PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Medusa Grip (ranked 4349 p4p, 434 weight class) and Greg House (ranked 3316 p4p, 346 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grip
vs
House

186 cm
26
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sinners Fight Wear
ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Medusa Grip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Greg House!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grip throws a lazy uppercut
and House counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grip fails in his attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from House! But no joy.
Grip takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Grip misses with a looping right.
House looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
House looks to throw the jab but Grip is out of range.

Grip moves into the clinch.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Grip uses good head movement to avoid it.
House swings wildly with an uppercut but Grip uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grip wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grip wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but House has him pressed against the cage.
House tries a body shot but Grip blocks it.
House swings away with an uppercut that misses.
House tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for House.
House working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grip blocking some punches.
Grip prevents a body shot from House.
House tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
House misses with a body punch.
House scores with a shoulder strike.
Grip looking to slow down the pace here.
House can't find room to land a body shot as Grip controls the action.
House misses with a body punch.
Grip has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Grip can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from House.
House tries to throw a body punch but Grip avoids it by throwing House back against the cage.

House manages to break the clinch.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
House defending well as Grip loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
House keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
House throws a hook to the side of Grip's head but Grip sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
House slips a jab and a cross from Grip.
Greg House is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
House lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grip circles away quickly and effectively.
House tries to close the distance and clinch but Grip swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
House tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grip swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grip half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Grip misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from House! But no joy.
House throws a nice looking combination but Grip bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grip drops down looking for a counter takedown but House sprawls and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grip throws a shot from downtown. House moves away and avoids it.
Grip throws a nice looking combination but House bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grip fakes high and swings low for a body shot but House manages to avoid it.
House scores with a hook.
Grip throws a lazy uppercut
and House counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
House lands a jab to Grip's midsection.
Grip walks into a left hand.
Grip throws a right and a left that both miss.
House lands with a good body shot.
House lands with a hook. Grip tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grip swings for the body but House moves out of range.
House tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grip was well out of range. Poor timing from House.
Grip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
House defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grip.
House appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
House throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grip half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Grip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
House scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grip misses the body punch

and House holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
House tries to throw a body punch but Grip avoids it by throwing House back against the cage.
House doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House lands with a short shot to the head.
Grip wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
House tries to throw a body punch but Grip avoids it by throwing House back against the cage.
Grip tries to break free but House pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from House.

House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
House clobbers Grip with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
House tries to clinch up but Grip circles away and keeps his distance.
Grip has a takedown stuffed.
Nice shot by House.
Grip blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg House dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Grip ducks down and throws a hook to the body but House moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - House looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Greg House seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grip slips a jab from House.
House throws a hook but Grip blocks it.
Grip drops down looking for a counter takedown but House sprawls and moves away.

Grip looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for House!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Grip in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... House is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Medusa Grip!
Medusa Grip took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, ZZ POPS for their support in the buildup to the fight.