PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Hyde (ranked 941 p4p, 629 weight class) and Lloyd Blue (ranked 120 p4p, 85 weight class). Hyde kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Darkside-Neoni. Blue has chosen HonestKey- When I Wake Up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hyde
vs
Blue

188 cm
24
196
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
192
12 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Honest Apparel ($30 SPECIAL ALL T-Shirts!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lloyd Blue!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blue swings for the body but Hyde moves out of range.
Hyde with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blue to score with a decent uppercut.
Blue throws out a loose jab but Hyde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blue staying out of range there.
Hyde throws a leg kick that misses.
Blue is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hyde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blue.
A shot to the liver by Hyde. Beautiful body shot.
Hyde throws a solid leg kick but Blue takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hyde.
Hyde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hyde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blue.

It looks like Lloyd Blue has been cut.
Hyde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blue slips a straight right by Hyde.
A jab lands there for Hyde.
Blue misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Blue tries to counter with a clinch but Hyde shakes him off and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Blue throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blue looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hyde misses with an uppercut. Blue saw that one coming.
Grant Hyde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Blue - that will leave a mark!
Hyde will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hyde scores with a nice body kick.
Blue is looking to clinch.
Blue moves out of range as Hyde strikes.

Blue moves into the clinch.
Blue lands a hook that snaps the head of Hyde backwards.

Hyde breaks from the clinch.
Blue scores with a shot to the body.
Hyde misses with a wild body shot.
Blue throws out a counter right but Hyde avoids it with no problem.
Hyde dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Blue misses its intended target.
Blue ducks under a wild hook from Hyde.
Blue lands with an overhand left.
Blue scores with a nice right hand.
Blue wants to clinch.
Hyde misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hyde scores with a nice strike.
Hyde avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blue lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Hyde misses the target.
Hyde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blue.
Hyde lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blue.
Hyde smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hyde cracks Blue with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hyde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hyde smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hyde scores with a hook to the body. Blue takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blue shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hyde 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.
Blue is looking to clinch.

Hyde drops Blue with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Blue looks back up at him and smiles so Hyde waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Blue is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blue is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Hyde doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Blue crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Blue's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grant Hyde!
After the big win, Grant Hyde made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
The defeated Lloyd Blue had this to say: 'Thanks for this opportunity, and I wanna give a special shout out to my gym Triumph Over Fear, to my sponsor Honest Apparel, and most of all to True Octagon Fighting!'.