PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gruzdev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lennart Lennartsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lennartsson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alexander Gruzdev has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gruzdev
vs
Lennartsson

190 cm
22
250 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

Sin City Allstars

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Gruzdev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lennart Lennartsson!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lennartsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gruzdev throws out the jab.
Gruzdev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lennartsson cracks Gruzdev with a good jab.

Gruzdev has closed the distance and engaged Lennartsson in a clinch.
Gruzdev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Gruzdev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gruzdev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lennartsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lennartsson as Gruzdev tries to tie him up.
A short left from Lennartsson.
Gruzdev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Lennartsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gruzdev moves out of range as Lennartsson strikes.
An inside leg kick from Gruzdev misses.
Lennartsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gruzdev. Gruzdev obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzdev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lennartsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Gruzdev misses with a left hand
and Lennartsson counters with a right hand to the body.
Gruzdev staying out of range there.
Lennartsson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gruzdev darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gruzdev lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Lennartsson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gruzdev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lennartsson.
Gruzdev throwing a counter right hand but Lennartsson manages to avoid it.
Lennartsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good exchange - Gruzdev coming out on top.
Gruzdev throws an overhand right that lands on Lennartsson's shoulder, as Lennartsson tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gruzdev has managed to clinch.

Lennartsson manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruzdev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gruzdev lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lennartsson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lennartsson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lennartsson throws a right hand that Gruzdev ducks under and follows up with a left that Gruzdev also avoids with ease.
Gruzdev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lennartsson in his tracks.
Alexander Gruzdev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lennartsson throws a hook but Gruzdev avoids it easily.
Gruzdev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gruzdev is looking to clinch but Lennartsson is avoiding it.
Lennartsson 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.
Lennartsson stalks Gruzdev and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gruzdev's face. Gruzdev staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Alexander Gruzdev has been cut.
Gruzdev looks to land a combination. Lennartsson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lennartsson misses with a body shot
and Gruzdev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gruzdev just misses with a punch to the body.
It looks like Gruzdev has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Gruzdev tries to score with a low kick but Lennartsson moves his leg out of the way.
Lennartsson slips a jab and a cross from Gruzdev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruzdev throws a body kick that misses

and Lennartsson counters with a crisp one two that drops Gruzdev! Lennartsson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Gruzdev to his feet! Gruzdev is in big trouble!
Gruzdev wants to clinch.
Donk. Gruzdev catches Lennartsson right on the button with a cross.
Gruzdev tries to clinch up but Lennartsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Lennartsson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Gruzdev clinches up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lennartsson misses with a body punch.
Gruzdev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gruzdev stalling in the clinch but Lennartsson improves position.
Lennartsson blocks a body shot from Gruzdev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lennartsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Lennartsson tries to throw a body punch but Gruzdev avoids it by throwing Lennartsson back against the cage.
Gruzdev tries to break free but Lennartsson pushes him back against the cage.

Lennartsson breaks the clinch.
Lennartsson jabs at Gruzdev's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Gruzdev. Those never looked like landing.
Lennartsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Gruzdev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lennartsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lennartsson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gruzdev rather than just go for the knockout.
Gruzdev throws a head kick that misses
and Lennartsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gruzdev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lennartsson counters with a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Gruzdev.
Gruzdev thuds a left hand into Lennartsson's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gruzdev misses with a combination
and Lennartsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gruzdev swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lennartsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gruzdev tries to clinch but Lennartsson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Gruzdev will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Gruzdev'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.

Lennartsson Throws a clean left jab. Lennartsson Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Gruzdev's chin! Gruzdev crumbles to the ground and Lennartsson follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Lennartsson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lennart Lennartsson!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Lennart Lennartsson made sure he mentioned Sin City Allstars, along with how happy he was to win his fight.