PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sava Grujic (ranked 4382 p4p, 4369 weight class) and Ethan Haynes (ranked 301 p4p, 299 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Grujic
vs
Haynes

176 cm
18
147
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sava Grujic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ethan Haynes!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grujic lands with a hook. Haynes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Haynes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grujic.
Grujic scores with a hook to the body. Haynes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Haynes looks to land a right hand but Grujic moved out of range.
Grujic tries to counter by clinching up but Haynes breaks away and moves out of range.
Haynes throws a body punch but Grujic moves out of range.
Grujic tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Haynes manages to circle out of the way.
Grujic tries to clinch up but Haynes circles away and keeps his distance.
Grujic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Haynes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haynes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grujic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grujic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Grujic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haynes. Grujic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sava Grujic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grujic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Haynes lands with a good body shot.
Haynes throws a body shot but no joy.
Grujic doesn't manage to clinch there - Haynes circles away.
Haynes digs a good hook to Grujic's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grujic lands a really nice looking cross but Haynes seems unphased.
Grujic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grujic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grujic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grujic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Haynes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grujic tries to clinch up.
Haynes throws a body punch but Grujic moves out of range.
Haynes throws a lazy right hand but Grujic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grujic throws a shot to the body.
Haynes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grujic wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Grujic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grujic moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haynes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grujic lands a jab.
Grujic misses with a shot to the body
and Haynes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grujic wants to clinch.
Haynes lands a jab to Grujic's midsection.
Grujic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Grujic closes the distance and pushes Haynes back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grujic.
Grujic swings wildly with an uppercut but Haynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Haynes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haynes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Haynes continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grujic has a couple of punches blocked by Haynes.
Grujic misses with a punch on the inside.
Haynes taking a breather.
Grujic scores with a shoulder strike.
Haynes prevents a body shot from Grujic.
Grujic throws a head punch that misses.
Haynes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Haynes is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haynes has Grujic pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Haynes.
Haynes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grujic moves in looking to clinch but Haynes pushes him off.
Grujic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Haynes.
Grujic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grujic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haynes moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Grujic.
Grujic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grujic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haynes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grujic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haynes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grujic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Haynes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sava Grujic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haynes throws a jab when Grujic was well out of range.
Haynes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haynes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grujic throws a body punch but Haynes moves out of range.
Grujic moves out of range as Haynes strikes.
Grujic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haynes throws out the jab.
As Haynes tries to get set, Grujic tries to push him back and clinch up but Haynes manages to avoid the attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Haynes avoiding damage.
Grujic throws a head punch that misses.
Grujic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haynes can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haynes is stalling here.
Grujic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grujic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grujic can't find room to land a body shot as Haynes controls the action.
Haynes leaning against his opponent.
Haynes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grujic is working Haynes over against the cage.
Haynes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grujic up against the cage.
Grujic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haynes backwards.
Grujic swings wildly with an uppercut but Haynes uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grujic throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haynes.
Grujic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haynes.
Grujic misses with a body punch.
Grujic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haynes blocking some punches.
Grujic misses with a punch on the inside.
Grujic throws a punch but it's blocked by Haynes.
Grujic can't find room to land a body shot as Haynes controls the action.
Grujic misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haynes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Haynes stalling the fight.
Haynes taking a breather.
Grujic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grujic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haynes backwards.
Grujic tries to work over Haynes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalling in the clinch from Haynes.
Grujic throws a punch but it's blocked by Haynes.
A right hand to the body from Grujic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grujic misses with a body punch.
Haynes has Grujic pushed against the cage.
Grujic working aggressively here.
Grujic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sava Grujic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grujic tries to throw a body punch but Haynes avoids it by throwing Grujic back against the cage.
Haynes blocking some punches.
Haynes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haynes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haynes.
Haynes leaning against his opponent.
Haynes is pushing Grujic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sava Grujic dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Grujic throws a series of punches but Haynes avoids them all with ease.
Haynes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grujic is looking to wear down Haynes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haynes misses with a body shot.
Grujic tries to clinch but Haynes moves out of range.
Grujic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haynes circles away from the clinch attempt.

Haynes gets tackled into the cage by Grujic. Grujic maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Grujic fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Grujic.
Haynes taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grujic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grujic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grujic can't find room to land a body shot as Haynes controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haynes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from Grujic fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haynes.
Grujic has a couple of punches blocked by Haynes.
The referee calls for Haynes to work.
Haynes has Grujic pushed against the cage.
Ethan Haynes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Haynes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grujic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Haynes pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Haynes.
Haynes looks to throw the jab but Grujic is out of range.
Grujic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haynes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grujic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Grujic drives through and clinches with Haynes against the cage.
Grujic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grujic has a couple of punches blocked by Haynes.
Grujic throws a head punch that misses.
Grujic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haynes prevents a body shot from Grujic.
Grujic swings wildly with an uppercut but Haynes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grujic throws a punch but it's blocked by Haynes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grujic.
Sava Grujic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grujic letting Haynes take a breather here.
Haynes slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Grujic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grujic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haynes is struggling to control the position.
Haynes throws a punch but it's blocked by Grujic.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Haynes content to slow the pace in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sava Grujic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grujic 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sava Grujic!