PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Grohl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Grohl
vs
De Jesus

190 cm
19
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Grohl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santiago De Jesus!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grohl closes the distance and pushes De Jesus back into the cage.

De Jesus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grohl swinging wildly here.
Grohl scores with a jab. De Jesus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Jesus blocks the body kick.
Grohl misses with a few strikes there.
Grohl takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grohl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Jesus circles away quickly and effectively.
Grohl thows a body shot but no joy.
De Jesus misses with a head kick.

Grohl closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grohl tries to circle away but De Jesus has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Jesus breaks the clinch.
Grohl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

De Jesus pushes Grohl up against the cage in a clinch.
Grohl is trying to break the clinch but De Jesus is controlling him.
A bit of stalling here from De Jesus.
De Jesus receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
De Jesus misses with a knee to the head.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Grohl avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Grohl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from De Jesus.

De Jesus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grohl moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from De Jesus.
Grohl pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

De Jesus gets tackled into the cage by Grohl. Grohl maintains the clinch.
De Jesus stalling the fight.
Grohl avoiding damage as De Jesus throws knees to the body.
Grohl working hard to break the clinch.
De Jesus effectively controlling the action here.
A frustrated look appears on Grohl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Grohl wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grohl tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grohl wants to stall.
Grohl is trying to force a seperation but De Jesus has the dominant position.
De Jesus has Grohl pressed against the cage.
Grohl has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Jesus throws an elbow but misses.
De Jesus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grohl avoiding damage as De Jesus throws knees to the body.
De Jesus is stalling here.
De Jesus prevents Grohl from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Jesus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Grohl can't break the clinch.
Grohl fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Jesus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Jesus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Grohl looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Santiago De Jesus will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Jesus has Grohl up against the cage in a clinch.
De Jesus throws an elbow that misses.

De Jesus breaks from the clinch.
De Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch but Grohl swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Jesus scores with a head kick.

De Jesus pushes Grohl up against the cage in a clinch.
De Jesus stalling.
De Jesus tries to stall but Grohl uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grohl tries to break free but De Jesus pushes him back against the cage.
De Jesus is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Santiago De Jesus.
Some wild striking there from Grohl.
Grohl looks to land a right hand but De Jesus moved out of range.
Santiago De Jesus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grohl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Jesus slaps away a takedown attempt from Grohl, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Jesus tries to clinch but Grohl moves out of range.

De Jesus clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Jesus obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Jesus.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Grohl avoids the damage to the body.
De Jesus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grohl is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grohl avoiding damage as De Jesus throws knees to the body.
De Jesus holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grohl has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Jesus misses with a knee strike.
De Jesus is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Santiago De Jesus.
De Jesus lands a head kick. Grohl smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Grohl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Jesus circles away quickly and effectively.
Grohl shoots in and drives through. De Jesus sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Grohl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grohl on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Jesus. De Jesus obviously looking to wear him down.

De Jesus clinches up against the cage.
De Jesus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grohl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grohl wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Jesus throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Jesus misses with a knee strike.

De Jesus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as De Jesus blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago De Jesus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Grohl moves into range and clinches up with De Jesus.
De Jesus with a knee to the head.
De Jesus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grohl's efforts to push away.

De Jesus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grohl misses with a two punch combination.

De Jesus instigates a clinch.
De Jesus leaning against his opponent.
De Jesus keeps control of Grohl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grohl can't break the clinch.
Grohl letting De Jesus take a breather here.

De Jesus manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jesus connects with a high kick.
De Jesus closes the distance but Grohl moves to the side
and Grohl connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Jesus is looking to clinch but Grohl is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Jesus wants to clinch.
De Jesus throws a sloppy head kick and Grohl moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grohl tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Jesus swivels and escapes.
A combination from Grohl does no damage.
Grohl throws a hook but De Jesus avoids it easily.
De Jesus tries to clinch but Grohl is having none of it.

Grohl drives through and clinches with De Jesus against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from De Jesus.

De Jesus breaks the clinch.
Grohl keeps the fight on the outside.
Grohl circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dave Grohl is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Jesus misses with a series of wild punches.
Grohl misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grohl keeps the fight on the outside.
Santiago De Jesus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grohl stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Jesus.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grohl missing with a left hand there. De Jesus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

De Jesus gets a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Jesus takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

De Jesus manages to break the clinch.
Grohl misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grohl swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grohl circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grohl tries to bum rush De Jesus with a series of wild strikes but De Jesus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Jesus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grohl takes a step back to recover.
De Jesus tries a head kick but it misses.
Dave Grohl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

De Jesus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santiago De Jesus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Grohl misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Jesus stalling against the cage.
De Jesus misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago De Jesus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Jesus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santiago De Jesus!