PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Auguste Grimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Wursty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grimm might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to David Gilmour - There's No Way Out Of Here. Wursty has chosen Megadeth - The Skull Beneath The Skin as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Grimm
vs
Wursty

170 cm
32
151 lbs
22 - 17 - 2

172 cm
34
153 lbs
32 - 20 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Auguste Grimm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antero Wursty!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimm throws a nice looking combination but Wursty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grimm throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - Grimm coming out on top.
Wursty avoids the head kick by Grimm.
Nice shot by Grimm.
Grimm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grimm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grimm misses the shot to the body.
Grimm throws a nice inside leg kick.

Wursty moves into the clinch successfully.
Wursty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Grimm.
Wursty tries to land a knee to the head but Grimm blocks with his arms.
Grimm content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wursty is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grimm misses with a punch on the inside.
Wursty working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grimm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wursty tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wursty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Wursty rushes Grimm and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Grimm blocking some punches.
Wursty keeps control of Grimm as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wursty working aggressively here.
Grimm landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grimm missing with knees to the body.
Wursty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grimm tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Wursty - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Still in the clinch, Wursty scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wursty gets through Grimm's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wursty holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Grimm misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wursty is looking to control Grimm's arms but Grimm gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wursty has his back to the cage.
Grimm tries to land knees in the clinch but Wursty avoids the damage to the body.
Grimm misses with a knee to the head.
Wursty looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wursty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wursty with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wursty makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees to the body from Grimm.
Grimm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wursty backwards.
Wursty misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grimm just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wursty's brow.
Grimm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wursty swings wildly with an uppercut but Grimm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wursty misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimm cracks Wursty with a nice body shot.

Grimm breaks from the clinch.

Wursty moves into range and clinches up with Grimm.
I was talking to Grimm's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Grimm.
Wursty throws a head punch that misses.
Wursty wants to stall.
Wursty throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wursty tries to land knees in the clinch but Grimm avoids the damage to the body.
Grimm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wursty throws a head punch that misses.
Wursty misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grimm blocks the elbow strike.
Wursty dodges an elbow strike from Grimm.
Wursty pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grimm lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimm tries a body shot but Wursty blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Wursty fails to land.
Grimm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grimm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grimm trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grimm creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grimm with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimm stalls.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Grimm breaks the clinch.
Wursty blocks a head kick by Grimm.
Antero Wursty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wursty has taken the fight to the clinch.
A knee to the head by Grimm.
Grimm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wursty's elbow.
Grimm throws a punch but it's blocked by Wursty.
Grimm using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wursty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Auguste Grimm dominated that round.
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.

Grimm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Wursty clinches up with Grimm and pushes him back against the cage.
Grimm avoiding damage as Wursty throws knees to the body.
Wursty avoiding damage as Grimm throws knees to the body.
Grimm throws an elbow but it misses.
A shot in the inside from Grimm.
Grimm with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grimm lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Grimm.
Wursty lands with a short shot to the head.
Grimm takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grimm.

Grimm breaks from the clinch.
Grimm lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wursty tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grimm swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A quick step to the side and Grimm tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grimm, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut there from Grimm.
Grimm throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Wursty is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wursty tries to close the distance and clinch but Grimm swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wursty is still on wobbly legs! Can Grimm finish him?
Grimm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wursty seems to have recovered his senses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wursty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Grimm tries to keep at a distance but Wursty has taken the fight into the clinch.
Auguste Grimm has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Wursty fails to land.
Grimm using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wursty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grimm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wursty is defending well for now.
Grimm can't find room to land a body shot as Wursty controls the action.
Grimm unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from Grimm.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Grimm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wursty backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grimm.
A short uppercut from Wursty.
Wursty's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wursty avoiding damage as Grimm throws knees to the body.
Wursty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grimm effectively controlling the action here.
Wursty working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wursty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grimm lands a nice hook to Wursty's body. Wursty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grimm bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wursty's head backwards.
Wursty wants to clinch but Grimm slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wursty walks into a left hand.
Grimm swats away the attempt to clinch by Wursty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grimm lands a big head kick that sends Wursty tumbling to the mat! Grimm takes a step backwards and waves Wursty back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wursty closes the distance and clinches.
Grimm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wursty avoids it.
Grimm has Wursty pushed against the cage.
Grimm blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wursty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grimm throws an elbow but misses.

Grimm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wursty avoids the head kick by Grimm.
Wursty is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Wursty moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wursty is pushing Grimm up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Grimm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grimm tests Wursty's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Grimm does it's job there.
Wursty blocks a leg kick.
Grimm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grimm scores with a nice body kick.
Grimm misses with a head kick.
Wursty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Wursty has closed the distance and engaged Grimm in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Wursty.
Grimm blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wursty throws a punch but it's blocked by Grimm.
Nice body punch from Grimm.
Grimm tries to work over Wursty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Grimm fails to land.
Grimm letting Wursty take a breather here.
Wursty lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Auguste Grimm dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Wursty moves in looking to clinch but Grimm pushes him off.

Wursty pushes Grimm up against the cage in a clinch.
Grimm misses with an elbow strike.
Wursty lands a hook that snaps the head of Grimm backwards.
Still in the clinch, Grimm scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Grimm.
Grimm throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grimm landing knees to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Grimm.
Grimm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wursty can do to turn this around?
Grimm misses with a punch on the inside.
Grimm is looking to break free of the clinch but Wursty has double underhooks.
Wursty managing to block the knees to the body from Grimm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimm pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grimm misses with a body punch.
Come on Wursty - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wursty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grimm throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wursty wants to stall.
Grimm lands an elbow inside.
Grimm manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Grimm avoids a wild elbow strike from Wursty.
Wursty misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Grimm.
Grimm looking to throw knees to the head but Wursty is blocking nicely.
Grimm lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wursty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grimm avoids it.
Grimm throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grimm pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimm crunches a lovely knee into Wursty's ribcage.
Wursty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Wursty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wursty is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Grimm.
Nice body kick from Grimm.
Antero Wursty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wursty avoids a kick to the body.
Wursty fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wursty tries to clinch up.
Wursty tries to clinch up.
A combination from Wursty does no damage.
Grimm jabs Wursty to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wursty avoids the head kick by Grimm.

Wursty instigates a clinch.
Wursty swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimm misses with a knee strike.
Grimm lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grimm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wursty throws an elbow that misses.
Wursty misses with an elbow over the top.
A short body shot lands from Grimm as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wursty fails to land.
Grimm misses with a knee strike.
Grimm trying to land knees to the body.
Wursty throws a head punch that misses.
Grimm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grimm obliges.
Grimm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grimm misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Wursty.
Wursty blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grimm breaks the clinch.
Wursty tries to clinch up but Grimm circles away and keeps his distance.
Grimm swats away the attempt to clinch by Wursty.
Grimm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wursty was well out of range. Poor timing from Grimm.
Wursty moves in looking to clinch but Grimm pushes him off.
Grimm throws a low kick but Wursty avoids it.
Auguste Grimm is winning the standup battle so far.
Grimm takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Grimm gets tackled into the cage by Wursty. Wursty maintains the clinch.
Grimm just leaning against Wursty, taking a breather.
Wursty throws a punch but it's blocked by Grimm.
Wursty throws a punch but it's blocked by Grimm.
Grimm works on Wursty's body with a couple of short punches.
Wursty lands a body punch.
Wursty taking a breather.
Grimm landing knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Auguste Grimm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grimm has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Auguste Grimm!
A less than humble Auguste Grimm misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.