PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Griswald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Branislav Boledovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griswald comes to the ring accompanied by The Grizz' Hype Song. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Griswald
vs
Boledovic

191 cm
23
214 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
201 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Fortitude Apparel
Butchered Fight Wear

White Gorilla Nutrition
Blueprint Clothing

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Griswald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Branislav Boledovic!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boledovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griswald.
Griswald misses with a few strikes there.
Griswald lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Branislav Boledovic has been cut.
Griswald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griswald throws a hook but Boledovic avoids it easily.
Griswald misses with a hook. Boledovic ducked under it nicely.
Boledovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Johnny Griswald has been cut.
Griswald circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Boledovic misses.
Griswald shoots in but no luck this time.
Griswald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boledovic manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boledovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boledovic misses with a hook. Griswald ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswald thuds a left hand into Boledovic's body.
Griswald fails with a takedown attempt.
Griswald misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Griswald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griswald shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Boledovic as he avoids it easily.
Griswald slips a straight right by Boledovic.
Griswald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A cross from Boledovic lands.
Boledovic wants to clinch.

Boledovic has closed the distance and engaged Griswald in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic can't find room to land a body shot as Griswald controls the action.
Boledovic is looking to control Griswald's arms but Griswald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boledovic has his back to the ropes.
Boledovic can't find room to land a body shot as Griswald controls the action.
Griswald can't break the clinch.
Boledovic taking a breather.
Boledovic prevents Griswald from breaking the clinch.
A body shot lands from Boledovic.
Boledovic is leaning against Griswald and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boledovic prevents Griswald from breaking the clinch.
Boledovic keeps control of Griswald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boledovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griswald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boledovic landing knees to the head.
Griswald is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Boledovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boledovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boledovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Griswald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boledovic digs a right hand underneath Griswald's ribcage. Griswald let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boledovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Griswald blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Griswald as Boledovic tries to tie him up.
Boledovic digs a right hand into Griswald's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Griswald's gas tank.
Good body shot from Boledovic.
The is referee keeping an eye on Boledovic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boledovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boledovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boledovic.
Boledovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Boledovic pushes Griswald back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic lands a shot to the body.
Boledovic lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boledovic.
Boledovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boledovic lands a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Boledovic.
Griswald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boledovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Boledovic.
Griswald avoiding damage as Boledovic throws knees to the body.
A short left from Boledovic.
Boledovic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Boledovic tries to land a knee to the head but Griswald blocks with his arms.
Boledovic landing knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic works on Griswald's body with a couple of short punches.
Boledovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Boledovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Griswald.
Boledovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boledovic stalling in the clinch.
Boledovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Griswald lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boledovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griswald.
Boledovic misses with a knee strike.
Boledovic avoiding damage.
Griswald tries to break the clinch but Boledovic is controlling the position.
Boledovic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Griswald tries to break the clinch but Boledovic is controlling the position.
Boledovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griswald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Griswald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boledovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griswald moves away.
Boledovic scores with a body shot.
Griswald misses the body punch
enabling Boledovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Boledovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Griswald missing with a left hand there. Boledovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boledovic lands an overhand right.
Boledovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griswald.
Griswald misses with a takedown
and Boledovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boledovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Griswald paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic lands a jab to Griswald's midsection.
Griswald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Griswald avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big right from Boledovic misses.
Griswald misses with a body shot
and Boledovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boledovic tries to clinch up.
Boledovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Boledovic moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griswald shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Boledovic counters by moving into the clinch.
Boledovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Griswald avoiding damage as Boledovic throws knees to the body.
Griswald is looking to break free of the clinch but Boledovic has double underhooks.
Boledovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Griswald. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Griswald.
Boledovic misses with a knee to the head.
Boledovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Boledovic lands a nice uppercut.
Boledovic lands with a left to the head.
Boledovic lands with a left to the head.
Boledovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griswald's face.
Boledovic tries to stall but Griswald uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Griswald wants to break free but Boledovic has control.
Boledovic looking to throw knees to the head but Griswald is blocking nicely.
Griswald can't break the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic with a knee to the head.
Boledovic trying to stall but Griswald improves his position.
Boledovic stalling in the clinch.
Boledovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boledovic lands a body punch.
Boledovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Griswald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boledovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Griswald counters with a three punch combo that has Boledovic backing up. Boledovic nods at Griswald to acknowledge the strikes.
Griswald jabs Boledovic right on the nose. Boledovic blinks but takes it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boledovic cracks Griswald with a good jab.
Boledovic needs to keep his hands up - Griswald had a free shot at his head there.
Griswald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boledovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Branislav Boledovic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boledovic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Griswald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Griswald uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Boledovic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Griswald counters with a nice body shot.
Boledovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Griswald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boledovic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Griswald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boledovic wants to clinch up but Griswald keeps it at a distance.
Griswald waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Boledovic.
Boledovic is breathing heavily.
Boledovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griswald swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griswald throws a sloppy body shot

