PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Madison (ranked 4287 p4p, 6554 weight class) and Jinski Grang (ranked 530 p4p, 631 weight class). Madison's entrance music is Nipsey Hussle - Victory Lap. A fine choice. Grang comes into a darkened arena with his song building. JID - 151 Rum kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Madison
vs
Grang

192 cm
25
202
3 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
215
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jinski Grang!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grang misses with a few strikes there.
Madison appears to be looking for a big counter.
Madison fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grang connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Joshua Madison has been cut.
No joy there for Grang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big left from Grang misses.
Jinski Grang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grang throws an overhand right that lands on Madison's shoulder, as Madison tries to avoid the shot.
Grang throws a nice looking combination but Madison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grang lands a body shot.
Grang throws a jab when Madison was well out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Madison.
Grang throws a counter combo.
Grang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Madison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!
Nice defenses there by Madison.
Nice defenses there by Madison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joshua Madison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grang throws a series of punches but Madison avoids them all with ease.
Madison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Madison.
A slow jab from Grang misses its intended target.
Grang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Grang. Beautiful body shot.
Good exchange - Grang coming out on top.
Madison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madison shoots in looking for a takedown. Grang tries to sprawl out of it but Madison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grang manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grang. Madison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grang throws a series of punches but Madison avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison shoots in for a takedown but Grang shows good takedown defense.
Grang is looking for the big counter here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grang throws a body punch but Madison moves out of range.
Madison dives in and grabs Grang's left leg, looking for a takedown. Grang pushes down on Madison's head and hops out.
Grang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Madison blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Grang. That snapped Madison's head back.

Madison drives through with a takedown into Grang's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Grang wants to stand up but Madison is controlling him.

Madison gets to his feet - Grang follows without any prompting.
Grang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Madison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Madison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Grang to the ground. Madison is now in Grang's guard.
Madison prevents Grang from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grang looks winded!
Madison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grang's head.
Grang wants to get back to his feet but Madison passes into half guard.
Madison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grang's head.
Madison trying to control from half guard but Grang is working away.
Grang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Madison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Madison throwing shots but Grang is blocking nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Madison lands a nice short elbow.

Madison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madison controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Madison passes to side control.
Madison cracks Grang with a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jinski Grang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Madison's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Grang misses with a straight right.
Grang throws a right and a left that Madison avoids nicely.
Madison appears to be looking for a big counter.
Grang misses with a looping left.
Madison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Madison with a poor takedown
and Grang counters with a straight right hand.
Grang falls off balance throwing a combination

and Madison counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Madison trying to control but Grang is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Madison throws an elbow that misses. Grang uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Madison's guard. Nice move by Grang!

Madison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Madison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Grang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grang throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Joshua Madison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grang throws a strike but Madison rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Madison stands and steps away. Grang gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Madison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grang fails to land with a series of punches.
Madison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Grang sprawls and moves away.
Grang fails to land with a series of punches.
Grang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grang is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Madison is defended easily by Grang.
Grang misses with the combination.
Grang throws a right hand that Madison ducks under and follows up with a left that Madison also avoids with ease.
Madison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Madison shoots in for a takedown but Grang shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joshua Madison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grang digs a good hook to Madison's body.
Madison throws a hook but Grang avoids it easily.
Grang looks to land a right hand but Madison moved out of range.
It looked like Madison was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jinski Grang seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Madison rushes Grang and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison goes for a takedown attempt but Grang pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grang.
Madison looks for a takedown but Grang sprawls well.
Grang misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grang avoids it really well and circles away.
Grang throws a counter combo.
Madison is looking to clinch but Grang is avoiding it.
Grang throws out a counter right but Madison avoids it with no problem.
Grang with a nice cross.
Madison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison slips under a jab from Grang.
Madison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grang.

Madison clinches.

Grang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grang throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Madison colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Grang as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Madison is left battered and dazed whilst Grang and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jinski Grang!
In defeat, Joshua Madison stepped up to the mic, saying 'I took an L tonight but that doesn't mean it's over for me. This is only the beginning of something much bigger. I'll be back. The Marathon Continues.'.