PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Grimrock (ranked 2346 p4p, 297 weight class) and John Locke (ranked 2087 p4p, 269 weight class). Locke has chosen What Makes a Good Man as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grimrock
vs
Locke

188 cm
28
204 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

175 cm
31
183 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Pit Bull Development

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Grimrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Locke!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimrock connects with the punch.
Grimrock throws a nice head kick!

It looks like John Locke has been cut.
Locke throws a hook but Grimrock avoids it easily.
Grimrock throws the kick towards the body but Locke avoids it.
Locke swings for the body but Grimrock moves out of range.
Grimrock throws a low kick but it's checked well by Locke.
Grimrock throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Grimrock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grimrock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grimrock.

Locke clinches up against the cage.
Grimrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Locke avoids a wild elbow strike from Grimrock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Locke.
Grimrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grimrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Locke - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimrock lands a shoulder strike.
Locke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Locke lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Locke.
Grimrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Locke managing to block the knees to the body from Grimrock.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Locke.

It looks like Lee Grimrock has been cut.
Locke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grimrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Locke leaning against his opponent.

Locke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Locke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grimrock throws a low kick but Locke moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut there from Grimrock.
Grimrock lands a lovely overhand right.
Locke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left lands for Locke.
Locke slips under a jab.
Locke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Locke throws a head kick that misses.
Grimrock tries a low kick but Locke avoids it.
Locke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee Grimrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grimrock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Locke! But no joy.
Grimrock misses with a kick to the body
and Locke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Locke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Locke moves away from the strike by Grimrock.
Grimrock tries to land a body kick
and Locke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Locke throws the kick towards the body but Grimrock avoids it.
Locke jabs Grimrock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grimrock throws a lazy right hand but Locke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grimrock throws out a leg kick but Locke moves out of range and Grimrock only half commits.
Grimrock misses with a looping left.
Locke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Grimrock with a body shot.
Grimrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimrock misses with a body kick.
Locke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grimrock manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimrock misses the target.
Locke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grimrock.
Grimrock backing away here, and Locke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Locke blocks a head kick by Grimrock.
A big right from Grimrock misses.
Locke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grimrock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Locke misses the shot to the body.
Locke avoids the head kick by Grimrock.
Grimrock delivers a nice body kick.

Locke clinches up with Grimrock and pushes him back against the cage.
Locke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grimrock backwards.
Grimrock misses with a punch to the body.
Grimrock misses with an elbow strike.
Grimrock misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Locke can't find room to land a body shot as Grimrock controls the action.
Locke has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Grimrock seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Locke can turn it around.
Grimrock blocks an uppercut.
Locke digs a right hand into Grimrock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grimrock's gas tank.
The referee calls for Locke to work.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Locke.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Locke scores with a shot to the side of Grimrock's head.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

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

Locke drives through and clinches with Grimrock against the cage.
Grimrock misses with a punch to the body.
Locke blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Locke.

Locke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Locke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grimrock closes the distance but Locke moves to the side
and Locke counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Locke will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grimrock scores with a nice strike.
Locke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grimrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grimrock throws the left hand but Locke avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Locke.
Locke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Locke scores with a hook to the body. Grimrock takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Locke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grimrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Locke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grimrock.
Locke scores with a body shot.
Locke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grimrock to score with a decent uppercut.
Grimrock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Locke is able to avoid easily.
Locke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grimrock tries to clinch there but Locke circles away.
Grimrock misses with a hook. Locke ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Locke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grimrock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Locke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grimrock rather than just go for the knockout.
Grimrock swings widly with a right hand
and Locke counters with a nice uppercut.
Locke lands a jab to Grimrock's midsection.
Grimrock swings widly with a right hand
and Locke counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Grimrock! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Locke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Locke!
John Locke made sure to mention his sponsor, King of Clothes in his post fight interview.