and Boledovic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Boledovic has a couple of punches blocked by Griswald.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boledovic is pushing Griswald up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Branislav Boledovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Boledovic missing with knees to the body.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Boledovic.
Griswald can't break the clinch.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Griswald managing to block the knees to the body from Boledovic.

Griswald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Griswald.
Griswald throws a jab when Boledovic was well out of range.
Griswald drops Boledovic with a nice combination! Griswald dives into Boledovic's guard, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griswald forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswald is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Boledovic manages to get to full guard.
Griswald trying to control but Boledovic is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic looking to control.
Boledovic looking for a sweep. Not yet Boledovic, not yet.
Griswald trying to control but Boledovic is working from the bottom.
Griswald trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Griswald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boledovic.
Johnny Griswald is winning the standup battle so far.
Griswald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boledovic.
Boledovic misses with a looping left.
Griswald throws a one two combo.

That has opened up Branislav Boledovic's cut even more.
Griswald misses with a series of wild punches.
Griswald fails with the takedown
and Griswald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Griswald with a lazy takedown attempt
and Boledovic counters with a left and a right that stings Griswald.
Boledovic tests Griswald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griswald tries to land a body kick

and Boledovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boledovic.
Boledovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boledovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Griswald wants to break free but Boledovic has control.
Boledovic taking a breather.
Boledovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boledovic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Griswald up against the ropes.
Griswald wants to break free but Boledovic has control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Boledovic.
Boledovic misses with the head strike.
Boledovic trying to stall but Griswald improves his position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boledovic.
Boledovic pushes Griswald back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Boledovic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Griswald wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boledovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Boledovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Griswald backwards.
Griswald tries to break the clinch but Boledovic is controlling the position.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic avoiding damage.
Boledovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griswald or not.
Griswald is trying to break the clinch but Boledovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Boledovic.
Boledovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boledovic throws a head punch that misses.
Boledovic connects with a nasty looking knee right to Griswald's face.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boledovic taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Boledovic.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Griswald managing to block the knees to the body from Boledovic.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Griswald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boledovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Boledovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boledovic lands a knee to the body.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boledovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boledovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boledovic just leaning against Griswald, taking a breather.
Boledovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boledovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Boledovic works on Griswald's body with a couple of short punches.
Griswald is looking to break free of the clinch but Boledovic has double underhooks.
Boledovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griswald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Griswald.
Boledovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Griswald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boledovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griswald or not.
Boledovic controlling the action here for a moment.
Boledovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Griswald avoids the damage to the body.
Griswald avoiding damage as Boledovic throws knees to the body.
Boledovic misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griswald wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griswald is trying to break the clinch but Boledovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Griswald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Griswald dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Griswald misses with a combination
enabling Boledovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Griswald misses with a looping left.
Boledovic tries to move into range but Griswald moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boledovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boledovic moves out of range as Griswald strikes.
Griswald just misses with a punch to the body.

