PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lennart Hohenthal (ranked 849 p4p, 1286 weight class) and Rogan Grimes (ranked 99 p4p, 151 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hohenthal
vs
Grimes

161 cm
23
144
5 - 3 - 0

168 cm
24
144
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lennart Hohenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rogan Grimes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hohenthal checks a leg kick.
Hohenthal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hohenthal throws a jab but it's blocked by Grimes.
Grimes throws a hook to the side of Hohenthal's head but Hohenthal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grimes throws a jab when Hohenthal was well out of range.
Hohenthal takes one on the button.
Hohenthal just misses with a punch to the body.
Grimes defending well as Hohenthal loads up on a big left hand.
Grimes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hohenthal.
Hohenthal with a nice cross.
Grimes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hohenthal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grimes flicks out a counter leg kick but Hohenthal steps away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes misses with a hook.
Hohenthal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grimes.
Grimes throws a low kick, looking for Hohenthal's leg but Hohenthal calmly moves out of range.
Hohenthal misses with a wild body shot.
Grimes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hohenthal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grimes appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal scores with a jab to the body.
Hohenthal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hohenthal misses with a straight right.
Grimes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hohenthal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grimes.
Grimes throws a leg kick which misses Hohenthal's front leg but catches the back leg as Hohenthal tries to avoid it.
Hohenthal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hohenthal throws a hook but Grimes avoids it easily.
Grimes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hohenthal throws a series of punches but Grimes moves out of range.
Grimes with a nice calf kick.
Grimes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grimes tries to score with a low kick but Hohenthal moves his leg out of the way.
Grimes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hohenthal has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hohenthal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grimes moves away.
Grimes throws a leg kick but Hohenthal moved away.
Hohenthal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grimes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hohenthal misses with an uppercut
and Grimes counters with a low kick, right behind Hohenthal 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimes throws a big shot that misses.
Hohenthal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grimes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grimes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hohenthal connects with a body shot.
Hohenthal cracks Grimes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hohenthal wants to clinch.
Grimes with a nice cross.
Grimes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hohenthal throws out the jab.
Grimes feints a counter leg kick.
Grimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Hohenthal.
Hohenthal throws a hook to the side of Grimes's head but Grimes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grimes throws out a counter right but Hohenthal avoids it with no problem.
Hohenthal throws a looping overhand right but Grimes ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal swings widly with a right hand
and Grimes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grimes keeps the fight on the outside.
Grimes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hohenthal is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Grimes's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hohenthal moves out of range of the strikes.
Hohenthal throws a body punch but Grimes moves out of range.
Grimes connects with a single shot there.
Grimes throws a leg kick which misses Hohenthal's front leg but catches the back leg as Hohenthal tries to avoid it.
Hohenthal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grimes throws a leg kick but Hohenthal moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Grimes.
Hohenthal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grimes was well out of range. Poor timing from Hohenthal.

Hohenthal instigates a clinch.
A hook to the body from Hohenthal.

Grimes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grimes missing with a left hand there. Hohenthal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hohenthal checks a leg kick.
It looked like Hohenthal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimes throws a leg kick but Hohenthal sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Hohenthal misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hohenthal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hohenthal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grimes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hohenthal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grimes.
A quick step to the side and Hohenthal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Hohenthal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hohenthal lands a body shot.

Grimes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hohenthal tries to clinch there but Grimes circles away.
Grimes tries a quick counter leg kick but Hohenthal is wise to it.
Grimes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Hohenthal instigates a clinch.

Grimes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grimes is looking to slow Hohenthal down with leg kicks.
Hohenthal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grimes throws a body shot but no joy.
Grimes misses with a looping left.
Hohenthal misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rogan Grimes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hohenthal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hohenthal will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grimes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hohenthal.
Grimes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hohenthal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Hohenthal lands.
Hohenthal connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Grimes coming out on top.
Grimes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hohenthal lands a body shot.

Hohenthal takes the fight into the clinch.
Hohenthal has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Grimes after a bit of a struggle.
Grimes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hohenthal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Hohenthal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Grimes breaks from the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Hohenthal there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hohenthal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hohenthal looks to land a right hand but Grimes moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hohenthal. Those never looked like landing.
Rogan Grimes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hohenthal misses with a body punch
and Grimes counters with a straight right hand.
Hohenthal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grimes.
Grimes staying out of range there.
Hohenthal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grimes misses the shot to the body.
Hohenthal looks to score with a jab to the body but Grimes is just out of range.
Grimes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hohenthal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Grimes has time to react.
Hohenthal throws a jab when Grimes was well out of range.
Grimes misses with a straight left.
Hohenthal moves out of range of the strikes.
Grimes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Grimes takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hohenthal shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lennart Hohenthal. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Grimes misses.
Hohenthal misses with an uppercut
enabling Grimes to counter with a crisp jab.
Grimes tests Hohenthal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grimes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grimes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hohenthal misses with a hook
and Grimes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Grimes tries to keep at a distance but Hohenthal has taken the fight into the clinch.

