PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Grappa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake The Spider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grappa
vs
The Spider

172 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Grappa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake The Spider!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Spider slips a jab and a cross from Grappa.
A combination from Grappa does no damage.
Grappa jabs The Spider right on the nose. The Spider blinks but takes it well.
The Spider misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

The Spider drives through with a takedown into guard.
The Spider in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grappa is looking to stand up but The Spider isn't so interested in that idea.
The Spider looking to sit in guard and control but Grappa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Grappa stands up from The Spider's guard - Grappa perhaps looking for a knockout.

The Spider shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The Spider drops an elbow to the side of Grappa's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Grappa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ground and pound from The Spider.
Grappa wants to get back to his feet.
The Spider looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The Spider trying to control from half guard but Grappa is working away.
The Spider landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Spider prevents Grappa from standing back up.
The Spider sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Grappa tries to kick The Spider off but The Spider keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Spider looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grappa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grappa is trying to control but can't.
The Spider working over Grappa with some ground and pound. Grappa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Grappa is refusing to be controlled, as The Spider sits in half guard.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Grappa pushes The Spider off looking to stand but The Spider dives back in and keeps control.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The Spider looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grappa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The Spider really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grappa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Spider working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grappa wants to stand back up but The Spider manages to pass into side control.
Grappa pushes The Spider away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, The Spider gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Grappa is breathing heavily.
The Spider is chipping away with strikes.
The Spider lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Spider in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The Spider grinds an elbow into Grappa's temple.
Grappa is trying to escape the position but The Spider is controlling the position.
The Spider avoids the strikes from the bottom by Grappa.
The Spider is chipping away with strikes.

Grappa is rocked!
The Spider in side control lands a decent elbow.
Oh Grappa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Spider working the head with strikes.
The Spider controlling the position.
Grappa seems to have got his legs back now.
The Spider is working Grappa over with some ground and pound from side control.
The Spider working the head with strikes.
The Spider grinds an elbow into Grappa's temple.
The Spider working the head and body with strikes.
The Spider working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Spider is looking to take a break and control but Grappa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Spider remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Grappa is looking for a sweep.
Grappa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The Spider working the ground and pound from side control.
The Spider cracks Grappa with a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Spider landing strikes.
The Spider taking a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Spider trying to control the position but Grappa is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Grappa.
Grappa thumps The Spider with a low kick.
The Spider moves out of range of the strikes.
Pablo Grappa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grappa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grappa throws a right and a left that both miss.

The Spider decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The Spider looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Grappa is staying active underneath The Spider, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jake The Spider has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Spider looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Grappa tries to roll over but The Spider keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Grappa is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grappa has hold of The Spider's hands but The Spider slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grappa is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grappa taking some punishment here, with The Spider in his half guard.
The Spider trying to pass the guard but Grappa defending well.
Grappa taking some punishment here, with The Spider in his half guard.
The Spider trying to control from half guard but Grappa is working away.
The Spider working over Grappa with some ground and pound. Grappa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The Spider is looking to take a break and control but Grappa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grappa looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Spider lands with a punch from half guard.
The Spider tries to pass to full mount but Grappa defends it.
The Spider scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Spider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The Spider lands with a punch from half guard.
The Spider looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Spider working over Grappa with some ground and pound. Grappa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Grappa looks like he's trying to stand up.
The Spider wants to control but Grappa is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Spider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The Spider seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grappa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The Spider might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Grappa kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The Spider is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The Spider sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The Spider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The Spider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Grappa wants to get back to his feet.
The Spider lands strikes from half guard.
The Spider takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Spider is looking to take a break and control but Grappa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Spider drops an elbow to the side of Grappa's head.
The Spider scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Spider working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grappa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The Spider is working away from the top position though.
The Spider winds up and cracks Grappa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Spider perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Grappa is not content to let The Spider control the position.
The Spider moves into full mount! Grappa won't be happy about that!
The Spider landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

The Spider drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The Spider wants to pass the guard but Grappa is keeping the position.
Grappa keeping moving, preventing The Spider from controlling successfully.
The Spider looking to pass the guard.
The Spider trying to control the position from guard on top but Grappa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Spider forces his way into half guard.
The Spider wants to pass to mount but Grappa is defending the position.

Grappa actively working from the bottom here.
Grappa wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grappa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grappa throws a series of punches but The Spider avoids them all with ease.

The Spider shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than The Spider was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The Spider fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The Spider landing strikes, looking to finish!
The Spider landing shots from mount.
The Spider takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The Spider with shots to the head and body - Grappa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grappa is in a horrible position here. The Spider smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The Spider trying to control but Grappa is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Spider is landing with some decent strikes but Grappa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The Spider unloading with bombs!
The Spider postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Grappa badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of The Spider around the waist but The Spider pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! The Spider is the winner by TKO! The Spider jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake The Spider!