PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aguta Grizzly (ranked 1550 p4p, 211 weight class) and Trenton Funkhouser (ranked 2830 p4p, 331 weight class). Trenton Funkhouser has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grizzly
vs
Funkhouser

192 cm
25
212 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

196 cm
36
222 lbs
20 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aguta Grizzly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trenton Funkhouser!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grizzly misses with an uppercut. Funkhouser saw that one coming.

Funkhouser shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Funkhouser passes to side control.
Grizzly is trying to get back to his feet.
Funkhouser tries to move into full mount but can't pass Grizzly's legs.

Funkhouser looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Funkhouser goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Grizzly rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Funkhouser's guard! Nice work there by Grizzly!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkhouser controls Grizzly momentarily but Grizzly frees himself.

Funkhouser working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Grizzly doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Grizzly manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grizzly throws a strike but Funkhouser rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Grizzly wants to sweep but no luck.
Funkhouser pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grizzly is keeping the position for now.
Funkhouser passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Funkhouser working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly is trying to improve his position.
Grizzly is not content to let Funkhouser control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grizzly tries to improve position but can't.
Funkhouser has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Grizzly!
Grizzly's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grizzly is working to get back to half guard.
Grizzly tries to buck Funkhouser off but he can't manage it.
Funkhouser wants to take Grizzly's back but he can't do it this time.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Funkhouser swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Grizzly is now in Funkhouser's guard. A big mistake from Funkhouser there, giving up the dominant position!

Funkhouser looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Funkhouser looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Grizzly trying to stand up but can't free himself from Funkhouser's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grizzly wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Funkhouser's closed guard. He's half up but Funkhouser has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Funkhouser pivots and extends the arm, Grizzly falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Funkhouser! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Trenton Funkhouser!
Trenton Funkhouser spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.