PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Galen Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Grozniy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Adams
vs
Grozniy

180 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Galen Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Grozniy!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grozniy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Adams is trying to defend but Grozniy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Adams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grozniy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Adams keeping moving, preventing Grozniy from controlling successfully.
Adams has a closed guard, preventing Grozniy from standing up.
Grozniy advances position into side control!

Grozniy tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Grozniy has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Grozniy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grozniy gets underhooks to prevent Adams's takedown attempt.
Adams is trying to pull guard but Grozniy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Adams is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galen Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Grozniy after a bit of a struggle.

Grozniy pulls Adams into guard.
Grozniy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Adams won't allow Grozniy to get back to his feet.
Grozniy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grozniy wants to stand but Adams is controlling the position.

Grozniy is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Adams presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grozniy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Grozniy tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adams prevents a body shot from Grozniy.

Adams is fighting off a takedown attempt but Grozniy is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Adams to the mat. Adams regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Grozniy is looking to advance position but Adams has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams looking to finish Grozniy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Grozniy!
Adams lands a big shot there that rocks Grozniy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Adams breaks from Grozniy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Adams working the ground and pound effectively.
Adams scoring with strikes but Grozniy is staying in there.
Adams landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams with shots to the head and body - Grozniy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grozniy looks winded!
Adams is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams landing punches.
Adams with a couple of short strikes.

Grozniy is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Adams.
Grozniy is still in real trouble! Can Adams finish him?
Adams in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Adams punishing his opponent with strikes.
Adams looking to finish Grozniy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Grozniy!
Grozniy is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grozniy tries to hold on but Adams pushes him away.
Grozniy seems to have recovered his senses.
Adams lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Grozniy hang on?
Adams landing strikes from the mount.
Adams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Adams breaks from Grozniy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grozniy is in a horrible position here. Adams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Adams landing shots from mount.
Adams with a couple of short strikes.
Adams dominating with strikes here.
Adams working the ground and pound effectively.
Adams raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galen Adams dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grozniy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Adams.

Adams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grozniy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grozniy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Grozniy has Adams pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Grozniy pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Adams tumbling to the mat - Grozniy dives into Adams's guard.

Adams manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Grozniy shoots in and bounces Adams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Adams manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Grozniy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Adams swivels and escapes.
Adams appears to be looking for a big counter.
Grozniy is breathing heavily.

Grozniy gets a double leg takedown into Adams's guard.

Adams manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

Grozniy pulls guard effortlessly.
Adams lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Adams won't allow Grozniy to get back to his feet.
Adams is working Grozniy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adams makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Adams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grozniy's head.
Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adams landing some decent shots from guard.
Adams landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Adams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Adams lands a couple of digs.

Adams thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Adams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grozniy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Adams scoring with some ground and pound.
Adams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grozniy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Adams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adams chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Adams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Adams chips away with some ground and pound.
Grozniy wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it.
Adams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Adams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Adams scoring with some ground and pound.
Grozniy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Adams postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Adams stands up from Grozniy's guard - Adams perhaps looking for a knockout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Adams or perhaps it was just good defense by Grozniy, which made it look bad.
Grozniy blocks a head kick by Adams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grozniy rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Grozniy.
Grozniy stops a takedown attempt from Adams.
Grozniy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Grozniy lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Grozniy is trying to work for a kimura but Adams is defending well.
Grozniy trying to mount his opponent but Adams defends it.
Adams controlling the position for now.
Adams regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galen Adams dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Grozniy gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Grozniy has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Adams regains guard immediately.
Adams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grozniy pushes down on Adams's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Adams is doing well to control the position and prevent Grozniy from advancing to side control.

Grozniy decides to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Grozniy.

Grozniy shoots in and bounces Adams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Adams pushes Grozniy off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams shoots in for a takedown but Grozniy shows good takedown defense.
Galen Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Grozniy clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Adams is looking for a takedown.
Grozniy effectively controlling the action here.

Adams has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Grozniy uses from the top position.
Grozniy trying to control the position from guard on top but Adams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grozniy looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams has a closed guard, preventing Grozniy from standing up.
Grozniy looking to sit in guard and control but Adams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Adams content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Adams won't allow Grozniy to sweep him here.
Adams distracts Grozniy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Adams postures up in Grozniy's guard and throws a big left but Grozniy blocks it.
Adams is working Grozniy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adams working some strikes from top position.
Adams is looking to work some ground and pound but Grozniy has wrist control.
Adams landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Adams distracts Grozniy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Adams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Grozniy is working an open guard so Adams takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Adams throws a head kick but Grozniy moves out of range.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grozniy was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.

Adams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Grozniy to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Adams working for a triangle but Grozniy defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Adams is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grozniy looking for a sweep. Not yet Grozniy, not yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Adams's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Adams distracts Grozniy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Adams is in close to Grozniy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grozniy keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.
Ivan Grozniy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Galen Adams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adams sitting in guard here, content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Galen Adams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Adams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Galen Adams!