PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Redhair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butsy Grabber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Redhair had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Redhair
vs
Grabber

188 cm
26
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
28
198 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Redhair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Butsy Grabber!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redhair throws out a loose jab but Grabber uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Redhair misses the target.

Grabber shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Redhair napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Grabber working the ground and pound.
Grabber postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Redhair tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Grabber wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Grabber is staying tight to Redhair's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Let's hope that Grabber has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Redhair is trying to control Grabber's posture but Grabber avoids it.
Redhair managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Grabber.
Grabber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Redhair is trying to improve his position.
Grabber is looking to take a break and control but Redhair is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Grabber tries for a kimura but Redhair is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber just content to control the position.

Grabber tries for a kimura but Redhair is defending well.
Redhair struggling a bit here.
Redhair defending against the ground and pound.
Grabber moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Grabber trying to control the action but Redhair is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Grabber content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Grabber working the ground and pound but Redhair is defending the strikes.

Grabber tries for a kimura but Redhair is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Grabber thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Redhair is trying to control Grabber's posture but Grabber avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grabber is trying to get an arm triangle but Redhair is defending well.
Redhair wants to control but Grabber postures up.
Grabber in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Grabber tries for a kimura but Redhair is defending well.
Grabber trying to control the action but Redhair is working from the bottom.
Grabber tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Redhair is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Redhair is staying active underneath Grabber, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Redhair is looking for a sweep. Grabber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grabber not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grabber working the head and body with strikes.
Grabber seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Redhair is defending against the submission attempts here by Grabber.

Grabber is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Redhair defends it well.
Redhair is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grabber throwing shots but Redhair is blocking nicely.
Grabber slips a nice elbow through Redhair's hands, connecting with Redhair's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butsy Grabber dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grabber moves out of range of the strikes.
Redhair ducks under a wild hook from Grabber.
Redhair misses with a few strikes there.
Grabber scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice combination there by Grabber.
Grabber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redhair.
Good work by Grabber as he checks the leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Grabber 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grabber keeps the fight on the outside.
Redhair swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grabber connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Redhair connects with a good right hand that stumbles Grabber. Grabber circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Redhair clinches but Grabber breaks the clinch
and Grabber counters with a nice uppercut.

Grabber takes the fight into the clinch.
Grabber throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Redhair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grabber missing with knees to the body.
Grabber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grabber landing knees to the head.
Grabber lands an elbow inside.
Grabber missing with knees to the body.
Redhair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Redhair scores with a shoulder strike.
Redhair with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grabber stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grabber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grabber trying to land knees to the body.
Grabber unloads a knee to the mid-section. Redhair lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Redhair lands a hook that snaps the head of Grabber backwards.
Grabber misses with a knee to the head.
Grabber is breathing heavily.
Redhair throws a punch but it's blocked by Grabber.
Grabber scores with a hook to the body.
Grabber can't find room to land a body shot as Redhair controls the action.
Redhair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Redhair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but Grabber blocks it.
Redhair lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grabber missing with knees to the body.
Redhair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grabber backwards.
Grabber tries to land knees in the clinch but Redhair avoids the damage to the body.
Grabber trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Redhair.
Redhair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Redhair avoids the elbow strike from Grabber, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Redhair creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Redhair misses with a knee strike.
Grabber tries to land knees in the clinch but Redhair avoids the damage to the body.
Redhair working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Redhair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Redhair.
Redhair throws a punch but it's blocked by Grabber.
Redhair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grabber backwards.
A short uppercut from Redhair.
Redhair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redhair lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grabber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but Grabber blocks it.
A short right from Redhair.
Redhair lands a shoulder strike.
Redhair swings wildly with an uppercut but Grabber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grabber lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Redhair.
Grabber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Redhair avoids it.
Redhair lands with a short shot to the head.
Grabber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Redhair avoids it.
A short right from Redhair on the inside.
Grabber throws a punch but it's blocked by Redhair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redhair managing to block the knees to the body from Grabber.
Redhair lands a shoulder strike.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but Grabber blocks it.
Redhair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grabber tries to land knees in the clinch but Redhair avoids the damage to the body.
Grabber's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Redhair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Redhair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Redhair lands with a light punch inside.
Redhair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grabber throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Redhair.
Grabber missing with knees to the body.
Redhair tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Redhair blocks an elbow strike.
Grabber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redhair scores a nice knee to the body.
Redhair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redhair throws a punch but it's blocked by Grabber.
Redhair avoiding damage as Grabber throws knees to the body.
Redhair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Redhair lands a left hand.
Redhair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grabbers head.
Redhair misses with a punch on the inside.
Redhair scores with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Grabber.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redhair scores a nice knee to the body.
Redhair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grabber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redhair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grabber missing with knees to the body.
Grabber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grabber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Redhair avoids it.
Redhair with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Redhair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Redhair misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Redhair fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Redhair fails to land.
Redhair softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grabber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redhair.
Redhair avoiding damage as Grabber throws knees to the body.
Redhair lands a body shot in the clinch.
Redhair misses with the head strike.
Redhair managing to block the knees to the body from Grabber.
Redhair misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redhair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Redhair avoids a wild elbow strike from Grabber.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redhair.
Redhair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grabber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Redhair.
Grabber unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Redhair.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Redhair dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Redhair clinches but Grabber breaks the clinch
and Grabber counters with a nice kick to the body.
Grabber throws a jab when Redhair was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Redhair.
Redhair misses with a low kick.
Grabber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Redhair throws a good cross that connects.
A big right from Grabber misses.
Redhair digs a good body shot into Grabber's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redhair scores with the left hand. Grabber knows he should have avoided that one.
Grabber looks to land a combination. Redhair sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grabber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Redhair misses with a wild combination.
Redhair looks to land a body kick but Grabber moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber is looking to clinch.
Redhair throws a hook to the side of Grabber's head but Grabber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Redhair lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grabber at a distance.
Grabber misses with a jab to the body
and Grabber takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grabber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Redhair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grabber misses with the combination.
Grabber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Redhair misses with a head kick.
Redhair connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Redhair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Grabber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redhair.
Redhair misses with a straight right.
Grabber takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Redhair doesn't manage to clinch there - Grabber circles away.
Grabber on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Redhair tries to clinch but Grabber is having none of it.
Redhair throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Redhair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grabber to score with a decent uppercut.
Redhair wants to clinch but Grabber slips to the side

and Grabber counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grabber.
Redhair is controlling Grabber's posture.
Redhair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Redhair working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grabber.
Redhair keeping moving, preventing Grabber from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabber loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Redhair looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grabber is one step ahead there.
Grabber wants to control from the top but Redhair keeps moving.
Grabber works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Redhair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Grabber wants to work for an arm triangle but Redhair is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Grabber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Redhair keeps working.
Grabber trying to pass the guard but Redhair defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Redhair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grabber is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Grabber thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Redhair's head.
Redhair blocking the ground and pound attempt from Grabber.
Redhair avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Grabber.
Redhair is trying to maintain the position but Grabber is very close to passing his half guard.

Grabber is trying to work for a kimura but Redhair is defending well.
Redhair won't allow Grabber to pass to mount.

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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

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