PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb DeCoteau (ranked 3509 p4p, 2269 weight class) and Misak Grigorian (ranked 429 p4p, 291 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

DeCoteau
vs
Grigorian

190 cm
26
220
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
216
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caleb DeCoteau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Misak Grigorian!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grigorian moves out of range of the body kick from DeCoteau.
Grigorian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from DeCoteau.
DeCoteau misses with a lunging right hand
and Grigorian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grigorian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but DeCoteau manages to avoid it.
Grigorian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches DeCoteau on the side of the head.
DeCoteau turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grigorian throws a hook but DeCoteau avoids it easily.
Caleb DeCoteau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeCoteau throws the kick towards the body but Grigorian avoids it.
Grigorian jabs DeCoteau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grigorian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Grigorian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but DeCoteau moves away.
DeCoteau throws a leg kick but Grigorian moved away.
Grigorian connects with a body shot that sends DeCoteau's belly button to the back.
DeCoteau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeCoteau tries to clinch but Grigorian moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Grigorian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Grigorian tries to keep at a distance but DeCoteau has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeCoteau throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grigorian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
DeCoteau prevents a body shot from Grigorian.
Good body shot from Grigorian.
Grigorian misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grigorian.
DeCoteau throws a head punch that misses.
DeCoteau has a couple of punches blocked by Grigorian.
We've been informed that Grigorian 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.
Grigorian misses with some punches.
DeCoteau is looking to control Grigorian's arms but Grigorian gets an underhook and turns him. Now DeCoteau has his back to the cage.
Grigorian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DeCoteau trying to control the position but instead, Grigorian has worked for underhooks and has pushed DeCoteau into the cage.
DeCoteau misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Grigorian on the inside.

It looks like Caleb DeCoteau has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DeCoteau.
DeCoteau taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Grigorian fails to land.
Grigorian misses with a punch on the inside.
DeCoteau drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
DeCoteau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from DeCoteau fails to land.
DeCoteau misses with a punch on the inside.
Grigorian scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
DeCoteau misses with some punches.
DeCoteau prevents a body shot from Grigorian.
Grigorian lands a right hand.
DeCoteau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grigorian misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian throws a blind hook that connects with the side of DeCoteaus head.
Grigorian misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grigorian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeCoteau misses with some punches.
Grigorian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DeCoteau drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caleb DeCoteau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeCoteau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grigorian.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DeCoteau.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grigorian as DeCoteau tries to tie him up.
DeCoteau tries to throw a body punch but Grigorian avoids it by throwing DeCoteau back against the cage.
Grigorian throws a head punch that misses.
Grigorian throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DeCoteau.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeCoteau looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, DeCoteau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
DeCoteau is pushing Grigorian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Grigorian blocking some punches.
A short right from Grigorian on the inside.
DeCoteau taking a breather.
DeCoteau throws a punch but it's blocked by Grigorian.
Grigorian misses with a punch to the body.
Grigorian digs a right hand underneath DeCoteau's ribcage. DeCoteau let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grigorian lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maybe DeCoteau would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Grigorian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Misak Grigorian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caleb DeCoteau's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Grigorian throws a head kick that misses.
Grigorian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
DeCoteau throws a nice looking combination but Grigorian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grigorian unleashes a big counter combination but DeCoteau bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Grigorian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grigorian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
DeCoteau staying out of range there.
Misak Grigorian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
DeCoteau lands a nice shot that snaps Grigorian's head back.
DeCoteau throws out a loose jab but Grigorian uses good head movement to avoid it.
DeCoteau wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

DeCoteau closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Grigorian quickly recovers to half guard.
DeCoteau working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grigorian tries to roll over but DeCoteau keeps him under control.
DeCoteau has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeCoteau is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

DeCoteau looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Grigorian is looking to control DeCoteau's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grigorian avoid being mounted?

That's two 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.
Grigorian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grigorian is looking to control DeCoteau's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grigorian avoid being mounted?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grigorian can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grigorian is trying to get back to full guard.

DeCoteau looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian is looking to control DeCoteau's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grigorian avoid being mounted?
Grigorian might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control DeCoteau haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Grigorian is positioning himself well to prevent DeCoteau advancing to mount.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
DeCoteau connects with a body shot that sends Grigorian's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

DeCoteau is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grigorian's half guard.
Grigorian trying to control here.
Grigorian regains full guard. Nicely done.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Grigorian holds on and takes a little breather.
Grigorian controls DeCoteau momentarily but DeCoteau frees himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Grigorian is trying to hold DeCoteau in close to prevent damage but DeCoteau has managed to pass into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb DeCoteau dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Caleb DeCoteau's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some wild striking there from Grigorian.
DeCoteau is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Grigorian moves into range and connects with a jab.
DeCoteau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grigorian.
A telegraphed right hand from DeCoteau misses the target.
DeCoteau doesn't manage to clinch there - Grigorian circles away.
DeCoteau lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Grigorian.
Grigorian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeCoteau throws a looping overhand right but Grigorian ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Grigorian was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Grigorian thumps DeCoteau with a low kick.
Grigorian scores with a jab.
DeCoteau feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grigorians jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorian ducks under a wild hook from DeCoteau.
DeCoteau misses the jab.
Grigorian misses the jab.
Grigorian scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grigorian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
DeCoteau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
DeCoteau thuds his right hand into Grigorian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Grigorian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Grigorian.
Nice defenses there by DeCoteau.
DeCoteau is looking to counter punch.
DeCoteau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grigorian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps DeCoteau's head backwards.
DeCoteau fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigorian wants to clinch
and DeCoteau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian misses with a body shot.
DeCoteau takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Grigorian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
DeCoteau shoots in but Grigorian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jab from Grigorian.
DeCoteau steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Grigorian. That one must have hurt.

Grigorian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grigorian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DeCoteau.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grigorian.
Grigorian prevents a body shot from DeCoteau.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeCoteau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grigorian lands a hook to the side of the head.

DeCoteau is rocked!
Grigorian dips a shoulder and cracks DeCoteau with a mighty uppercut! DeCoteau falls back against the cage and Grigorian unloads with a barrage of strikes! DeCoteau is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Grigorian screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Misak Grigorian!
A relieved looking Misak Grigorian thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.