Boledovic pushes Griswald up against the ropes in a clinch.
Griswald blocks an uppercut.
Boledovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left hand lands to the body for Boledovic.
Boledovic misses with a body punch.
Griswald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boledovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Griswald or not.
Boledovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Griswald avoids the damage to the body.
Griswald has had enough of the clinch but Boledovic keeps him there for the moment.
Boledovic keeps control of Griswald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griswald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boledovic looking to slow down the pace here.
Griswald avoiding damage as Boledovic throws knees to the body.
Griswald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boledovic has him pressed against the ropes.
Boledovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boledovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boledovic.
Boledovic scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Boledovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic trying to land knees to the body.

Griswald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boledovic misses with a double jab.
Boledovic tries to clinch up but Griswald circles away and keeps his distance.
Griswald just misses with a punch to the body.
Boledovic looks to clinch
and Griswald counters with a stiff right hand.

The cut above Branislav Boledovic's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Decent striking displayed by Griswald there.
A slow jab from Griswald misses its intended target.
Griswald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boledovic tries to clinch
and Griswald counters with a nice uppercut.
Boledovic tries to clinch but Griswald moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswald misses with a straight right.
Griswald just misses with a punch to the body.
Boledovic misses the jab.
Griswald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Boledovic clinches.
A short left from Boledovic.
Boledovic lands an uppercut.
Boledovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Griswald is trying to break free.
Griswald is looking to break free of the clinch but Boledovic has double underhooks.
Griswald's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Boledovic stalling against the ropes.

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.
Griswald avoiding damage as Boledovic throws knees to the body.
Boledovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Griswald avoids the damage to the body.

Griswald breaks from the clinch.
Boledovic defending well as Griswald loads up on a big left hand.
Griswald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griswald jabs Boledovic right on the nose. Boledovic blinks but takes it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Boledovic misses the target.
Boledovic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Griswald throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Griswald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boledovic slips under a jab.
Griswald misses with an uppercut. Boledovic saw that one coming.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griswald throws a lazy right hand but Boledovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boledovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griswald throws out the jab.

Griswald tries to keep at a distance but Boledovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boledovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boledovic missing with knees to the body.
Boledovic has Griswald pushed against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Boledovic.
Boledovic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The is referee keeping an eye on Boledovic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boledovic prevents Griswald from breaking the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Boledovic looking to stall.
Boledovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Griswald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Griswald blocks a body shot from Boledovic.
Boledovic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Griswald is looking to break free of the clinch but Boledovic has double underhooks.
Boledovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Griswald gets an underhook and turns Boledovic into the ropes.

Griswald breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Griswald. That snapped Boledovic's head back.
Boledovic is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Branislav Boledovic's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Griswald looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Griswald shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Boledovic counter with a right hand.
Griswald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boledovic moves away.
Boledovic tests Griswald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boledovic throws a looping overhand right but Griswald ducks down to avoid it.
Griswald fails to land with a series of punches.
Griswald shoots and misses
and Boledovic counters with a straight right hand.
Griswald takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice jab there from Boledovic.
Branislav Boledovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Boledovic rushes Griswald and presses him up against the ropes.
Griswald takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Boledovic.
A shot in the inside from Boledovic.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Boledovic is leaning against Griswald and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boledovic stalling.
Boledovic landing knees to the body.
Boledovic scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Boledovic.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boledovic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Boledovic.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boledovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Griswald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Boledovic stalling against the ropes.
The crowd are getting on Boledovic's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Johnny Griswald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Branislav Boledovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boledovic tries to work over Griswald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boledovic keeps control of Griswald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griswald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Griswald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griswald misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Branislav Boledovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boledovic 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Branislav Boledovic!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Branislav Boledovic!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Branislav Boledovic!

Branislav Boledovic wins by unanimous decision!