PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Investitor Gradnje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gradnje comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein-Moskau. Investitor Gradnje has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gradnje
vs
Berserk

188 cm
21
213 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Investitor Gradnje!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Urho Berserk!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gradnje tries to clinch there but Berserk circles away.
Gradnje fails with a takedown attempt.
Berserk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Berserk misses the target.
Berserk throws a predictable looking body shot

and Gradnje counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gradnje trying to control the action but Berserk is working from the bottom.

Gradnje tries for a kimura but Berserk is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gradnje tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gradnje has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gradnje looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Berserk is avoiding damage well.
Berserk is looking for a sweep.
Berserk struggling a bit here.

Gradnje tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gradnje wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berserk keeps working.
Berserk wants to control but Gradnje postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gradnje wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berserk keeps working.
Gradnje working the body and head with strikes.
Gradnje wants to lay and pray for a moment but Berserk keeps working.

Gradnje goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Berserk rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gradnje's guard! Nice work there by Berserk!

Gradnje is looking for a triangle but Berserk pushes his legs off easily.

Gradnje escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Berserk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gradnje escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Berserk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Berserk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gradnje is keeping the position for now.

Gradnje working for a triangle but Berserk defends it easily.

Gradnje looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gradnje seems keen to control Berserk's posture.

Gradnje is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Berserk is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gradnje looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Berserk passes into half guard.
Gradnje moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Berserk engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gradnje lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Investitor Gradnje dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Berserk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gradnje.
Berserk lands with a hook. Gradnje tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Berserk lands with a kick to the temple. Gradnje shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Berserk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gradnje looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gradnje tries to close the distance and clinch but Berserk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Urho Berserk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berserk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gradnje swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Berserk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gradnje.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gradnje takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Berserk drives through and clinches with Gradnje against the cage.
Gradnje drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Berserk displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gradnje up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk lands a hook that snaps the head of Gradnje backwards.
Berserk lands a shoulder strike.
Gradnje is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Investitor Gradnje. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gradnje using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Berserk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Gradnje breaks the clinch.
Gradnje gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Berserk throws a series of strikes that have Gradnje backpedaling.
Urho Berserk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Berserk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gradnje in his tracks.
Gradnje misses with a kick to the body
and Berserk counters with an inside leg kick.
Berserk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Investitor Gradnje is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gradnje on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That kick from Berserk tenderised Gradnje's leg. Gradnje is trying to keep his angry face on.
Berserk loads up on a big right hand but Gradnje slips the punch.
Berserk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berserk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gradnje.
Berserk cracks Gradnje with a right hand to the side of the head.
Berserk throws a good cross that connects.
Berserk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gradnje moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berserk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gradnje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gradnje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berserk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berserk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gradnje paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Berserk misses with a hook to the body

and Gradnje counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Berserk keeping moving, preventing Gradnje from controlling successfully.

Gradnje is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gradnje is looking to pass into half guard but Berserk pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Berserk is in guard.

Gradnje keeping moving, preventing Berserk from controlling successfully.

Gradnje looking for a guillotine here but Berserk defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk preventing the sweep.
Gradnje working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Berserk.
Gradnje working a defensive guard here.

Gradnje is looking for a triangle but Berserk pushes his legs off easily.
Gradnje keeping moving, preventing Berserk from controlling successfully.

Gradnje is looking for a triangle but Berserk pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urho Berserk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gradnje bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gradnje has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Berserk.
Berserk throws out a powerful jab.
Berserk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gradnje is able to avoid easily.
Berserk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gradnje's sensitive parts.
Berserk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gradnje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Berserk.
Gradnje on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gradnje looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gradnje is looking to clinch.
Berserk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gradnje's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gradnje fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gradnje shoots in for a double leg but Berserk sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Berserk has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Investitor Gradnje. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gradnje doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Berserk counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gradnje is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gradnje takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Berserk digs a good body shot into Gradnje's ribs.
Berserk cracks the inside of Gradnje's front leg.
Nice shot by Berserk.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gradnje is defended easily by Berserk.
Urho Berserk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berserk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gradnje's hands.
Urho Berserk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gradnje.
Gradnje closes the distance but Berserk moves to the side
and Berserk counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gradnje tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Berserk counters with a series of strikes. Gradnje will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gradnje tries for a takedown but Berserk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Berserk moves into the clinch successfully.
Berserk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gradnje has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Berserk is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gradnje lands a shot to the body.
Berserk lands a nice uppercut.
Gradnje working aggressively here.

Gradnje ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gradnje no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Gradnje looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Berserk pushing down on Gradnje's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Well, if Berserk is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Berserk moves into full mount! Gradnje won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk controlling from the full mount.
Gradnje tries to lock up and control but Berserk gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Berserk content just to control the position here.
Investitor Gradnje has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gradnje flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Urho Berserk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Berserk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 for Urho Berserk!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Urho Berserk!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Urho Berserk!

Urho Berserk wins by unanimous decision!
The defeated Investitor Gradnje had this to say: 'I just wanna congretz my opponent on his win, wish him all the best, for me its back to my drawing board see where i went wrong study it and get the best of this lose.'.