PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Schlock Leznar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leznar has chosen The Champ by Ghostface Killah as his entrance music. Damian Grabowski had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 266.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Grabowski
vs
Leznar

195 cm
20
292 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
21
272 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q156 Rec/Stamina

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Grabowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Schlock Leznar!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leznar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leznar misses with a looping right.
Leznar throws a hook but Grabowski blocks it.
Leznar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabowski.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Leznar slips under a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Grabowski is defended easily by Leznar.
Grabowski moves out of range as Leznar strikes.
Leznar dodges the punch combination from Grabowski.

Grabowski closes the distance and pushes Leznar back into the ropes.
Leznar tries to score a body lock takedown but Grabowski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Grabowski has picked Leznar up - he's going for a ride! Grabowski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Leznar moves into full guard.
Grabowski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Leznar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Leznar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grabowski postures up in Leznar's guard and throws a big left but Leznar blocks it.
Grabowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grabowski throws and elbow that misses. Leznar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Grabowski's guard. Nice move by Leznar!
Leznar is fighting to break Grabowski's control of his arms but Grabowski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Leznar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grabowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grabowski wants to stand but Leznar is controlling the position.
Leznar throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Grabowski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Damian Grabowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grabowski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Leznar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grabowski throws a right and a left that Leznar avoids nicely.
Grabowski tries to close the distance and clinch but Leznar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grabowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leznar.
Leznar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leznar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabowski misses with the combination.
Leznar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circling - Grabowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leznar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grabowski moves away.
Leznar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Leznar.
Grabowski tries to clinch up.

Leznar shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Grabowski gets full guard.
Leznar trying to control but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Grabowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leznar.
Leznar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leznar's guard.
Grabowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grabowski postures up and lands a big shot to Leznar's brow.
Grabowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Leznar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grabowski looking to sit in guard and control but Leznar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Grabowski keeping full guard, as Leznar tries to pass.
Grabowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Leznar throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Leznar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Leznar throwing strikes but missing.
Leznar throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Leznar lands a nice hook to Grabowski's body. Grabowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leznar loads up on a big right hand but Grabowski slips the punch.
Grabowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leznar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grabowski at a distance.
Grabowski is breathing heavily.
Grabowski misses with a straight right.
Grabowski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grabowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Leznar circles away.
Grabowski throws a combination. Leznar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Grabowski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Leznar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grabowski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Leznar drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leznar preventing the sweep.
Leznar trying to control the position from guard on top but Grabowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grabowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Leznar.
Leznar trying to control but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
Leznar stops Grabowski from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Schlock Leznar will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grabowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grabowski scores with a jab. Leznar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Grabowski's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Grabowski duly obliges.
A telegraphed right hand from Grabowski misses the target.
Grabowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grabowski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A combination from Grabowski does no damage.
Grabowski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Leznar avoids it really well and circles away.
Leznar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Leznar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Grabowski wants to get back to his feet.
Grabowski taking some punishment here, with Leznar in his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leznar trying to control from half guard but Grabowski is working away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Grabowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leznar.
Leznar working the head and body with strikes.
Leznar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Grabowski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Grabowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leznar is working away from the top position though.
Leznar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leznar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grabowski on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grabowski tries to get out of the position.
Leznar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grabowski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grabowski is looking to control Leznar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grabowski avoid being mounted?
Leznar is looking to advance position but Grabowski won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck for Leznar with that takedown attempt.

Grabowski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Leznar looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Leznar is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Grabowski off and has taken his back!
I really don't envy Grabowski right now.
Grabowski covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Leznar has Grabowski flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leznar scores with punches from the back.
Leznar is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Leznar gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Leznar gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Leznar apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Leznar misses the shot to the body.
Leznar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Leznar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Leznar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Leznar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Leznar in side control, throwing shots but Grabowski defends.
Grabowski regains half guard.
Grabowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leznar is working away from the top position though.
Leznar is keen to just control but Grabowski is a slippery customer.
Leznar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grabowski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Leznar scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski wants to control but Leznar is keeping busy.
Leznar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grabowski trying to control from the bottom.
Grabowski is looking for a sweep. Leznar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leznar. Grabowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leznar slips a jab from Grabowski.
Leznar misses the shot to the body.
Grabowski connects with a looping right hand.
Leznar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grabowski.
Grabowski shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Leznar sprawls well. Leznar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grabowski gets slowly back to his feet.
Leznar scores with a hook.
Leznar throws a body punch but Grabowski moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Grabowski is defended easily by Leznar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Grabowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leznar thuds a left hand into Grabowski's body.
Leznar shoots in looking for a takedown. Grabowski tries to sprawl out of it but Leznar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Grabowski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski misses with an uppercut. Leznar saw that one coming.
Leznar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grabowski moves away.
Leznar scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leznar. Grabowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damian Grabowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leznar scores with a jab to the body.
Leznar fails to land the takedown.
Leznar scores with a shot to the body.
Leznar lands a body shot.
Leznar misses with a hook. Grabowski ducked under it nicely.
Leznar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leznar misses with a straight right.
Leznar connects with a single shot there.
Leznar tests Grabowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grabowski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leznar to score with a decent uppercut.
Leznar throws a hook to the side of Grabowski's head but Grabowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leznar just misses with a punch to the body.
Leznar misses the jab.
Leznar slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Schlock Leznar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Leznar lands with a shot to the body.
Grabowski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Leznar pinned against the cage. Leznar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Leznar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leznar misses with a body shot.

Leznar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Grabowski did well to prevent Leznar getting side control.
Leznar working over Grabowski with some ground and pound. Grabowski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Leznar throwing shots but Grabowski is blocking nicely.
Leznar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Leznar passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Grabowski!
Leznar with the ground and pound from mount.
Leznar dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leznar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Grabowski is looking to escape.
Grabowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leznar postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Grabowski in real trouble here! The ref calls for Grabowski to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Schlock Leznar! Schlock Leznar retains his heavyweight title!