PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joel Romero Basquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coson Granit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Romero Basquez
vs
Granit

180 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

182 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joel Romero Basquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Coson Granit!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granit is looking to clinch but Basquez is avoiding it.
Granit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Basquez appears to be looking for a big counter.
A nice inside leg kick there by Basquez. That's going to slow Granit down.
Basquez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Basquez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Granit just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBasquez.
Basquez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Basquez tries to keep at a distance but Granit has taken the fight into the clinch.
Basquez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Granit to keep the fight standing.
Basquez can't break the clinch.
Granit landing knees to the head.
Basquez tries to break the clinch but Granit is controlling the position.
Granit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Basquez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Granit trying to land knees to the body.

Granit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Granit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Basquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Basquez tries a head kick but it misses.
Granit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Basquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Granit drives through and clinches with Basquez against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granit with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Granit is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Basquez is defending well for now.
Granit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Basquez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Basquez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Granit walks away with a smile on his face. Basquez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Granit tries to clinch but Basquez moves out of range.

Granit moves into the clinch.
Granit lands a nice knee to the body.
Granit is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Basquez to keep the fight standing.
Basquez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Basquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Basquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Granit lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Granit.
Granit looks winded!
Basquez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joel Romero Basquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Granit controlling the action here for a moment.
Granit lands an elbow that stopped Basquez in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granit looking to throw knees to the head but Basquez is blocking nicely.
Granit looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Basquez is trying to break the clinch but Granit is controlling him.
Granit tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Granit trying to land knees to the body.
Granit wants to break free but Basquez has control.
Granit tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Basquez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Basquez missing with knees to the body.
Basquez is trying to pull guard but Granit has him pressed against the cage.

Basquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Basquez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Granit sprawls well initially but Basquez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Granit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Basquez wants to stand but Granit has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Basquez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Basquez working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Basquez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Granit hang on?

Basquez is working for a guillotine from mount but Granit frees his head quite easily.
Granit taking shots to the head.
Basquez working Granit over with strikes here.
Basquez controlling the position easily from mount.
Basquez landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Basquez lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Basquez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Basquez working the ground and pound effectively.

Basquez throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Granit has his hands clasped together but Basquez breaks the hold and Granit is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Basquez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joel Romero Basquez!
Coson Granit was interviewed post fight and said 'I had a stomach bug for the last 2 days but I'm going to recover soon'.