PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dean comes to the cage accompanied by Eminence Front. Grant is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Countless Backs of Sad Losers by The Jesus Lizard. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dean
vs
Grant

190 cm
28
290 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

192 cm
27
248 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cody Grant!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries a head kick but it misses.
Cody Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dean throws the kick towards the body but Grant avoids it.
Dean scores with a decent looking hook.
Dean takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Billy Dean has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dean.
Grant lands a head kick!
Grant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grant takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Grant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dean lands a jab to the nose.
Grant changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dean tries to avoid it but Grant manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dean to the ground. Dean escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dean lands a lovely overhand right.
Grant connects with a body shot that sends Dean's belly button to the back.
Grant throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dean on the side of the head.
Grant swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dean.
Grant lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dean misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean throws a body punch but Grant moves out of range.
Dean darts in trying to clinch
and Grant counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dean tries to close the distance and clinch but Grant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grant motions for Dean to come forward. Grant throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Dean clinches up against the cage.
Grant lands an elbow that stopped Dean in his tracks for a moment.
Dean throws an elbow but it misses.
Dean misses with an elbow over the top.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Dean avoids the damage to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dean lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant digs a right hand into Dean's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dean's gas tank.
Dean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dean looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Dean's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dean tries to stall but Grant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grant lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grant changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dean fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Grant rushes Dean and presses him up against the cage.
Dean looking to stall.
Dean throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Dean tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Dean tries to break free but Grant pushes him back against the cage.
Dean misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Dean misses with an elbow over the top.
Grant has a couple of punches blocked by Dean.
Grant misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grant.
Dean throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grant blocks an elbow strike.
Dean tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Dean avoids a wild elbow strike from Grant.
Dean pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dean tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Dean blocks it.
Grant lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dean or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant tries to throw a body punch but Dean avoids it by throwing Grant back against the cage.
Dean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dean landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
Dean tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Grant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dean avoids it.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Dean is trying to break the clinch but Grant is controlling him.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dean breaks from the clinch.
Grant connects with a high kick.
Dean takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grant. That's going to slow Dean down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Dean's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A head kick misses from Grant.
Grant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dean can pounce on him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dean slowing the pace effectively.

Dean pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Grant. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Grant connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dean avoids the body shot from Grant.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
Grant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grant misses with a low kick.
Dean throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grant.
Dean throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cody Grant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dean lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grant.
Dean swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grant counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grant.
Grant misses with a wild combination.
Grant thows a body shot but no joy.
Billy Dean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Grant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dean throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dean just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grant's brow.
Grant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant lands a right hand.
Dean tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Grant lands a body punch.
Dean has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dean lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Grant.
Grant letting Dean take a breather here.
Dean using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Grant.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dean managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Grant keeps control of Dean as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grant gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dean lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cody Grant seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dean throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Grant has clasped his hands together around Dean's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Dean is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Grant controlling the action here.
Dean is looking for a sweep. Grant is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dean is trying to maintain the position but Grant is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Grant in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dean wants to get back to full guard but Grant has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean trying to remain calm as Grant controls from the top position.
Dean tries to get back to half guard but can't.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Dean's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dean throws a head kick but Grant moves out of range.

Grant closes the distance and pushes Dean back into the cage.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dean unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grant lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
A shot in the inside from Grant.
Dean takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dean misses with an elbow strike.
Grant tries to work over Dean's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grant's face.

It looks like Cody Grant has been cut.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Dean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Dean using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Dean breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dean lands a really nice looking cross but Grant seems unphased.
Grant throws a right and a left that Dean avoids nicely.
Grant throws a big shot that misses.

Grant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grant avoiding damage as Dean throws knees to the body.
Dean using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dean.
Dean pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dean backwards.
Dean throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on Dean's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean prevents a body shot from Grant.
Grant blocks an elbow strike from Dean.
Grant has Dean pressed against the cage, preventing Dean from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dean looking to stall.
Grant avoiding damage as Dean throws knees to the body.
Dean blocks a body shot from Grant.
Grant scores with a shoulder strike.
Dean stalling in the clinch but Grant improves position.
Dean creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dean with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dean avoids a wild elbow strike from Grant.
Dean takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean is trying to break free.
Grant blocks the elbow strike.
Dean managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Dean looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dean looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Grant.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dean blocks it with crossed arms.
Dean looking to throw knees to the head but Grant is blocking nicely.
Dean looking to throw knees to the head but Grant is blocking nicely.
Dean throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dean throws an elbow but it misses.
Grant lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean misses with a knee strike.
Dean taking a breather.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Billy Dean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grant avoiding damage as Dean throws knees to the body.
Grant tries a body shot but Dean blocks it.
Dean has had enough of the clinch but Grant keeps him there for the moment.
Dean misses with an elbow over the top.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cody Grant is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dean throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dean is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dean pushes off an throws an elbow but Grant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dean takes a knee to the side of the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cody Grant.
Well Grant 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Grant!
Cody Grant opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.