PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butsy Grabber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ready 4 War. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khan
vs
Grabber

185 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
198 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Butsy Grabber!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grabber drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Khan 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.
Grabber postures up in Khan's guard and throws a big left but Khan blocks it.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Grabber from controlling successfully.
Grabber wants to pass the guard but Khan is keeping the position.

Khan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Grabber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grabber stands up over Khan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Grabber from controlling successfully.

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Grabber defends it easily.
Grabber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Grabber puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Grabber missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grabber slips a nice elbow through Khan's hands, connecting with Khan's forehead.
Grabber lands with a punch from half guard.

Grabber is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Grabber trying to control the action but Khan is working from the bottom.
Grabber thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.
Grabber drops an elbow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan tries to roll over but Grabber keeps him under control.

Khan manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabber moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Grabber misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Grabber shoots in but Khan avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Grabber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Grabber is looking for a kimura here.

Khan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Grabber thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabber wants to control but Khan is keeping him busy.
Grabber prevents Khan from improving his position.
Khan is staying active underneath Grabber, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Grabber stalling away here and it's allowed Khan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Khan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Grabber can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Khan is breathing heavily.

Khan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Grabber passes into side control.
Grabber scoring with punches from side control.
Grabber content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Khan tries to bench press Grabber off him but Grabber keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabber trying to control the action but Khan is working from the bottom.
Grabber lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Khan down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grabber wants to control for a moment but Khan uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

Khan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Grabber pulls his head out easily.
Grabber takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Grabber thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.
Grabber tries to pass to full mount but Khan defends it.
Khan tries to get to full guard but Grabber has control of the leg.
Grabber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butsy Grabber 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.

Grabber misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Grabber misses.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Genghis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grabber getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Khan moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grabber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grabber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grabber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Grabber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Grabber, against the cage.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grabber sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Grabber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Grabber is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Khan cracks Grabber with an open hand slap.
Khan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khan works Grabber's body with a nice hook.
Grabber slips a jab from Khan.
Khan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grabber slips under a jab.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grabber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Genghis Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Grabber misses with a takedown attempt - Khan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan has Grabber up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khan.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Khan lands a body punch.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grabbers head.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Khan.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grabber backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Khan.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Khan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grabber.
Grabber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.

Khan manages to break the clinch.

Khan has Grabber up against the cage in a clinch.
Grabber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan pushes Grabber back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Grabber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Khan.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grabber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan digs a right hand into Grabber's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grabber's gas tank.
Grabber looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.

Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Khan rushes Grabber and presses him up against the cage.

Khan breaks from the clinch.
Grabber dives in and grabs Khan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Khan pushes down on Grabber's head and hops out.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Butsy Grabber.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Grabber moved out of range.
Khan is looking to slow Grabber down with leg kicks.

Grabber changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Grabber wants to control but Khan is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Grabber off and has taken his back!
Grabber trying to control the hands but Khan won't let him.

Khan working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Khan working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genghis Khan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice cross by Grabber.
Khan throws a wild body kick that Grabber sees coming a mile off.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Grabber saw that one coming.
Grabber has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab from Grabber.
Nice takedown defense from Khan. No joy for Grabber on that attempt.
Grabber fails to land the takedown.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grabber misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Khan counters with a series of strikes. Grabber will be more careful next time no doubt.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Khan misses.
Jab by Khan.
Grabber with a jab.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Grabber throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan wants to clinch up but Grabber keeps it at a distance.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grabber takes one to the chin there.
Grabber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Nice defenses there by Grabber.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Grabber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A cross from Grabber lands.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grabber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grabber lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grabber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grabber throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Khan throws a head kick but Grabber moves out of range.
Genghis Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Grabber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grabber.
Genghis Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Butsy Grabber.
Grabber lands a jab-cross combination.
Grabber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khan swings for the body but Grabber moves out of range.
Khan takes a swing at Grabber's ribcage but misses.
Grabber scores with a jab to the body.
Khan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grabber misses with the combination.
Grabber fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan misses with a body shot
and Khan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khan throws a combination that misses
and Grabber counters with a leg kick.
Khan tries to move into range but Grabber moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Grabber looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khan tries to clinch but Grabber moves away

so Grabber counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Khan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Grabber is in close to Khan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grabber with a nice head shot there.

Khan looking for a guillotine here but Grabber defends easily.
Grabber landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabber stays in close to Khan's body and controls the position.
Butsy Grabber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grabber lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Grabber from controlling successfully.
Khan wants to sweep here but Grabber controlling him for the moment.
Khan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Grabber has passed into side control.
Grabber grinds an elbow into Khan's temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Butsy Grabber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Grabber 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Butsy Grabber!