PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Chabala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Grimwald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grimwald has chosen NoMeansNo - Mr. In Between as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Chabala
vs
Grimwald

169 cm
32
168 lbs
24 - 10 - 2

173 cm
31
163 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Dead Orbit
Max Octane Fight Wear

Sun-Tzu
MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Matt Chabala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustav Grimwald!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimwald stuns Chabala with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chabala checks a low kick from Grimwald.
Chabala half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Chabala throws a head kick that misses.
Grimwald lands a jab to the head.
Grimwald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chabala.
Grimwald closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slow jab from Chabala misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as Chabala blocks the leg kick.
Chabala throws a looping overhand right but Grimwald ducks down to avoid it.
Chabala throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Grimwald blocks a jab.
Grimwald with the counter takedown but Chabala avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Grimwald coming out on top.
Grimwald throws a leg kick that is checked

and Chabala counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Chabala.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grimwald keeping moving, preventing Chabala from controlling successfully.
Chabala wants to pass the guard but Grimwald is keeping the position.
Grimwald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Chabala's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimwald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chabala is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grimwald trying to control but Chabala is working from the bottom.
Grimwald slips nicely into half guard.
Chabala avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Grimwald.
Grimwald lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grimwald throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Chabala is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Grimwald pulls his head out easily.

