PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fujita comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica-Enter Sandman. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Fujita
vs
Grundy

195 cm
42
286 lbs
39 - 22 - 0

190 cm
36
186 lbs
30 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kazaki Fujita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujita misses with a two punch combination.
Grundy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Grundy wants it to stay on the feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grundy.
Fujita stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fujita is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Grundy has managed to clinch.
Grundy lands a nice knee to the body.
Grundy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Kazaki Fujita has been cut.
Grundy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fujita up against the cage.

Fujita breaks from the clinch.

Grundy moves into the clinch successfully.
Fujita is trying to break the clinch but Grundy is controlling him.
Fujita is looking to break free of the clinch but Grundy has double underhooks.

Fujita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from Grundy as Fujita shoots in.
Grundy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fujita paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fujita tests Grundy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fujita seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Grundy is looking to clinch.
Grundy has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fujita throws a head kick that misses.
Fujita looks to land a right hand but Grundy moved out of range.

Grundy clinches up with Fujita and pushes him back against the cage.

Fujita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fujita tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grundy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Benjamin Grundy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fujita misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Grundy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Grundy moves into the clinch successfully.
Fujita takes an elbow to the temple.
Fujita is trying to push Grundy away but Grundy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fujita backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fujita is trying to break the clinch but Grundy has him pressed against the cage.
Fujita tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Grundy smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazaki Fujita. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fujita pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grundy feints a counter leg kick.
Fujita tries to score a power double leg takedown but Grundy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fujita somewhat.
Fujita backing away here, and Grundy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fujita throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fujita doesn't manage to clinch there - Grundy circles away.
Grundy throws a body kick that misses.
Fujita tried to counter with a leg kick but Grundy avoided it.
Grundy throws a head kick that Fujita semi-blocks.

Fujita gets tackled into the cage by Grundy. Grundy maintains the clinch.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Fujita breaks from the clinch.
Fujita avoids the head kick by Grundy.
Grundy avoids the body shot from Fujita.
Grundy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fujita.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Fujita misses.

Grundy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grundy lands a good knee to the midsection. Fujita won't want to take too many of those.
Grundy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujita's efforts to push away.
Grundy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujita's efforts to push away.
Grundy missing with knees to the body.
Fujita tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Grundy smiles and moves away.

Grundy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grundy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Grundy.
Grundy throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Grundy.
Fujita takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fujita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grundy lands an uppercut.
Grundy lands an elbow inside.
A shot in the inside from Grundy.
A shot in the inside from Grundy.
Grundy has Fujita pressed against the cage, preventing Fujita from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Grundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Fujita.
Fujita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fujita avoids a wild elbow strike from Grundy.
Grundy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Grundy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kazaki Fujita's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grundy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fujita looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grundy tries to clinch there but Fujita circles away.
A big right from Fujita misses.
Fujita blocks a head kick by Grundy.
Grundy thumps Fujita with a low kick.
Grundy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fujita. That did some damage!
Grundy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Grundy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fujita.
Fujita fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grundy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fujita looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fujita swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fujita misses with a two punch combination.
Fujita moves in looking to clinch but Grundy pushes him off.

Fujita gets tackled into the cage by Grundy. Grundy maintains the clinch.
Fujita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grundy lands an elbow just above Fujita 's eye.
Grundy lands a right hand.

Fujita breaks from the clinch.

Grundy clinches up against the cage.
Grundy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Grundy on the inside.
Grundy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fujita is trying to push Grundy away but Grundy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grundy is leaning against Fujita and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fujita throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grundy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fujita lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grundy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fujita's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grundy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee calls for Grundy to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Grundy lands a body punch.
Grundy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grundy stalling the fight.
Fujita is looking to break free of the clinch but Grundy has double underhooks.
Fujita is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grundy.
Grundy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grundy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grundy landing knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grundy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grundy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita tries to break the clinch but Grundy is controlling the position.
Fujita tries to circle away but Grundy has him pinned against the cage.
Grundy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fujita backwards.
Grundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grundy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujita's efforts to push away.
A short right from Grundy on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grundy.
Grundy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fujita trying to land knees to the body.
Grundy is leaning against Fujita and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Grundy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fujita in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grundy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fujita blocks an elbow strike from Grundy.
Fujita can't break the clinch.
Grundy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundy lands a shoulder strike.
Grundy lands an elbow just above Fujita 's eye.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
Grundy lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Grundy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Grundy lands an elbow that stopped Fujita in his tracks for a moment.
Grundy lands an elbow inside that Fujita shrugs off.
Fujita wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Grundy.

Fujita is rocked!
Grundy stalling against the cage.
Oh Fujita is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grundy lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Fujita to his knees! Grundy keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjamin Grundy!
An out of breath Benjamin Grundy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.