PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaido Graindo (ranked 868 p4p, 480 weight class) and Sammy Beach (ranked 131 p4p, 71 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Graindo
vs
Beach

188 cm
25
220
13 - 6 - 0

194 cm
25
215
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Conviction

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaido Graindo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beach changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Beach.
We've been informed that Beach has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Beach bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beach connects with a right hand. Graindo shakes it off.
Graindo moves out of range of the strikes.
Graindo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beach was well out of range. Poor timing from Graindo.
Graindo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graindo.

Beach darts in and clinches Graindo up against the cage.
Beach throws a punch but it's blocked by Graindo.
Graindo tries to work over Beach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Beach fails to land.
Beach misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Graindo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Graindo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beach to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beach throws a looping overhand right but Graindo ducks down to avoid it.
Beach lands with a hook. Graindo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Graindo digs a good body shot into Beach's ribs.
Good shot there by Beach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Graindo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Graindo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Graindo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Beach misses with a left hand
enabling Graindo to counter with a crisp jab.
Graindo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beach.
Beach looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graindo.
Beach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Graindo.
Beach lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sammy Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beach misses with a wild body shot.
Beach swings for the body but Graindo moves out of range.
Graindo feinted with a counter takedown.
Graindo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graindo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beach moves away.
Beach swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beach throws an overhand right that lands on Graindo's shoulder, as Graindo tries to avoid the shot.
Graindo moves away from the strike by Beach.
Graindo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Beach sprawls and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graindo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beach misses with an uppercut. Graindo saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach swings for the body but Graindo moves out of range.
Graindo misses with a looping right.
Graindo closes the distance and clinches up with Beach, looking for a takedown. Graindo pushes Beach against the cage but Beach circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Beach appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Beach moves into the clinch.
Graindo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graindo is working for takedown but Beach is calmly controlling the position for now.
Beach struggles to land a body shot inside as Graindo controls his hands.
Graindo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beach throws a punch but it's blocked by Graindo.
Graindo can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaido Graindo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beach throws a head punch that misses.
Beach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Beach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Graindo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graindo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Beach as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Graindo or not.
Nice body punch from Beach - that landed with a thud.
Graindo blocks a body shot from Beach.
Graindo is trying to break the clinch but Beach has him pressed against the cage.
Beach pushes Graindo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Graindo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beach lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Graindo misses with a punch on the inside.
Beach lands a body punch.
Beach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beach tries to throw a body punch but Graindo avoids it by throwing Beach back against the cage.
Beach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Beach.
Graindo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beach prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beach throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beach misses with a punch to the body.
Beach gets through Graindo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Graindo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Beach pulls his leg out and moves away.
Beach scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Graindo ducks right into an uppercut from Beach.
Beach lands with a good body shot.
Graindo is breathing heavily.
Beach swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beach lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beach misses with a right hand
and Graindo counters with a straight right hand.
Beach loads up on a big right hand but Graindo slips the punch.

Beach feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Graindo sprawling to the canvas! Graindo rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Beach finish him?!

Graindo is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graindo lands with a hook. Beach tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Beach dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Beach swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Beach lands a big right hand that sends Graindo crashing to the mat! Beach stays standing though and waves Graindo back to his feet!
Oh Graindo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graindo walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Graindo limp body while Beach jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sammy Beach!
Sammy Beach managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, UnderGround Supplements, into his post fight interview.