PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Sobieski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobieski comes to the cage accompanied by Kto Cię Obroni Polsko. Grundy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lil Wayne - Fireman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sobieski
vs
Grundy

188 cm
31
220 lbs
27 - 8 - 0

190 cm
32
200 lbs
26 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sobieski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobieski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grundy. Grundy obviously looking to wear him down.
Grundy wants to land a leg kick but Sobieski is out of range.
Grundy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sobieski was well out of range. Poor timing from Grundy.
Grundy throws a chopping leg kick but Sobieski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grundy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sobieski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sobieski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grundy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grundy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sobieski.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Sobieski moved away.
An inside leg kick from Grundy misses.
Sobieski throws a chopping leg kick but Grundy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sobieski lands a jab.
Grundy wants to land a leg kick but Sobieski is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sobieski at a distance.
Grundy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benjamin Grundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grundy, right into the meat.

Sobieski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grundy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grundy tries to work over Sobieski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grundy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sobieski's defenses.
Grundy trying to land knees to the body.
Grundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobieski is trying to break the clinch but Grundy is controlling him.
Grundy lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobieski has had enough of the clinch but Grundy keeps him there for the moment.
Grundy lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Sobieski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grundy misses with a leg kick

and Sobieski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Grundy's guard now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sobieski trying to control but Grundy is working from the bottom.
Sobieski tries to free his leg and advance position but Grundy is retaining full guard.
Grundy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sobieski throws a strike but Grundy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sobieski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grundy manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sobieski won't allow Grundy to sweep him here.
Sobieski wants to control from the top but Grundy keeps moving.
Sobieski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grundy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sobieski chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grundy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grundy is looking to stand up but Sobieski isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski trying to control the position from guard on top but Grundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sobieski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've been hearing that Sobieski has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sobieski trying to control but Grundy is working from the bottom.
Sobieski engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Grundy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grundy keeping moving, preventing Sobieski from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jan Sobieski will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Grundy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick lands from Grundy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grundy, right into the meat.
Grundy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sobieski is out of range and Grundy settles back down.
Grundy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grundy pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Sobieski gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grundy.

Sobieski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grundy misses with a low kick.
Grundy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sobieski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Sobieski.
Grundy misses with a low kick.
Sobieski lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grundy's sensitive parts.
Sobieski moves out of range of the strikes.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Sobieski moved away.
Grundy throws a leg kick

and Sobieski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sobieski trying to control but Grundy is working from the bottom.
Sobieski controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobieski trying to control the position from guard on top but Grundy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Jan Sobieski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Grundy loads up on a big right hand but Sobieski slips the punch.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Sobieski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grundy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grundy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grundy lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski fails with the takedown.
Grundy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sobieski.
Sobieski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grundy. That did some damage!
The fighters circle momentarily. Sobieski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grundy.
Grundy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grundy blocks a head kick by Sobieski.
Sobieski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benjamin Grundy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundy misses with a low kick as Sobieski jumps back.
Sobieski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grundy throws a head kick that misses.
Grundy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sobieski was well out of range. Poor timing from Grundy.
Grundy throws a sloppy head kick and Sobieski moves out of range easily.
Grundy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sobieski rather than just go for the knockout.
Grundy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundy lands a nice looking body shot.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Sobieski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobieski blocks a low kick nicely.
Sobieski defending well as Grundy loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Benjamin Grundy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Grundy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sobieski will feel that in the morning.
Grundy blocks a head kick by Sobieski.
Grundy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sobieski fakes the leg kick and cracks Grundy in the body.
Sobieski fails with the takedown.
Grundy ducks under a wild hook from Sobieski.
Grundy cracks the inside of Sobieski's front leg.
Benjamin Grundy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grundy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sobieski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sobieski is able to avoid easily.
Sobieski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grundy avoids the head kick by Sobieski.
Grundy misses with a low kick.
Sobieski misses with a head kick.
Grundy stuffs the takedown attempt from Sobieski. Sobieski gets slowly back to his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Sobieski checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sobieski misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grundy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sobieski finds it's way round the side to connect with Grundy's head.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Sobieski checks it.
Nice defenses there by Sobieski.
Grundy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sobieski's head.
Grundy tries to land a leg kick but Sobieski saw it coming and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grundy misses with a low kick as Sobieski jumps back.
Grundy misses with a series of wild punches.
Sobieski lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grundy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sobieski thumps Grundy with a low kick.
Sobieski throws a low kick but Grundy moves out of range easily.
Sobieski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Grundy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grundy throws a nice looking combination but Sobieski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grundy tries to work over Sobieski's front leg with a kick but Sobieski checks it.
Grundy lands a slapping body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grundy!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Grundy.
Grundy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A punch combination from Grundy misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobieski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grundy swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jan Sobieski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobieski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grundy misses with a low kick.
Grundy scores with a nice strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sobieski looks for the body kick but Grundy saw that one coming.
Grundy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab by Grundy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Grundy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Grundy 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Grundy!
Benjamin Grundy really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Diamond Nutrition 160q logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.