PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean O Malley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cyril grenfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Malley
vs
grenfield

185 cm
23
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean O Malley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, cyril grenfield!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Malley tries for a takedown but grenfield sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
grenfield shoots in for a double leg but O Malley sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - grenfield looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
grenfield tries to bum rush O Malley with a series of wild strikes but O Malley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
grenfield fails in his attempt to clinch.
grenfield misses with a wild combination.
grenfield with a lazy takedown attempt

and O Malley counters with a single leg into guard. grenfield didn't expect that.
O Malley is looking to stand up but grenfield won't let him.
grenfield 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.
grenfield wants to control the position but O Malley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
O Malley is looking to take a break and control but grenfield is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Malley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
grenfield wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grenfield trying to control from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
grenfield tries for a takedown but O Malley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sean O Malley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of cyril grenfield.

O Malley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for grenfield!
O Malley thowing shots but they're missing.
O Malley scoring with strikes but grenfield is staying in there.
O Malley with good strikes from the mount here!
grenfield tries to hold on but O Malley postures up.
O Malley won't let grenfield get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
grenfield is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley with a couple of short strikes.
grenfield is wriggling around trying to escape.
grenfield is squirming around, avoiding O Malley's attempts to control the action.
O Malley controlling from mount.
grenfield tries to lock up and control but O Malley gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
O Malley landing strikes, looking to finish!
grenfield manages to regain half guard. Good work.

O Malley gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

grenfield clinches up against the cage.
O Malley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
grenfield dodges an elbow strike from O Malley.
O Malley fails to pull guard.
O Malley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
grenfield tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The referee is keeping an eye on O Malley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
O Malley wants to stall.

O Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
grenfield tries to clinch but O Malley moves away
and O Malley counters with a nice body kick.
O Malley wants to clinch but grenfield slips to the side

so grenfield counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
grenfield is looking to advance position but O Malley has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
grenfield looks gassed!
grenfield is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
grenfield is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
O Malley content just to control the position here.
O Malley landing strikes from the mount and grenfield is in trouble!
grenfield in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
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!
O Malley throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for grenfield because O Malley loaded up on that one.
grenfield is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley lands a big elbow.
O Malley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean O Malley dominated that round.
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.

O Malley fails to land the takedown.
O Malley tries to clinch up
and grenfield counters with a two punch combo.
No luck with that takedown attempt from grenfield.
O Malley darts in trying to clinch

and grenfield counters with a nice double leg into side control. O Malley won't be happy with that.
grenfield tries to score with some ground and pound. O Malley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

grenfield stands up.
O Malley closes the distance looking to clinch

and grenfield counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in O Malley's guard now.
grenfield is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Malley isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. grenfield stacks O Malley on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by grenfield!
O Malley is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
grenfield is looking to take a break and control but O Malley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Malley is trying to get back to full guard.
grenfield is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
grenfield's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
O Malley manages to get to full guard.
grenfield wants to control from the top but O Malley keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
grenfield wants to control from the top but O Malley keeps moving.
grenfield stands up over O Malley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
grenfield's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
grenfield lands a couple of digs.
grenfield landing some decent shots from guard.
grenfield tries to free his leg and advance position but O Malley is retaining full guard.

O Malley pushes grenfield off and gets back to his feet.

O Malley darts in and clinches grenfield up against the cage.
grenfield drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
O Malley throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

cyril grenfield 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! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

grenfield scores with a takedown into O Malley's guard.

O Malley throws his legs up looking for a submission but grenfield uses it to pass to side control.
The referee asks grenfield politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. grenfield prefers to stall for the moment though.
O Malley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but grenfield wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
grenfield has knee on belly and moves into mount.
O Malley tries to lock up and control but grenfield gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, grenfield cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grenfield can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as O Malley is looking to escape.
grenfield is trying to control here but O Malley has managed to regain half guard.
grenfield is trying to control. O Malley wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
grenfield is just content to waste time from the top position. O Malley takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by cyril grenfield.
grenfield dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Malley. That did some damage!

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.
grenfield tries to bum rush O Malley with a series of wild strikes but O Malley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

grenfield looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for O Malley!
grenfield throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

grenfield jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… O Malley is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by O Malley and grenfield has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

grenfield working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
O Malley avoids any damage from the ground and pound of grenfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley is trying to buck grenfield off.
O Malley is looking for a sweep.

grenfield decides to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A low kick from grenfield is predictable there
and O Malley counters with an outside leg kick.
O Malley shoots in but grenfield avoids the takedown attempt easily.
grenfield gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and O Malley counters with a nice double leg into guard.
O Malley throwing strikes from guard but grenfield blocks nicely.
grenfield wants to stand up but O Malley is controlling him.

O Malley gets to his feet. grenfield looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
O Malley looks to clinch
and grenfield counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Malley avoids the head kick by grenfield.

O Malley forces grenfield back against the cage and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to cyril grenfield.
I think grenfield has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!