PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grim Reaper (ranked 6729 p4p, 470 weight class) and I Am Greatest (ranked 4401 p4p, 397 weight class). Greatest has chosen We are winners as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Reaper
vs
Am Greatest

183 cm
25
252 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

203 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grim Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, I Am Greatest!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reaper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Greatest catches Reaper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reaper misses with a wild combination.

Greatest pushes Reaper up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Greatest.
Greatest fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greatest fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greatest lands a left hand.
Greatest lands with a left to the head.
Greatest throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reaper blocks it with crossed arms.
Greatest gets through Reaper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Greatest tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Greatest.
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!
Reaper blocks an elbow strike from Greatest.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greatest throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Greatest looking to throw knees to the head but Reaper is blocking nicely.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Greatest fails to land.
Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reaper lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greatest.
Reaper is trying to force a seperation but Greatest has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Greatest fails to land.
Greatest lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Greatest creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Greatest tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reaper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Greatest.
A head punch on the inside from Greatest fails to land.
Greatest lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Greatest fails to land.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Greatest.
Greatest swings wildly with an uppercut but Reaper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greatest has a couple of punches blocked by Reaper.
A short right from Greatest on the inside.
Greatest misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reaper has had enough of the clinch but Greatest keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greatest softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Greatest lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Greatest tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Greatest.
Reaper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Greatest fails to land.
Greatest misses with the head strike.
Greatest with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Greatest lands a hook that snaps the head of Reaper backwards.
Greatest fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Greatest pushes off an throws an elbow but Reaper leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reaper blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Greatest throws an elbow but misses.
Greatest lands with a light punch inside.
Reaper is trying to break free.
Greatest misses with a punch on the inside.
Reaper blocking some punches.
Reaper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Greatest.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reaper blocking some punches.
Greatest pushes Reaper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reaper blocks the elbow strike.
Greatest misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greatest lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reaper is looking to break free of the clinch but Greatest has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

I Am Greatest dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Greatest with a jab.
Greatest throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Reaper does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reaper. Greatest does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greatest walks into a left hand.
Greatest throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reaper tries for a takedown but Greatest circles away easily
and Greatest counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body punch from Greatest.
Reaper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Reaper.
Reaper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Greatest.
Greatest replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Reaper blocks it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Greatest.
Reaper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Greatest throws out the jab.
Greatest dodges the punch combination from Reaper.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reaper is looking to clinch.
Greatest unleashes a big counter combination but Reaper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Grim Reaper is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Greatest misses.
Reaper wants to clinch.
Reaper tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Greatest.
Greatest scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Greatest clobbers Reaper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Grim Reaper has been cut.
Reaper feints a jab promting Greatest to slip. Reaper then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Greatest slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greatest circles away from the clinch attempt
and Greatest counters with a straight right hand.
Greatest dodges the punch combination from Reaper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Reaper misses.
Reaper slips under a jab.
Greatest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Greatest fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Reaper sprawls well initially but Greatest persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reaper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Greatest seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Reaper is trying to stand.
Reaper wants to improve his position but Greatest is controlling well.
Reaper might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greatest sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reaper defending well though.

Greatest is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Reaper has managed to free his arm - good work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Greatest keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Greatest shoots in and drives through. Reaper sprawls well.
Reaper throws a big counter combination but Greatest scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Reaper scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Greatest misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Greatest. Reaper does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greatest pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reaper shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Greatest eats them both and turns towards Reaper to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Grim Reaper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Greatest throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Greatest dodges the punch combination from Reaper.
Greatest looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reaper misses with a double jab
letting Greatest counter with a right hand.
Greatest dodges the punch combination from Reaper.
As Reaper backs off Greatest throws a huge counter combo but Reaper manages to avoid it all.
A punch lands to the side of Reaper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greatest fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reaper misses with a few strikes there.
Greatest lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reaper backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but I Am Greatest will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Grim Reaper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Greatest uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reaper.
Greatest looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reaper misses with a kick to the body
and Greatest counters with a stiff right hand.
Reaper throws a head kick that misses.
Greatest might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Reaper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Greatest.
Reaper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reaper tries to close the distance and clinch but Greatest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Greatest replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Reaper blocks it well.
Decent striking displayed by Greatest there.

Reaper is rocked!
Reaper throws a combination that misses
and Greatest counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). I Am Greatest!
A very excited looking I Am Greatest rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.