Grimes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hohenthal misses the shot to the body.
Hohenthal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Decent striking displayed by Grimes there.
Grimes thumps Hohenthal with a low kick.
Hohenthal swings widly with a right hand
and Grimes counters with a stiff right hand.
Hohenthal throws an off balance right hand
and Grimes counters with a slapping leg kick.
Grimes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hohenthal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hohenthal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grimes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grimes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hohenthal momentarily.
Hohenthal throws a body shot but no joy.
Grimes tries to work over Hohenthal's front leg with a kick but Hohenthal checks it.
Grimes misses the jab.
Grimes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hohenthal moves away.
Hohenthal throws a good cross that connects.
A jab lands there for Hohenthal.
Grimes misses with a leg kick
and Hohenthal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hohenthal works the jab nicely.
Grimes moves forwards but Hohenthal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Hohenthal misses the target.
Grimes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Grimes moves away from the strike by Hohenthal.
Grimes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hohenthal misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hohenthal to score with a decent uppercut.
Hohenthal loads up on a big right hand but Grimes slips the punch.
A low kick from Grimes misses
and Hohenthal counters with a nice uppercut.
Hohenthal looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grimes is fending him off so far but Hohenthal persists. Nope, Grimes circles away and we're back to standing.
A big right from Hohenthal misses.
Grimes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Hohenthal changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Grimes looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hohenthal working away.
We've been hearing that Hohenthal has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hohenthal trying to control the action but Grimes is working from the bottom.
Grimes can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The strikes coming from Hohenthal are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lennart Hohenthal 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!

The crowd cheers as Grimes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hohenthal doesn't seem phased though.
Hohenthal connects with a body shot.
Hohenthal throws a body shot but no joy.
Grimes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hohenthal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hohenthal shoots for a takedown but Grimes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grimes misses with an uppercut
and Hohenthal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Hohenthal. Beautiful body shot.
Hohenthal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grimes.
Grimes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hohenthal.
Grimes was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Grimes throws a hook but Hohenthal avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hohenthal. Grimes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grimes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hohenthal throws a looping overhand right but Grimes ducks down to avoid it.
Hohenthal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hohenthal loads up on a big right hand but Grimes slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes connects with a solid leg kick.
Grimes scoring well with a low kick there.
Grimes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice takedown defense from Grimes. No joy for Hohenthal on that attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Grimes! But no joy.
Hohenthal misses the jab.
Grimes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grimes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hohenthal's corner calls for a 1-2. Hohenthal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Grimes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grimes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grimes avoids the body shot from Hohenthal.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grimes.
Grimes lands with a hook. Hohenthal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Good exchange - Hohenthal coming out on top.
Grimes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hohenthal misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimes tries to land a leg kick but Hohenthal saw it coming and moves away.
Hohenthal tries to close the distance and clinch but Grimes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grimes slips a jab from Hohenthal.
Hohenthal shoots in and drives through. Grimes sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lennart Hohenthal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grimes throws a jab when Hohenthal was well out of range.
Grimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Hohenthal.
Good work by Hohenthal as he checks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Grimes.
Hohenthal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hohenthal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grimes.
A punch lands to the side of Hohenthal 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Grimes tries to keep at a distance but Hohenthal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hohenthal pushes Grimes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hohenthal tries a body shot but Grimes blocks it.
Hohenthal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grimes's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Grimes breaks the clinch.
Grimes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hohenthal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hohenthal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hohenthal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Hohenthal misses.
Hohenthal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grimes misses with an uppercut. Hohenthal saw that one coming.
Hohenthal throws a right hand that misses
and Grimes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grimes clobbers Hohenthal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Decent striking displayed by Hohenthal there.
Grimes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice defenses there by Hohenthal.
Grimes misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimes thumps Hohenthal with a low kick.

Hohenthal drives through with a takedown into guard.
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!
Hohenthal trying to control but Grimes is working from the bottom.
Hohenthal preventing the sweep.
Hohenthal throwing strikes from guard but Grimes blocks nicely.
Hohenthal wants to control from the top but Grimes keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hohenthal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hohenthal is working Grimes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rogan Grimes.
I think Grimes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogan Grimes!
Rogan Grimes thanked the fans post fight for their support.