PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abdiev Grinder (ranked 4417 p4p, 438 weight class) and Desmond Lewis (ranked 4284 p4p, 429 weight class). Desmond Lewis is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Grinder
vs
Lewis

179 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
158 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abdiev Grinder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Desmond Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grinder tries to keep at a distance but Lewis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grinder dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lewis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A body shot lands from Grinder.
Grinder stalls.
Grinder effectively controlling the action here.
Grinder manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grinder manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.
A punch lands to the side of Lewis 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lewis clinches with his opponent.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grinder.
Grinder is struggling to control the position.
Lewis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grinder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grinder avoiding damage as Lewis throws knees to the body.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grinder.
Lewis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grinder obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Grinder forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grinder is stalling here.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Grinder forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Abdiev Grinder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Lewis.
Grinder stalling.
Grinder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lewis's elbow.
Grinder has Lewis pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Grinder.
Lewis throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grinder takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grinder just leaning against Lewis, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Grinder for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.

Lewis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grinder, pushing him back against the cage.
Grinder tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Lewis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Grinder to keep the fight standing.
Grinder just leaning against Lewis, taking a breather.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Grinder won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lewis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grinder has him pressed against the cage.
Lewis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grinder avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to push Grinder away but Grinder has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Grinder has Lewis pushed against the cage.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Grinder has him pressed against the cage.
Grinder tries to throw a body punch but Lewis avoids it by throwing Grinder back against the cage.
Lewis is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grinder.
Grinder is stalling here.
Lewis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Grinder gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Grinder displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lewis up against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grinder slows down the pace here.

Lewis breaks the clinch.
Grinder throws a series of punches but Lewis moves out of range.
Lewis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Grinder misses with a wild combination.
Lewis wants to counter the offense by Grinder and move into the clinch position.
Abdiev Grinder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grinder fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lewis scores with a one two! Grinder had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lewis looks to land a body kick but Grinder moved away.
Grinder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grinder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Grinder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick misses from Lewis.
Grinder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grinder throws a sloppy body shot
and Lewis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lewis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grinder's waist but Grinder gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lewis off to one side.
Grinder lands a two punch combo.

Grinder moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lewis.
Lewis letting Grinder take a breather here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lewis tries to break the clinch but Grinder is controlling the position.
Grinder stalling against the cage.
Grinder is pushing Lewis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grinder takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grinder's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.
Grinder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lewis.
Grinder throws a right and a left that Lewis avoids nicely.
Grinder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lewis moves away.
Grinder is looking to wear down Lewis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lewis dives in for a single leg takedown but Grinder sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lewis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grinder has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grinder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lewis has a takedown stuffed.
Grinder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grinder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big right from Grinder misses.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Grinder moves out of range easily.

Lewis forces Grinder back against the cage and clinches.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lewis being controlled against the cage.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Grinder forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lewis being controlled against the cage.
Grinder stalling.
Lewis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Grinder is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grinder prevents the takedown attempt.
Grinder avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdiev Grinder dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Grinder displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lewis.
Lewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lewis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Grinder throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
Grinder throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.

Lewis moves into range and clinches up with Grinder.
Lewis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Grinder is defending well.
Grinder slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grinder leaning his opponent against the cage.
Lewis wants a takedown but no success here.
Abdiev Grinder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Lewis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis avoiding damage as Grinder throws knees to the body.
Lewis jumps guard but Grinder stands there with Lewis around his waist. Lewis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lewis can't break the clinch.
Grinder will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lewis up against the cage.
Lewis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grinder has him pressed against the cage.
Grinder stalling against the cage.
Grinder is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Grinder leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.
Grinder throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.

Lewis moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Grinder.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grinder.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grinder takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grinder seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Lewis is trying to stall.
Lewis tries to score a body lock takedown but Grinder shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grinder leaning against his opponent.
Lewis avoiding damage as Grinder throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grinder effectively controlling the action here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Grinder is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.
Lewis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Grinder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grinder misses with a wild body shot.
Abdiev Grinder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grinder misses with a few strikes there.
Grinder looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grinder lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grinder checks a leg kick.

Lewis closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grinder - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grinder takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grinder - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Grinder has Lewis pressed against the cage.
Lewis is looking to control Grinder's arms but Grinder gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lewis has his back to the cage.
Lewis trying to control the position but instead, Grinder has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lewis into the cage.
Lewis misses with a knee to the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grinder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lewis's efforts to push away.
Abdiev Grinder has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lewis jumps guard but Grinder stands there with Lewis around his waist. Lewis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right from Grinder.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grinder.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Grinder has the dominant position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grinder obliges.
Grinder looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Grinder content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grinder looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Lewis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grinder unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lewis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grinder leaning against his opponent.
Lewis jumps guard but Grinder stands there with Lewis around his waist. Lewis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Grinder dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grinder is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Grinder taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grinder.
Grinder leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdiev Grinder.
No joy there for Grinder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grinder scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Abdiev Grinder is winning the standup battle so far.
Grinder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lewis.
Grinder throws a nice looking combination but Lewis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lewis steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Grinder.
Grinder tries to bum rush Lewis with a series of wild strikes but Lewis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lewis shoots in looking for a takedown. Grinder tries to sprawl out of it but Lewis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grinder manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lewis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grinder.
Grinder misses with a shot to the body
and Lewis counters with a stiff right hand.
Lewis fails with the takedown

and Grinder counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grinder is stalling here.
Grinder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis tries for a takedown but Grinder manages to get underhooks.
Grinder is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grinder is defending well for now.
Grinder lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grinder is stalling here.
Grinder just leaning against Lewis, taking a breather.
Lewis tries to pull guard but Grinder forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grinder stalling against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grinder as Lewis tries to tie him up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abdiev Grinder showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grinder 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Abdiev Grinder!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Abdiev Grinder!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Abdiev Grinder!

Abdiev Grinder wins by unanimous decision!