PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Grimes (ranked 1923 p4p, 4143 weight class) and Fifty Dollars (ranked 223 p4p, 447 weight class). Fifty Dollars will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Grimes
vs
Dollars

176 cm
20
155
9 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
152
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Carnage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gunnar Grimes !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fifty Dollars!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grimes pushes Dollars up against the cage in a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dollars 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.
Dollars wants to get back to striking at distance but Grimes won't allow it.
Grimes fails to pull guard.

Grimes pulls guard effortlessly.

Grimes looking for a triangle here. Dollars is fighting it but it looks tight! Grimes pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Dollars is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Gunnar Grimes !
Gunnar Grimes is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Gunnar Grimes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.