PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rogan Grimes (ranked 2174 p4p, 2542 weight class) and Joseph Futeran (ranked 233 p4p, 263 weight class). Rogan Grimes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grimes
vs
Futeran

168 cm
23
144
6 - 5 - 0

176 cm
24
146
7 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rogan Grimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Futeran!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimes misses with a looping left.
Grimes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Futeran ducks under a wild hook from Grimes.
Grimes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Futeran has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
The fighters circling - Grimes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grimes motions for Futeran to come forward. Grimes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Futeran misses with a body punch
and Grimes counters with a body kick.
Grimes throws a poor cross that misses
and Futeran counters with a good low kick that Grimes was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes throws a push kick but Futeran slaps the foot to one side.
Grimes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Futeran ducks under a wild hook from Grimes.
A low kick from Grimes is predictable there
and Futeran counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Grimes.
Grimes misses with a hook. Futeran ducked under it nicely.
Futeran wants to counter the offense by Grimes and move into the clinch position.
Grimes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Futeran wants to slow Grimes down by chopping away at his legs.
Futeran ducks under a wild hook from Grimes.
Futeran shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grimes as he jumps to the side.
Grimes throws a body shot but no joy.
Grimes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Futeran throws out a counter right but Grimes avoids it with no problem.
Grimes throws a head kick but Futeran moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futeran tries to clinch up but Grimes circles away and keeps his distance.
Grimes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Futeran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Futeran's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A swing and a miss from Grimes.
Grimes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grimes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grimes cracks Futeran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Futeran shoots in but no luck this time.
It looked like Grimes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Futeran lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice cross by Grimes.
Futeran moves out of range of the leg kick from Grimes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futeran looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grimes is fending him off so far but Futeran persists. Nope, Grimes circles away and we're back to standing.
Grimes looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rogan Grimes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Futeran.
Futeran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grimes momentarily.
Futeran has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grimes finds it's way round the side to connect with Futeran's head.
Futeran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grimes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Futeran blocks a head kick by Grimes.
Futeran keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Futeran fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grimes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grimes throws the left hand but Futeran avoids the punch easily.
Futeran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futeran tries to clinch
and Grimes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Futeran with a nice cross.
Grimes circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grimes takes a swing at Futeran's ribcage but misses.
Grimes cracks Futeran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Futeran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rogan Grimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Futeran moves out of range of the strikes.
Futeran blocks a head kick by Grimes.
An inside leg kick from Futeran misses.
Grimes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rogan Grimes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Grimes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Futeran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Futeran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Futeran lands a right hook to the body.
Futeran tried to score with a low kick but Grimes checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Futeran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Futeran does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Futeran tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grimes counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Futeran defending well as Grimes loads up on a big left hand.
Grimes throws a head kick that misses.
Grimes scores with a leg kick.
Grimes throws a hook to the side of Futeran's head but Futeran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Futeran connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grimes lands a high kick!
Futeran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grimes.
Grimes motions for Futeran to come forward. Grimes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Futeran finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grimes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Futeran.
Grimes throwing a counter right hand but Futeran manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimes throws a hook but Futeran blocks it.
Futeran looks to land a combination but Grimes avoids it well.
Grimes fires out a quick counter leg kick but Futeran just manages to avoid it.
Grimes misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Futeran on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Grimes swings for the body but Futeran moves out of range.
Grimes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Futeran instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grimes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Futeran backwards.

Grimes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Futeran throws a poor cross that misses
and Grimes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grimes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grimes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimes misses the target.
Futeran takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rogan Grimes is winning the standup battle so far.
Futeran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grimes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Futeran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grimes throws a sloppy head kick
and Futeran counters with a left and a right that stings Grimes.
Rogan Grimes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Futeran scores with a hook.
Grimes thumps Futeran with a low kick.
Grimes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Grimes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grimes moves out of range of the strikes.
Grimes throwing a counter right hand but Futeran manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futeran is looking to score with low kicks.
Grimes throws a leg kick
and Futeran counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Futeran throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Futeran misses with a low kick.

Futeran has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grimes cracks Futeran with a nice body shot.
A short right from Grimes on the inside.
Grimes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grimes throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Futeran.
Grimes misses with the head strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rogan Grimes dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Futeran misses with a takedown attempt - Grimes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Futeran.
Futeran uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Grimes has time to react.
Futeran moves out of range of the body kick from Grimes.
Futeran is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Grimes with a body shot.
Grimes tries to land a body kick
and Futeran counters with a low kick, right behind Grimes 's knee.
Grimes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick lands for Grimes.
Futeran chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grimes can pounce on him.
Grimes lands a leg kick that knocks Futeran off balance momentarily.
Futeran has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes checks a leg kick.
It looked like Grimes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grimes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grimes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Futeran throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grimes checks a leg kick.
Grimes misses with a wild body shot.
Futeran lands a lovely overhand right.
Futeran tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grimes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Futeran.
Grimes misses with a lunging right hand
and Futeran counters with a straight right hand.
Grimes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Futeran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joseph Futeran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futeran moves out of range as Grimes strikes.
Grimes throws an overhand right that lands on Futeran's shoulder, as Futeran tries to avoid the shot.
Futeran fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grimes on the side of the head.
Grimes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grimes throws a right hand that misses
and Grimes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grimes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grimes throws a poor cross that misses
and Futeran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grimes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Futeran tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grimes swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grimes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Futeran just misses with a punch to the body.
Futeran takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grimes misses with a hook. Futeran ducked under it nicely.
Futeran was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Grimes throws a lazy head kick
and Futeran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grimes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Futeran misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Futeran. Beautiful body shot.
Futeran has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Futeran there as he acknowledges the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grimes. That's going to slow Futeran down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futeran buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grimes swats away the attempt to clinch by Futeran.
Futeran is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grimes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Grimes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Futeran takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Futeran avoids the body shot from Grimes.
Futeran swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A clash of legs there as Futeran blocks the low kick.
Grimes throws a poor cross that misses
and Futeran counters with a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rogan Grimes.
Well Grimes 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogan Grimes!
A victorious Rogan Grimes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.