PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Knarles Grunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zato Ino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunt comes to the cage accompanied by BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Zato Ino has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Grunt
vs
Ino

178 cm
27
163 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

176 cm
22
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Knarles Grunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zato Ino!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grunt lands a right hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Ino.

Ino rushes Grunt and presses him up against the cage.

Ino breaks the clinch.

Ino clinches.

Ino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Grunt misses the target.
Grunt lands with a good body shot.
Ino scores with a hook to the body. Grunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ino tries to close the distance and clinch but Grunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Grunt as Ino shoots in.
Ino tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grunt.

Grunt shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ino napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Grunt's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ino tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ino is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grunt connects with a decent elbow.
Ino defending against the ground and pound.
Grunt scoring with punches and elbows.
Ino tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Ino is desperately trying to improve his position but Grunt has a good base and remains in mount.
Grunt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ino is looking to escape.
Grunt unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunt with the ground and pound from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grunt punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grunt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Grunt connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grunt cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Grunt looking for a guillotine from mount but Ino is having none of it.
Ino is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Ino that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Grunt with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grunt avoids the attempt from Ino to control.
Grunt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ino's face.
Ino is trying to escape the mount.
Ino really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grunt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ino is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Grunt landing strikes from the mount and Ino is in trouble!
Grunt lands with some strikes.

Ino is rocked!
Ino keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ino is still in real trouble! Can Grunt finish him?
Grunt avoids the attempt from Ino to control.
Ino is bucking up trying to escape but Grunt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Ino tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grunt lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A big strike lands for Grunt! That's really hurt Ino and he's turned his back - Grunt keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Grunt jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Knarles Grunt!
During a confident post fight interview, Knarles Grunt thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.