PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Grice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hilton Teimosia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grice kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is GZA - Shadowboxin'. Hilton Teimosia told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Grice
vs
Teimosia

184 cm
33
184 lbs
17 - 5 - 2

174 cm
29
175 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Mohito Fightwear
Spartan Nutrition

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Gary Grice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grice lands a body shot.
Grice misses with a body shot.
Grice scoring well with a low kick there.
Grice takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grice is looking to land body kicks.
Grice gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Grice connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Teimosia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Teimosia checks a leg kick.
Grice definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Teimosia throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Grice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teimosia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Teimosia throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Grice to regain full guard.
Teimosia won't allow Grice to sweep him here.
Teimosia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grice works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Teimosia wants to pass the guard but Grice is keeping the position.
Teimosia is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia is looking to work some ground and pound but Grice has wrist control.
Grice being controlled here, momentarily.
Teimosia postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Teimosia preventing the sweep.
Teimosia sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Grice is looking for a triangle but Teimosia pushes his legs off easily.
Teimosia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Grice's head.
Teimosia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Teimosia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grice is keeping the position for now.
Grice keeping moving, preventing Teimosia from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Teimosia misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grice throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jab by Teimosia.
Grice takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Grice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grice pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hilton Teimosia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teimosia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grice attempts a counter takedown but Teimosia avoids it well and moves away.
Grice fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Teimosia jabs at Grice's body.
Teimosia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Teimosia throws an overhand right that lands on Grice's shoulder, as Grice tries to avoid the shot.
Teimosia ducks under a wild hook from Grice.
Teimosia lands with an uppercut that bounces Grice off the cage and back into range.
Grice scores with the left hand. Teimosia knows he should have avoided that one.
Grice lands a nice shot that snaps Teimosia's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teimosia connects with a crisp jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grice!
Grice scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Teimosia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Grice swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Teimosia counters with a good low kick that Grice was not able to check.
A big right from Teimosia misses.
Teimosia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Teimosia catches Grice right on the button with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Teimosia scores with a four punch combination!

Teimosia drops Grice with a left and a right! Oh, Grice is hurt - Teimosia dives into side control looking to finish!

Grice is rocked!
Teimosia tries to score with some ground and pound. Grice controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Oh Grice is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ground and pound from Teimosia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Teimosia trying to control the position but Grice is working away.
Teimosia controls the position.
Grice seems to have got his legs back now.
You can see the frustration on Grice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grice is holding Teimosia down, trying to stall.
Teimosia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grice keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teimosia in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Grice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grice managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Teimosia.
Teimosia wants to control but Grice is keeping him busy.
Teimosia throws a strike aimed at the side of Grice's head but Grice avoids it well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Teimosia lands an elbow.
Grice is not content to let Teimosia control the position.
Teimosia is working Grice over with some ground and pound from side control.
Teimosia is looking to take a break and control but Grice is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Teimosia scoring with punches from side control.
Teimosia is looking to take a break and control but Grice is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Teimosia tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Teimosia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Teimosia is looking to take a break and control but Grice is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Teimosia tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Teimosia throws an elbow but Grice slips to the side and avoids it well.
Teimosia working the body and head with strikes.

That's eight 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.
Grice is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Grice defending against the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Grice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grice is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Teimosia's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Teimosia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teimosia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grice's head.
Teimosia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grice's head.
Grice moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Teimosia trying to control but Grice is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grice wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Teimosia wants to control from the top but Grice keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Teimosia misses with a few strikes there.
Grice feints and then cracks Teimosia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Teimosia down.
Hilton Teimosia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teimosia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teimosia looks to score with a jab to the body but Grice is just out of range.
Grice fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Teimosia looks to land a body kick but Grice moved away.
Grice drops down looking for a counter takedown but Teimosia sprawls and moves away.
Teimosia misses with a right hand

so Grice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Grice lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Grice trying to control but Teimosia is working from the bottom.
Grice working some strikes from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hilton Teimosia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Teimosia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 9:10
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 9:10
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hilton Teimosia!
The defeated Gary Grice had this to say: 'Wu Tang fuh evah!'.