PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Will Dearborn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norbert Grupe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grupe has chosen Organized Konfusion - Bring It On (Buckwild Remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Will Dearborn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Norbert Grupe's chin.

Dearborn
vs
Grupe

182 cm
29
175 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

186 cm
37
178 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Dearborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norbert Grupe!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dearborn. Grupe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dearborn.
Dearborn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grupe was well out of range. Poor timing from Dearborn.
Dearborn jabs at Grupe's body.
Grupe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dearborn.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dearborn.
Dearborn scores with a body shot.
Grupe throws a body shot but no joy.
Dearborn is looking to slow Grupe down with leg kicks.

Dearborn lands a left and a right that send Grupe crashing to the mat, dazed. Dearborn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Grupe is rocked!
Will Dearborn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dearborn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grupe is still on wobbly legs! Can Dearborn finish him?
Grupe misses with a series of wild punches.
Dearborn fails to land with a series of punches.
Grupe seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dearborn misses with a head kick.
Grupe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Grupe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Dearborn. Those never looked like landing.
Dearborn avoids the body shot from Grupe.
Dearborn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grupe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grupe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dearborn!
Sloppy strikes from Grupe. Those never looked like landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dearborn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn throws a head kick but Grupe moves out of range.
Grupe misses with a two punch combination.
Dearborn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dearborn is looking to wear down Grupe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dearborn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Will Dearborn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grupe slips a straight right by Dearborn.
A solid body kick from Dearborn.
Grupe lands a jab to Dearborn's midsection.
Dearborn lands a jab to the head.
Dearborn connects with a body shot that sends Grupe's belly button to the back.
Grupe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn connects with a solid leg kick.
Dearborn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dearborn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dearborn misses with a straight right.
Grupe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dearborn's waist but Dearborn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Grupe off to one side.
Dearborn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grupe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dearborn throws a series of punches but Grupe moves out of range.
Grupe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grupe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dearborn throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dearborn misses with a series of wild punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dearborn, right into the meat.
Grupe checks a leg kick nicely.
Dearborn throws a leg kick but Grupe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dearborn lands with a nice body punch.
Grupe 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!
Grupe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dearborn throws out the jab.
Dearborn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grupe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dearborn.
Grupe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Dearborn dominated that round.
That's time! Dearborn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dearborn tries to score with a low kick but Grupe moves his leg out of the way.
Dearborn throws a body shot but no joy.
Dearborn scores with a jab.
Will Dearborn is winning the standup battle so far.
Dearborn scores with the left hand. Grupe knows he should have avoided that one.
Dearborn tries a low kick but Grupe avoids it.
Dearborn misses with a looping right.
Grupe takes one to the side of the head.
Grupe walks straight into a right hand from Dearborn - that's dropped him! Dearborn jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Grupe from any more punishment! Grupe complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Will Dearborn!
An out of breath and clearly excited Will Dearborn thanked Museum of Monsters & Madmen for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Norbert Grupe was interviewed post fight and said 'sorry fans, sorry boss, sorry organisation but i will retire now!'.