PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Ding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grant might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alice in Chains - Rooster. Ding has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Grant has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Dick Ding was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Grant
vs
Ding

192 cm
29
247 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

212 cm
24
270 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Ding!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ding manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Grant on his heels. He'll look to pass Grant's guard now, I'm sure.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ding throws a big elbow that misses.
Ding advances to half guard.
Ding prevents Grant from improving his position.
Grant keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grant trying to control but Ding postures up.
Ding tries to pass the half guard into mount. Grant knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ding not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ding thows a huge punch but Grant dodges it nicely.
Ding slips a nice elbow through Grant's hands, connecting with Grant's forehead.
Grant tries to get to full guard but Ding has control of the leg.
Ding wants to free his trapped foot but Grant is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grant is defending against the submission attempts here by Ding.

Ding is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grant sees it coming and defends easily.
Ding lands with a punch from half guard.
Ding looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Grant has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ding is working away from the top position though.

Ding wants to work for an arm triangle but Grant is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ding not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grant is looking for a sweep. Ding is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Grant is not content to let Ding control the position.

Ding is working for a submission of some sort.
Ding not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ding seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ding thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ding lands strikes from half guard.
Ding winds up and cracks Grant with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Grant is trying to control but can't.
Grant might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Grant is in trouble now - Ding has advanced to mount!
Grant is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ding looking to finish Grant with some ground and pound. This is bad for Grant!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ding working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Grant slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant trying to control but Ding postures up.
Ding wants to control but Grant is keeping him busy.
Ding has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ding slows the pace down in half guard.
Ding thows a huge punch but Grant dodges it nicely.
Ding thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ding is taking a breather. Grant says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ding scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ding working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Ding dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ding closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ding working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Ding working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ding trying to control the position but Grant is working away.
Ding moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Ding is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grant knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ding tries for a kimura but Grant is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ding is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grant has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sloppy strikes there by Ding.

Ding is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grant knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Ding working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ding looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ding is trying to ground and pound but Grant uses the momentary lack of control by Ding to regain half guard.
Ding wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grant keeps working.
Ding is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ding.
Ding wants to take a breather but Grant is having none of it.
Ding drops an elbow to the side of Grant's head.
Ding is looking to advance position but Grant won't allow it.
Ding has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Ding is working for a kimura but Grant is defending it quite comfortably.
Ding tries to pass to full mount but Grant defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grant blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ding.

Ding is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Ding missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ding is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Ding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ding tries to free his leg and advance position but Grant is retaining full guard.
Grant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Ding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ding shoots in and gets a takedown into Grant's guard.
Ding throws an elbow that misses. Grant uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ding's guard. Nice move by Grant!
Grant wants to pass the guard but Ding is keeping the position.
Ding looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grant has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ding has Grant pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dick Ding hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Ding shoots in and drives through. Grant sprawls well.

Ding closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Grant to the mat! Grant manages to get full guard.
Ding tries to free his leg and advance position but Grant is retaining full guard.
Grant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Ding has gone for a leg lock! Grant slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ding's guard.
Ding looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ding keeping moving, preventing Grant from controlling successfully.
Cody Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cody Grant.
Ding will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A low kick from Grant misses
and Ding counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ding closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ding wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Grant, who protects the arm well.

Ding is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grant has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dick Ding has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ding working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ding throws a strike aimed at the side of Grant's head but Grant avoids it well.
Ding trying to control the position but Grant is working away.
Ding scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant parries the strikes from Ding easily there. Ding is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Grant to escape.
Ding working the ground and pound but Grant is defending the strikes.
Grant avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ding.
Ding trying to control the position but Grant is working away.
Ding looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Grant is avoiding damage well.
Ding is looking to take a break and control but Grant is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ding happy to just control the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ding works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Ding comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ding 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Ding!
A very excited looking Dick Ding rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.