PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as James Granger enters the cage!

Bryan
vs
Granger

179 cm
28
135 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

162 cm
27
143 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Granger!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Granger looking to score a takedown here. Bryan is defending well but Granger drives through and ends up in Bryan's guard.
Granger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bryan's guard.
Granger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Granger uses his free foot to push down on Bryan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bryan.
Granger avoids the attempt from Bryan to control.
Bryan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granger controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryan wants to hold on but Granger pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Granger. What's that going to do exactly?
Bryan tries to hold on but Granger postures up.
Granger lands with some strikes.
Bryan tries to hold on but Granger pushes him away.
Granger scoring with strikes but Bryan is staying in there.
Bryan is desperately trying to improve his position but Granger has a good base and remains in mount.
Bryan wants to control but Granger is having none of it.
Granger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bryan?
Granger looking to finish Bryan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bryan!
Granger putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Granger trying to control but Bryan is having none of it.
Granger controlling from mount.
Granger with shots to the head and body - Bryan looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Granger lands with some strikes.
Granger scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Granger raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bryan tries to hold on but Granger pushes him away.
Granger lands with some strikes.

Bryan is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granger is landing with some decent strikes but Bryan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Bryan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Granger loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Bryan scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Granger land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Granger stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Granger!
Jumping up and down and very excited, James Granger waved his t-shirt featuring FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)'s logo in front of the cameras.
Daniel Bryan spoke after the fight, saying 'NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!'.