PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Fjera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Grimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grimson has chosen Omerta - Lamb of God as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Nick Fjera had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Fjera
vs
Grimson

188 cm
22
289 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

198 cm
22
270 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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GREEN!160
SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Fjera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stu Grimson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fjera. That did some damage!
Nice body kick from Grimson.
Grimson throws a lazy right hand but Fjera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grimson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Nick Fjera has been cut.
Grimson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fjera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fjera dips to his left and cracks Grimson with an uppercut!
Grimson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fjera is out of range and Grimson settles back down.
Fjera swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fjera avoids the body shot from Grimson.
Grimson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fjera throws a right hand that misses
and Grimson counters with an outside leg kick.
Fjera is breathing heavily.
Fjera throws a jab but it's blocked by Grimson.
Grimson feints a counter leg kick.

Grimson sends Fjera crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Grimson is motioning to the referee to let Fjera up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grimson.
Fjera takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Grimson.
Fjera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grimson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grimson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fjera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grimson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fjera's sensitive parts.
Fjera misses with a wild body shot.
Grimson thinks about the counter body kick.
Grimson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fjera darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fjera ducks under a wild hook from Grimson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fjera throwing a counter right hand but Grimson manages to avoid it.
Fjera misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Grimson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Grimson throws a leg kick that misses.
Fjera looks to land a left hand but Grimson moved out of range nicely.
Grimson scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimson is looking to slow Fjera down with leg kicks.
Grimson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grimson misses with an uppercut.
Fjera throwing a counter right hand but Grimson manages to avoid it.
Stu Grimson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fjera getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fjera checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Grimson tenderised Fjera's leg. Fjera is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grimson looks for the body kick but Fjera saw that one coming.
Grimson is looking to chop away at Fjera's legs.
Fjera looks to land a right hand but Grimson moved out of range.
Grimson stuffs the takedown.
Fjera looks to land a right hand but Grimson moved out of range.
Grimson throws a leg kick but Fjera moved away.
Fjera scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from Fjera.
Grimson only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Fjera dives in and scores a takedown into Grimson's guard.
Grimson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fjera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Our spies down at at Guerrilla MMA inform us that Grimson has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Fjera's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Fjera wants to pass the guard but Grimson is keeping the position.
Grimson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fjera makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fjera accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fjera stopping the sweep attempt from Grimson.
Fjera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fjera makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fjera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grimson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grimson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Grimson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Fjera's cut.
That's time! Fjera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grimson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grimson throws a head kick but Fjera moves out of range.
Fjera has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grimson.
Fjera 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.
Grimson cracks the inside of Fjera's front leg.
Grimson scores with a spinning back kick!
Grimson misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fjera throws an off balance right hand
and Grimson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grimson throws a leg kick which misses Fjera's front leg but catches the back leg as Fjera tries to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fjera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Grimson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fjera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fjera's calf.
Grimson wants to slow Fjera down by chopping away at his legs.
Grimson connects with a high kick.

Nick Fjera's cut is getting worse.
Grimson moves out of range of the strikes.
Fjera has been working on his balance at HWP Forcefield, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Grimson.
Grimson cracks Fjera with an open hand slap.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grimson.
Grimson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fjera shoots in but no luck this time.
Grimson throws a big counter head kick but Fjera avoids it with no problem.
Fjera throws a lazy uppercut
and Grimson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grimson throws a pinpoint strike between Fjera's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Fjera crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Grimson scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stu Grimson! Stu Grimson retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Stu Grimson, 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.