonzalez dips to his left and cracks Grover with an uppercut!
Grover fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grover throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.
A swing and a miss from Grover.
Gonzalez tries to bum rush Grover with a series of wild strikes but Grover uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gonzalez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anthony Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gonzalez lands with a hook. Grover tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grover tries to clinch there but Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez cracks Grover with a right hand to the side of the head.
Marcelo Grover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grover throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.

Grover gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
Anthony Gonzalez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Grover's ribcage but misses.
Grover tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez swats away the attempt to clinch by Grover.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Grover moves out of range.
Grover dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grover shoots for a double leg takedown but Gonzalez sprawls well. He's pushed Grover's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Grover moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands with a hook. Grover tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gonzalez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grover throws a series of punches but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grover is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Grover throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
Grover misses with an uppercut. Gonzalez saw that one coming.
Gonzalez avoids the body shot from Grover.
Grover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzalez leaves Grover with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gonzalez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grover moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Grover throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grover tries to work over Gonzalez's front leg with a kick but Gonzalez checks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gonzalez.
Grover tries to clinch up.
Grover is looking to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1-2. Gonzalez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Grover does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grover falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a stiff right hand.
Grover doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez cracks the inside of Grover's front leg.
Grover shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Grover. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez lands with a hook. Grover tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grover with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gonzalez to score with a decent uppercut.
Grover misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grover shoots in but no luck this time.
Gonzalez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grover at a distance.
Gonzalez jabs Grover to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grover tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot to the body.
Grover swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grover shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzalez lands with a nice body punch.
Grover walks into a straight right hand from Gonzalez.
Grover wants to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gonzalez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grover wants to clinch but Gonzalez slips to the side
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Grover throws a combination that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
Grover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez tests Grover's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grover tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Grover throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grover's hands.
Grover tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez jabs Grover to the body, keeping him at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Grover misses.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Grover. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Grover walks into a straight right hand from Gonzalez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzalez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grover tries to clinch
and Gonzalez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grover wants to clinch up but Gonzalez keeps it at a distance.
Grover is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grover tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grover fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gonzalez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grover throws out the jab.
Gonzalez scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Grover misses with a straight right.
Grover lands a head shot.
Grover throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grover lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Grover, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez lands a right hook to the body.
Grover moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gonzalez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gonzalez digs a good hook to Grover's body.
Grover throws a jab when Gonzalez was well out of range.
Grover moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
Gonzalez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez works Grover's body with a nice hook.
Grover tries to clinch up.
Grover throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grover misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grover on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grover misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez jabs at Grover's body.
Gonzalez stuns Grover with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gonzalez scores with a hook to the body. Grover takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gonzalez connects with a right hand. Grover shakes it off.
Gonzalez lands with an uppercut that bounces Grover off the cage and back into range.
Gonzalez slips a straight right by Grover.
Grover is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez connects with a looping right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Grover misses the target.
Grover closes the distance and clinches up with Gonzalez, looking for a takedown. Grover pushes Gonzalez against the cage but Gonzalez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grover has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gonzalez finds it's way round the side to connect with Grover's head.
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by Grover.
Gonzalez connects with a body shot that sends Grover's belly button to the back.
Gonzalez jabs at Grover's body.
Gonzalez connects with the punch.
Grover sizes up Gonzalez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gonzalez looks to land a combination. Grover sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grover throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.
Gonzalez lands a nice hook to Grover's body. Grover takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marcelo Grover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grover on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gonzalez lands a slapping body shot.
Gonzalez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Gonzalez there.
Grover misses with a looping left.
Gonzalez clobbers Grover with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Grover pushes Gonzalez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonzalez is trying to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Gonzalez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez stops a takedown attempt from Grover.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Grover. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Gonzalez lands a nice hook to Grover's body. Grover takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Anthony Gonzalez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gonzalez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Gonzalez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gonzalez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Gonzalez!
Anthony Gonzalez thanked the fans post fight for their support.