PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Yudovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butsy Grabber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Yudovich
vs
Grabber

185 cm
19
190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikhail Yudovich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Butsy Grabber!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yudovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grabber circles away quickly and effectively.
Grabber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Grabber misses the target.
Grabber slips under a jab.
Yudovich misses with an uppercut.
Yudovich throws a jab when Grabber was well out of range.
Yudovich takes a swing at Grabber's ribcage but misses.

Grabber looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yudovich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grabber.
Yudovich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grabber manages to get himself to full guard.
Grabber looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grabber throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Grabber throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Yudovich gets to his feet - Grabber follows without any prompting.
Yudovich scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabber avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yudovich thows a body shot but no joy.
Yudovich loads up on a big right hand but Grabber slips the punch.
Grabber looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Grabber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yudovich misses with a hook.
Yudovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yudovich misses with a wild body shot.
Yudovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yudovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yudovich swings for the body but Grabber moves out of range.
Yudovich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grabber looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yudovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabber slips a jab from Yudovich.
Yudovich throws a hook to the side of Grabber's head but Grabber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yudovich misses the shot to the body.
Yudovich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yudovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Yudovich cracks Grabber with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grabber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yudovich avoids the head kick by Grabber.
Yudovich thows a body shot but no joy.
Yudovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yudovich misses with a double jab.
Yudovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grabber takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yudovich is looking to wear down Grabber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yudovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grabber avoids the body shot from Yudovich.
Yudovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grabber circles away quickly and effectively.
Yudovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yudovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Yudovich misses with a straight left.
Grabber connects with a nice looking jab.
Grabber misses the jab.
Yudovich throws a right hand that Grabber ducks under and follows up with a left that Grabber also avoids with ease.
Yudovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grabber was well out of range. Poor timing from Yudovich.
A punch combination from Yudovich misses.
Grabber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grabber throws a hook but Yudovich avoids it easily.
Grabber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Grabber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Grabber misses.
Yudovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yudovich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yudovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mikhail Yudovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yudovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grabber buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yudovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Grabber is just out of range.
Yudovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yudovich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yudovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grabber slips a straight right by Yudovich.
Yudovich throws a right hand that Grabber ducks under and follows up with a left that Grabber also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Yudovich dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yudovich misses with a body shot.
Yudovich thows a body shot but no joy.
Grabber keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yudovich misses with a hook. Grabber ducked under it nicely.
Yudovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grabber momentarily.
Yudovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Yudovich misses with a few strikes there.
Yudovich works over Grabber's head and body with a nice combination.
Grabber moves away from the strike by Yudovich.
Yudovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabber.
Grabber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yudovich.
A jab from Yudovich does it's job there.
Yudovich misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yudovich takes one to the side of the head.
Grabber showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yudovich.
Grabber throws a sloppy head kick and Yudovich moves out of range easily.
Yudovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabber.
Grabber on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yudovich thows a body shot but no joy.
Grabber dodges the punch combination from Yudovich.
Yudovich misses with a few strikes there.
Mikhail Yudovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grabber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grabber moves out of range of the strikes.
Yudovich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yudovich throws out the jab.
Yudovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mikhail Yudovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Grabber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yudovich.
A telegraphed right hand from Yudovich misses the target.

Grabber decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Yudovich is pressing down on Grabber's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Yudovich trying to strike off his back.
Yudovich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grabber landing with the ground and pound.
Grabber prevents Yudovich from getting back to his feet.
Yudovich trying to keep a closed guard but Grabber is proving a slippery customer.
Yudovich looking for a sweep. Not yet Yudovich, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabber pushing down on Yudovich's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Grabber lands with a punch from half guard.
Yudovich taking some punishment here, with Grabber in his half guard.
Grabber lands strikes from half guard.
Grabber looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Grabber scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yudovich is trying to maintain the position but Grabber is very close to passing his half guard.
Yudovich is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Grabber is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Grabber lands with a punch from half guard.
Grabber wants to control but Yudovich is keeping him busy.
Grabber not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grabber prevents Yudovich from improving his position.
Yudovich striking from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yudovich tries to get to full guard but Grabber has control of the leg.
Grabber is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Yudovich trying to hold on to Grabber's head to control him but Grabber postures up.
Yudovich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Grabber.
Yudovich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yudovich keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yudovich is trying to stand.
Grabber throwing shots but Yudovich is blocking nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yudovich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Yudovich dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Grabber avoids the body shot from Yudovich.
Yudovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yudovich takes a swing at Grabber's ribcage but misses.
Yudovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grabber moves out of range as Yudovich strikes.
Yudovich fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yudovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grabber avoids the body shot from Yudovich.
Yudovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yudovich fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grabber slips under a jab from Yudovich.
Yudovich misses with a hook. Grabber ducked under it nicely.
Yudovich throws an overhand right that lands on Grabber's shoulder, as Grabber tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yudovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grabber connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yudovich. Yudovich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yudovich scores with a jab to the body.
Yudovich looks to land a left hand but Grabber moved out of range nicely.
Grabber avoids the body shot from Yudovich.
Yudovich looks to land a combination but Grabber avoids it well.

Grabber shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Yudovich is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Grabber wants to control the pace but Yudovich is squirming around nicely.
Grabber working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabber is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yudovich can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Grabber looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grabber with a couple of short strikes.
Yudovich sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Yudovich won't allow Grabber to pass to mount.
Grabber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grabber is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Yudovich actively working from the bottom here.
Grabber passes the guard and advances to mount!
Yudovich wants to hold on but Grabber pushes him away.
Mikhail Yudovich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabber looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Yudovich takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grabber prevents Yudovich from getting the reversal.
Grabber misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Yudovich is desperately trying to improve his position but Grabber has a good base and remains in mount.
Butsy Grabber has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grabber breaks from Yudovich's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grabber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yudovich really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grabber avoids the attempt from Yudovich to control.
Yudovich wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Grabber.
Yudovich is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabber sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Butsy Grabber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Grabber is going olschool here, as he tries to force Yudovich to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Yudovich shrugs it off.
Yudovich is looking to get to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Grabber there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
A nice elbow there by Grabber.
Yudovich wants to control but Grabber is having none of it.
Yudovich is in a horrible position here. Grabber smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Butsy Grabber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yudovich has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Yudovich!
Mikhail Yudovich retains his middleweight title!