PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Puckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Alice in Chains - Rooster. Noah Puckerman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Puckerman
vs
Grant

184 cm
32
220 lbs
25 - 6 - 0

192 cm
35
220 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Puckerman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grant lands a big uppercut and Puckerman crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Puckerman looks OK. Grant waves Puckerman back to his feet!

It looks like Noah Puckerman has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Puckerman moves into the clinch.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puckerman.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Puckerman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puckerman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Puckerman is blocking nicely.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
I was talking to Puckerman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Puckerman avoids the damage to the body.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks it.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grant's elbow.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Puckerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from Puckerman.
Grant looks winded!
Puckerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puckerman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Grant.
Nice body punch from Puckerman - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puckerman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grant's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Puckerman managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
A right handed body shot lands from Puckerman.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puckerman lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puckerman is working Grant over against the cage.
A short right from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puckerman lands a nice uppercut.
Puckerman is working Grant over against the cage.
Puckerman gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Grant throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grant working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puckerman.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Puckerman managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Puckerman scores with a shot to the side of Grant's head.
Puckerman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Puckerman is blocking nicely.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
A hook to the body from Puckerman.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puckerman.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman pushes Grant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puckerman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grant.
Puckerman gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Puckerman.
Puckerman tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Grant prevents a body shot from Puckerman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks with his arms.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
Puckerman lands a hook that snaps the head of Grant backwards.
Grant prevents a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks with his arms.
Grant wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Puckerman has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puckerman.
A right handed body shot lands from Puckerman.
Puckerman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puckerman can't find room to land a body shot as Grant controls the action.
Puckerman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A right handed body shot lands from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grant is trying to force a seperation but Puckerman has the dominant position.
Puckerman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puckerman is leaning against Grant and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Puckerman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Grant fails to land.
Puckerman tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Puckerman as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Puckerman.
Puckerman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puckerman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A left lands for Puckerman.
Noah Puckerman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puckerman takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
Puckerman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grant can do to turn this around?
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Puckerman.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puckerman.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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!
Grant tries to clinch there but Puckerman circles away.
A combination from Puckerman does no damage.
Puckerman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Puckerman connects with a body shot that sends Grant's belly button to the back.
Grant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puckerman blocks a head kick by Grant.
Grant is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puckerman lands a big right hand that sends Grant crashing to the mat! Puckerman stays standing though and waves Grant back to his feet!

Grant is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puckerman misses with a head kick.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Puckerman finish him?
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Puckerman has managed to clinch.
Puckerman is leaning against Grant and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Puckerman.
Puckerman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Puckerman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Puckerman scores with a hook to the body.
Grant seems to have recovered his senses.
A body shot lands from Puckerman.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grant.
Puckerman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puckerman tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grant.
Puckerman pushes Grant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Puckerman blocks an elbow strike.
Puckerman tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Puckerman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puckerman.
Puckerman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Puckerman managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks with his arms.
Puckerman tries to throw a body punch but Grant avoids it by throwing Puckerman back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman cracks Grant with a nice body shot.
Puckerman tries a body shot but Grant blocks it.
Puckerman lands with a left to the head.
Grant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Puckerman is defending well for now.
Puckerman misses with a punch to the body.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puckerman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grant or not.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Puckerman misses with a body punch.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puckerman.
A body shot lands from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puckerman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grant prevents a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grant.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Puckerman.
A short body shot lands from Puckerman as the two fighters clinch.
Puckerman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Puckerman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Puckerman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grant's elbow.
Puckerman is working Grant over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puckerman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Puckerman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.
Grant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Puckerman digs a right hand into Grant's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grant's gas tank.
Puckerman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puckerman lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puckerman.
A shot in the inside from Puckerman.
Puckerman struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Puckerman tries to work over Grant's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puckerman.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Puckerman.
Nice body punch from Puckerman - that landed with a thud.
Puckerman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Puckerman gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grant blocks a body shot from Puckerman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Puckerman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Puckerman thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant tries to clinch but Puckerman moves away
and Puckerman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Puckerman closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Grant out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Noah Puckerman!
Noah Puckerman retains his light heavyweight title!
After the big win, Noah Puckerman made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors L.A. Elite Clothing Co and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.