PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Husk E Fella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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.

E Fella
vs
Grabowski

190 cm
22
235 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
225 lbs
2 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Husk E Fella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maciej Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fella shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Grabowski is trying to defend but Fella finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fella missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grabowski trying to control but Fella postures up.
Grabowski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fella stops Grabowski from standing up.
Grabowski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grabowski has momentary wrist control but Fella slips an elbow through the middle.
Grabowski is trying to control the position but Fella postures up.
Grabowski wants to get back to his feet but Fella is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Grabowski working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fella is one step ahead there.
Grabowski looks gassed!
Fella postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fella stands up over Grabowski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fella postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fella working some strikes from top position.
Fella lands a couple of digs.
Grabowski scores with a nice shot.
Fella with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fella working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fella is in close to Grabowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fella postures up and lands a big shot to Grabowski's brow.
Fella postures up.
Grabowski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fella won't allow Grabowski to sweep him here.
Fella won't allow Grabowski to get back to his feet.

Fella decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Grabowski, up you get!
Fella misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fella shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Grabowski defends it nicely.

Grabowski shoots in and bounces Fella off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fella knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grabowski on the ground.
Grabowski trying to control but Fella is working from the bottom.
Grabowski would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Fella pushes Grabowski off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fella misses with a double jab.
Fella doesn't manage to clinch there - Grabowski circles away.

Fella bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Grabowski struggling a bit here.
Fella cracks Grabowski with a big right hand but Grabowski just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Fella stands up and beckons Grabowski to his feet.
Grabowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fella misses with a takedown attempt
and Grabowski counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fella shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grabowski as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Husk E Fella. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Fella shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Grabowski's guard.
Fella scoring with some ground and pound.
Fella won't allow Grabowski to get back to his feet.
Grabowski wants to sweep here but Fella controlling him for the moment.
Grabowski has a closed guard, preventing Fella from standing up.
Grabowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fella distracts Grabowski with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fella wants to stand and escape but instead Grabowski has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Grabowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Fella is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Husk E Fella dominated that round.
That's time! Fella's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Fella shoots and misses
and Grabowski counters with a series of strikes. Fella will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grabowski wants to clinch.
Grabowski doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Fella decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grabowski's guard.
Grabowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fella postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Grabowski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fella doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fella manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fella wants to stand but Grabowski is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fella is in close to Grabowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fella wants to stand but Grabowski is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fella makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fella scoring with some ground and pound.
Grabowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fella throws and elbow that misses. Grabowski uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fella's guard. Nice move by Grabowski!
Fella is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grabowski looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fella is fending him off so far but Grabowski persists. Nope, Fella circles away and we're back to standing.
Grabowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Fella. Fella gets slowly back to his feet.
Fella tries for a takedown but Grabowski circles away easily

and Grabowski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fella's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Husk E Fella. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grabowski wants to control from the top but Fella keeps moving.
Fella is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fella lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Grabowski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fella wanted to stand there but Grabowski had control of the position.
Fella looking to pass the guard.
Grabowski is looking to stand up but Fella isn't so interested in that idea.
Fellais looking to pass into half guard but Grabowski pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Grabowski is in guard.
Fella on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fella tries to get out of the position.
Grabowski prevents Fella from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fella doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grabowski counters with a stiff right hand.

Fella looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Grabowski!
Grabowski tries to reverse the position but Fella maintains control.
Fella working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fella avoids the attempt from Grabowski to control.
Fella scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Husk E Fella overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fella is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fella fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grabowski gets back to half guard.
Fella seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fella prevents Grabowski from improving his position.
Fella lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fella thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grabowski's head.
Fella not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grabowski has hold of Fella's hands but Fella slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fella works his way into full mount!
Grabowski is in a horrible position here. Fella smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grabowski tries to reverse the position but Fella maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Fella.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fella putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fella landing strikes from the mount and Grabowski is in trouble!
Fella punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Husk E Fella dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Grabowski shoots for a double leg takedown but Fella sprawls well. He's pushed Grabowski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No luck for Grabowski with that takedown attempt.
Grabowski shoots and misses

and Fella counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grabowski!
Husk E Fella has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciej Grabowski.
Fella unloading with bombs!
Grabowski is trying to stand up.
Grabowski is looking to improve his position but Fella isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Fella connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fella is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Grabowski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Grabowski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grabowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fella raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fella cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Grabowski is looking to get to half guard.
Grabowski regains half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fella landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Grabowski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fella.
Fella postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fella works over Grabowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Fella tries to stand but Grabowski is controlling from the bottom.

Fella stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fella scores with a one two! Grabowski had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fella throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Grabowski counter with a right hand.
Grabowski darts in trying to clinch

and Fella counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fella would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Fella works over Grabowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Fella is in close to Grabowski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fella stops Grabowski from standing up.
Fella tries to stand but Grabowski is controlling from the bottom.
Fella with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Grabowski is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fellais looking to pass into half guard but Grabowski pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Grabowski is in guard.
Grabowski won't allow Fella to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fella tries for a takedown but Grabowski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grabowski lands a jab-cross combination.
No luck for Fella with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fella tries for a takedown but Grabowski circles away easily
and Grabowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fella closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grabowski circles away.
Fella throws a left and a right that both miss

and Grabowski counters with a takedown into side control.
Fella tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

Grabowski decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fella to his feet.
Grabowski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No luck for Fella with that takedown attempt.
Grabowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grabowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Fella gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grabowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fella is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fella goes for a takedown attempt but Grabowski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Grabowski stuffs the takedown attempt from Fella. Fella gets slowly back to his feet.

Grabowski clinches up with Fella and pushes him back against the cage.
Fella can't get the takedown.
Grabowski tries to circle away but Fella has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grabowski misses with some punches.
Maciej Grabowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Husk E Fella is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grabowski working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Husk E Fella showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fella, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Husk E Fella!