PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarred Hyde (ranked 24853 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Grigorovic (ranked 5805 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Grigorovic will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hyde
vs
Grigorovic

174 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

218 cm
18
273 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jarred Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Grigorovic!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hyde clinches up with Grigorovic and pushes him back against the cage.

Hyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hyde fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grigorovic, pushing him back against the cage.

Hyde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Grigorovic moves into range and clinches up with Hyde.

Hyde breaks from the clinch.
Grigorovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigorovic keeps the fight on the outside.

Hyde has Grigorovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Grigorovic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hyde is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Grigorovic can't get the takedown.
Jarred Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Grigorovic.

Hyde breaks from the clinch.
Hyde really is a fat lump.

Hyde rushes Grigorovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grigorovic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Grigorovic shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hyde as he jumps to the side.
Hyde wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Grigorovic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hyde might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hyde wants to improve his position but Grigorovic is controlling well.

Hyde is defending against the submission attempts here by Grigorovic.
Hyde controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde is trying to control but can't.
Hyde is holding on to half guard well.
Hyde wants to improve his position but Grigorovic is controlling well.
Hyde trying to control but Grigorovic postures up.
Hyde makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hyde.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde keeping full guard, as Grigorovic tries to pass.
Hyde controlling Grigorovic's posture.
Grigorovic trying to control but Hyde is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Grigorovic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Grigorovic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hyde knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Grigorovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hyde keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grigorovic tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Grigorovic has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Grigorovic goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hyde has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Grigorovic but great work by Hyde.
Grigorovic manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hyde prevents Grigorovic from improving his position.
Grigorovic looks winded!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hyde lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarred Hyde dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hyde gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Grigorovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Grigorovic is fighting to break Hyde's control of his arms but Hyde is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Grigorovic works over Hyde with some ground and pound from guard.
Grigorovic pushing down on Hyde's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Grigorovic is looking for a kimura but Hyde is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Grigorovic to get the leverage.

Grigorovic looking for a submission but Hyde manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grigorovic manages to get himself to full guard.

Hyde stands up over Grigorovic, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde throws a strike but Grigorovic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Grigorovic drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hyde dives on top into guard.

Grigorovic is breathing heavily.

Hyde gets to his feet. Grigorovic looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Grigorovic gets tackled into the cage by Hyde. Hyde maintains the clinch.

Hyde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grigorovic shoots and misses
and Hyde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grigorovic scores with a leg kick.
Alexander Grigorovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grigorovic doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hyde counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hyde.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hyde has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Grigorovic is trying to keep an underhook but Hyde manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hyde drops an elbow to the side of Grigorovic's head.
Hyde seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hyde lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hyde is nestled in close to Grigorovic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Hyde is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grigorovic sees it coming and defends easily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hyde connects with a nice short shot to Grigorovic's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grigorovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hyde winds up and cracks Grigorovic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hyde landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Hyde there.
Hyde seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hyde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grigorovic can do to turn this around?
Hyde seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hyde lands with a punch from half guard.
Hyde working over Grigorovic with some ground and pound. Grigorovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jarred Hyde overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hyde takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hyde is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyde scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hyde working over Grigorovic with some ground and pound. Grigorovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hyde lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Grigorovic has hold of Hyde's hands but Hyde slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Hyde.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hyde connects with a nice short shot to Grigorovic's temple.
Grigorovic wants to improve his position but Hyde is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarred Hyde dominated that second round.
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!

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

Hyde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hyde stuffs the takedown.

Hyde closes the distance and clinches.

Hyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Hyde gets a clinch.
Grigorovic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hyde is pressed up against the cage. Grigorovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hyde down to the mat. Hyde avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jarred Hyde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Grigorovic.
Grigorovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hyde drives through and clinches with Grigorovic against the cage.

Hyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grigorovic shoots in but Hyde avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grigorovic just misses with a punch to the body.

Hyde rushes Grigorovic and presses him up against the cage.

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

Grigorovic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hyde slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Grigorovic wants to stand but Hyde has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Grigorovic looking to pass the guard.
Hyde has his hands on Grigorovic's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Hyde fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Grigorovic to the ground. Hyde is now in Grigorovic's guard.
Hyde tries to stand but Grigorovic is controlling from the bottom.
Hyde working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hyde wants to get up but he can't break Grigorovic's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyde scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hyde wants to get up but he can't break Grigorovic's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Grigorovic wants to hit a switch here but Hyde passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Grigorovic there!

Grigorovic defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hyde.
Alexander Grigorovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jarred Hyde is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hyde controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarred Hyde showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hyde has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarred Hyde!