That's two 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.
Grimwald missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grimwald stalling.
Chabala is trying to maintain the position but Grimwald is very close to passing his half guard.
Grimwald is just content to waste time from the top position. Chabala takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Grimwald postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grimwald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chabala swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chabala working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grimwald.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimwald slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chabala tries a head kick but it misses.
Chabala misses with a wild body shot.
Chabala misses with a left hand
and Grimwald counters with a right hand to the body.
Chabala is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Grimwald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chabala.
Grimwald moves away from the strike by Chabala.
Grimwald throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chabala feinted with a counter takedown.
Chabala checks a leg kick.
Chabala appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Grimwald throws a leg kick but Chabala moved away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Grimwald displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chabala.
Grimwald lands with a shot to the body.
Chabala throws a leg kick that misses.
Grimwald on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grimwald attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Grimwald misses.
Grimwald tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grimwald fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chabala is out of range.
Grimwald scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chabala bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Chabala scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chabala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grimwald lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chabala's sensitive parts.
Chabala wants to land a leg kick but Grimwald is out of range.
Grimwald is looking for the big counter here.
Chabala tries to score with a low kick but Grimwald moves his leg out of the way.
Grimwald scores with a hook to the body. Chabala takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Grimwald shoots in but Chabala avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grimwald misses with a straight left.
Chabala displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Grimwald.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grimwald, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gustav Grimwald will probably get the nod.
That's time! Chabala's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grimwald catches Chabala with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Grimwald scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grimwald 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.
Chabala looks for a takedown but Grimwald sprawls well.
Chabala slips a jab and a cross from Grimwald.
Grimwald lands with a kick to the ribs.
Chabala loads up on a big right hand but Grimwald slips the punch.
Grimwald throws a lazy right hand but Chabala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grimwald with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chabala to score with a decent uppercut.
Chabala misses with a right hand
and Grimwald counters with a series of strikes. Chabala will be more careful next time no doubt.
Chabala misses with an attempted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chabala on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grimwald, as that shot connected.
Chabala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grimwald throws a body punch but Chabala moves out of range.
Chabala is looking to slow Grimwald down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabala blocks a low kick nicely.
Gustav Grimwald seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chabala moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Chabala scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Chabala sizes up Grimwald with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chabala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grimwald's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grimwald.
Grimwald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chabala moves away.
Grimwald punishes Chabala's body with a nice straight punch.
Grimwald takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grimwald misses with a straight left.
Grimwald misses with a straight left.
Grimwald throws a leg kick but Chabala checks it.
A punch combination from Grimwald misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chabala.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chabala lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grimwald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chabala takes a swing at Grimwald's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chabala shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chabala checks a low kick from Grimwald.
Chabala connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grimwald momentarily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Grimwald or perhaps it was just good defense by Chabala, which made it look bad.
Chabala misses with a looping left.
Chabala jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chabala sizes up Grimwald with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chabala throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It seemed like Grimwald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Grimwald pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chabala back to the cage. Grimwald follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Chabala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grimwald.
Grimwald fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grimwald defending well as Chabala loads up on a big left hand.
Chabala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Chabala on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch combination from Chabala misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabala is looking to slow Grimwald down with leg kicks.
Grimwald scores with a jab to the body.
Grimwald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chabala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grimwald.
Grimwald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chabala fails with a takedown attempt.
Grimwald appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Grimwald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grimwald lands a jab to Chabala's midsection.
Grimwald throws a nice head kick!
Chabala moves out of range of the leg kick from Grimwald.
Grimwald works over Chabala's head and body with a nice combination.
Chabala throws a low kick but it's checked well by Grimwald.
Grimwald throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chabala fires out a quick counter leg kick but Grimwald just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grimwald throws the kick towards the body but Chabala avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabala with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grimwald to score with a decent uppercut.
Chabala misses with a head kick.
Chabala throws a body shot but no joy.
Grimwald misses with a head kick.
Grimwald scores with a decent looking hook.
Chabala shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Chabala shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grimwald but Grimwald pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Chabala. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chabala's corner calls for a 1-2. Chabala obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chabala misses with a looping left.
Grimwald swings for the body but Chabala moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chabala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Grimwald misses.
A swing and a miss from Grimwald.
Grimwald defending well as Chabala loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Grimwald showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice cross by Grimwald.
Chabala lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grimwald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chabala.
Grimwald misses the jab.
Chabala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chabala. Grimwald shrugs it off though.
Grimwald misses with a few strikes there.
Grimwald has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grimwald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grimwald blocks a jab.
Chabala shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chabala connects with a body shot that sends Grimwald's belly button to the back.
Gustav Grimwald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimwald keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grimwald tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Chabala throws an off balance right hand
and Grimwald counters with a straight right hand.
Chabala throws a jab when Grimwald was well out of range.
Chabala lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimwald throws a head kick that misses
and Chabala counters with a nice leg kick.
Grimwald lands a glancing blow to the side of Chabala's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabala throws a jab but it's blocked by Grimwald.
Grimwald misses with an uppercut.
Chabala throws a push kick but Grimwald slaps the foot to one side.
Grimwald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chabala was well out of range. Poor timing from Grimwald.
Chabala throws a chopping leg kick but Grimwald manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grimwald throws a leg kick that misses.
Chabala tries to counter with a takedown but Grimwald is quick to defend against it.
Grimwald fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chabala checks it well.
Chabala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grimwald.
Grimwald dips to his left and cracks Chabala with an uppercut!
Chabala throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grimwald checks a leg kick.
Grimwald misses the shot to the body.
Grimwald checks a leg kick.
Grimwald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chabala.
A shot to the liver by Grimwald. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimwald throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chabala swings widly with a right hand
and Grimwald counters with a nice uppercut.
Chabala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Grimwald's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chabala scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chabala blocks a jab.
Chabala swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chabala throws a head kick but Grimwald moves out of range.
Chabala throws a front kick aimed at Grimwald's knee but Grimwald avoids it well.
Chabala tried to score with a low kick but Grimwald checks it.
Chabala 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.
Grimwald throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chabala stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chabala throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chabala throws a looping overhand right but Grimwald ducks down to avoid it.
Grimwald slips a jab from Chabala.
Chabala ducks under a wild hook from Grimwald.
Grimwald moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grimwald misses with a hook. Chabala ducked under it nicely.
Matt Chabala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabala missing with a left hand there. Grimwald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chabala takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Grimwald blocks a head kick by Chabala.
It seemed like Grimwald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chabala on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grimwald. Grimwald obviously looking to wear him down.
Chabala connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grimwald momentarily.
Chabala throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Grimwald tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grimwald throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chabala on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimwald. Chabala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chabala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grimwald waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chabala.
Chabala tries to counter with a takedown but Grimwald is quick to defend against it.
Chabala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grimwald.
Grimwald lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Good leg kick by Grimwald there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chabala thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grimwald throws a leg kick but Chabala moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Chabala on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabala attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimwald takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chabala looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grimwald fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chabala is out of range.
Chabala is looking to chop away at Grimwald's legs.
Grimwald connects with an inside leg kick.
Grimwald sizes up Chabala with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Grimwald misses with a kick to the body

and Chabala counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Chabala has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grimwald avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chabala postures up and lands a big shot to Grimwald's brow.
Grimwald has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chabala won't allow Grimwald to get back to his feet.
Grimwald avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grimwald preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gustav Grimwald.
I've got Grimwald winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Grimwald!
Our winner, Gustav Grimwald, 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.