PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Groenveld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Orban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viktor Orban has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Groenveld
vs
Orban

224 cm
19
293 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stefan Groenveld!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Orban!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Groenveld fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orban manages to avoid it.
Groenveld moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromOrban.
Orban looks for the body kick but Groenveld saw that one coming.
Orban tries to land a leg kick but Groenveld saw it coming and moves away.
Groenveld circles away from the clinch attempt.
Groenveld throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Orban instigates a clinch.
Orban struggles to land a body shot inside as Groenveld controls his hands.
I was talking to Groenveld's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Orban is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Groenveld is defending well for now.
Groenveld blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orban misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Orban tries to throw a body punch but Groenveld avoids it by throwing Orban back against the cage.
Orban missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Orban.

It looks like Stefan Groenveld has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Groenveld wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Groenveld fails to land.
Orban lands a nice elbow.
Groenveld is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Orban to keep the fight standing.
Orban is stalling here.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Groenveld avoids the head kick by Orban.
Orban ducks under a wild hook from Groenveld.
Orban scores with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orban.
Groenveld misses with a body shot.

Orban pushes Groenveld up against the cage in a clinch.
Groenveld managing to block the knees to the body from Orban.

Groenveld escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orban throws a lazy head kick
enabling Groenveld to counter with a crisp jab.
Groenveld scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Orban has closed the distance and engaged Groenveld in a clinch.
Groenveld tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Groenveld is trying to break the clinch but Orban has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Orban.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orban misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Groenveld wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Groenveld is trying to break the clinch but Orban is controlling him.
Orban misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Groenveld.
Orban digs a right hand into Groenveld's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Groenveld's gas tank.
Groenveld dodges an elbow strike from Orban.
Groenveld misses with a punch on the inside.
Orban doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Groenveld wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Groenveld blocks a body shot from Orban.

Groenveld gets control of Orban's arms and successfully pulls guard. Groenveld will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Orban looking to pass the guard.
Groenveld has a closed guard, preventing Orban from standing up.
Orban not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Groenveld not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orban sitting in guard here, content to control.

Orban stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Orban misses with a body kick.
It looked like Groenveld was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Orban.
Orban throws a head kick that misses.
Orban connects with a leg kick. Groenveld looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Groenveld ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orban moves away.
Groenveld takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Orban lands a big head kick that sends Groenveld tumbling to the mat! Orban takes a step backwards and waves Groenveld back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Groenveld is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Groenveld stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Orban.
Oh Groenveld is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Orban drives through and clinches with Groenveld against the cage.
Orban creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Groenveld! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Orban.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Orban!