PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bary Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Gruzinsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruzinsky has chosen Россия as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Allen
vs
Gruzinsky

187 cm
29
206 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

188 cm
28
207 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Hellbent
Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bary Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Gruzinsky!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruzinsky throws a leg kick that misses.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky throws a leg kick but Allen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Allen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gruzinsky throws a front kick that sends Allen stumbling back into the cage.
Allen moves out of range as Gruzinsky strikes.
Allen throws the kick towards the body but Gruzinsky avoids it.
Allen takes one to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Allen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gruzinsky ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Gruzinsky throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gruzinsky connects with a solid leg kick.
Roman Gruzinsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Gruzinsky tenderised Allen's leg. Allen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice body kick from Gruzinsky.
Allen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gruzinsky ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gruzinsky scores with a nice head shot.
Allen lands a nice shot to the body.
Gruzinsky throws a hook but Allen avoids it easily.
Allen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Gruzinsky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Allen's head.
Gruzinsky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Allen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky connects with a crisp jab.
Gruzinsky blocks a jab.
Allen takes one to the chin there.
Allen throws a jab when Gruzinsky was well out of range.
Allen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good work by Allen as he checks the leg kick.
Allen tries to counter with a takedown but Gruzinsky is quick to defend against it.
Gruzinsky takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Roman Gruzinsky has been cut.
Gruzinsky sizes up Allen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gruzinsky works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gruzinsky lands a nice shot that snaps Allen's head back.
Allen misses with a kick to the body.
Gruzinsky lands the left hand.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Gruzinsky's head but Gruzinsky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Allen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Allen.
A thudding body kick lands there by Allen!
Allen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Allen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Allen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gruzinsky defends it nicely.
Gruzinsky tries to counter with a clinch but Allen shakes him off and moves away.
Gruzinsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gruzinsky scores with a nice head shot.
Allen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Allen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gruzinsky - the referee stops the clock and Allen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gruzinsky. Allen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Allen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gruzinsky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gruzinsky looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gruzinsky misses with an uppercut
and Allen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gruzinsky darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Gruzinsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gruzinsky throws a body shot but no joy.
Gruzinsky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Allen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gruzinsky.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gruzinsky lands a nice leg kick that just misses Allen's sensitive parts.
Gruzinsky slips a straight right by Allen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Gruzinsky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Gruzinsky's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Allen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gruzinsky in his tracks.
Gruzinsky misses with a wild body shot.
Gruzinsky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gruzinsky. Allen shrugs it off though.
Jab by Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Allen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Allen swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Allen throws a head kick but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Gruzinsky.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Allen throws a quick counter kick to the body but Gruzinsky avoids it.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Allen takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen lands a jab to the head.
Allen is looking to land body kicks.
Allen staying out of range there.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Gruzinsky slips the punch.
Allen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gruzinsky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gruzinsky bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Allen's head backwards.
Gruzinsky throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Allen misses.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Gruzinsky's head but Gruzinsky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gruzinsky tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gruzinsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Allen throws a push kick but Gruzinsky slaps the foot to one side.
Gruzinsky is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen looks to throw the jab but Gruzinsky is out of range.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Allen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gruzinsky scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A swing and a miss from Gruzinsky.
Allen attempts a counter takedown but Gruzinsky avoids it well and moves away.
Allen jabs Gruzinsky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gruzinsky looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Allen cracks Gruzinsky with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Allen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Gruzinsky misses with a straight right.
Gruzinsky throws a chopping leg kick but Allen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice takedown defense from Gruzinsky. No joy for Allen on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky lands a jab to Allen's midsection.
Gruzinsky throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Gruzinsky slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky misses the body punch
and Allen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gruzinsky scores with a nice right hand.
Allen moves out of range of the body kick from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky is looking to score with low kicks.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gruzinsky changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gruzinsky throws a jab but it's blocked by Allen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gruzinsky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roman Gruzinsky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gruzinsky moves away from the strike by Allen.
Allen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gruzinsky.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gruzinsky scores with a nice head shot.
Allen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky loads up on a big right hand but Allen slips the punch.
Gruzinsky connects with an inside leg kick.
Gruzinsky misses with a looping left.
A solid body kick from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Gruzinsky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roman Gruzinsky's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gruzinsky misses with a low kick.
Gruzinsky ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gruzinsky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Allen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Allen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gruzinsky throws a hook but Allen avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Allen misses the target.
Allen looks to throw the jab but Gruzinsky is out of range.
Gruzinsky chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gruzinsky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Gruzinsky misses
and Gruzinsky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Allen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gruzinsky fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Allen checks it well.
Allen is looking to counter punch.
Allen swings for the body but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Allen throws the left hand but Gruzinsky avoids the punch easily.
Allen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gruzinsky.
Gruzinsky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen motions for Gruzinsky to come forward. Allen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Allen throws a lazy right hand but Gruzinsky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gruzinsky lands a nice looking body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gruzinsky.
Bary Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky connects with a right hand. Allen shakes it off.
Allen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That has opened up Roman Gruzinsky's cut even more.
A jab lands there for Allen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen throws a head kick but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Gruzinsky thuds his right hand into Allen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A lazy left from Allen finds it's target.
Allen misses with a looping left.
Gruzinsky tries to land a leg kick but Allen saw it coming and moves away.
Allen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gruzinsky throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Allen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Gruzinsky thuds a left hand into Allen's body.
Roman Gruzinsky is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzinsky blocks a jab.
Allen throws a body punch but Gruzinsky moves out of range.
Gruzinsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gruzinsky lands with a good body shot.
Allen blocks a jab.
Gruzinsky uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gruzinsky cracks the inside of Allen's front leg.
Gruzinsky missing with a left hand there. Allen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Allen darts in and clinches Gruzinsky up against the cage.
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen tries a body shot but Gruzinsky blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Allen tries a body shot but Gruzinsky blocks it.
Allen misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzinsky blocks a body shot from Allen.
Allen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gruzinsky avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Allen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Allen misses with a body punch.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gruzinsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Gruzinsky avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Allen lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruzinsky.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Gruzinsky comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gruzinsky 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Gruzinsky!
A victorious Roman Gruzinsky thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.