PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mihail Grabovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Grabovski
vs
Bunga

180 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mihail Grabovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seth Bunga!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunga avoids the head kick by Grabovski.
Grabovski tries to close the distance and clinch but Bunga swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bunga will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Grabovski pushes Bunga up against the cage in a clinch.
Grabovski tries to break the clinch but Bunga is controlling the position.
Bunga trying to stall but Grabovski improves his position.
Grabovski avoiding damage.
Grabovski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grabovski as Bunga tries to tie him up.
Grabovski stalling the fight.
Bunga is trying to drag Grabovski to the mat but Grabovski just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The is referee keeping an eye on Grabovski - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grabovski walks away with a smile on his face. Bunga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mihail Grabovski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seth Bunga.

Grabovski drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Grabovski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bunga is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunga throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabovski preventing the sweep.
Grabovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Bunga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grabovski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grabovski forces his way into half guard.
Grabovski working the head and body with strikes.
Bunga is trying to maintain the position but Grabovski is very close to passing his half guard.

Grabovski stands up from half guard.

Grabovski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Grabovski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bunga taking shots to the head.

Grabovski with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Grabovski is breathing heavily.
Bunga keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grabovski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Grabovski lands a nice shot to the head.
Grabovski working Bunga over with strikes here.
Bunga tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bunga tries to control Grabovski's body but Grabovski pushes him off. Bunga squirms to his side and now Grabovski has his back!
Grabovski is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski scores with punches and elbows.
Grabovski lands strikes to the head.
Grabovski is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Grabovski gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Grabovski gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Grabovski apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Grabovski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Grabovski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Grabovski landing strikes from the mount and Bunga is in trouble!
Grabovski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bunga tries to lock up and control but Grabovski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihail Grabovski dominated that round.
That's time! Grabovski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grabovski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Grabovski controlling the position from side mount.
Bunga is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bunga is pushing Grabovski's head away, looking to escape. Grabovski manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bunga strikes from the bottom but Grabovski takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Grabovski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grabovski stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Grabovski has closed the distance and engaged Bunga in a clinch.
Bunga tries to break the clinch but Grabovski is controlling the position.

Grabovski pulls guard.

Bunga avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Grabovski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bunga gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grabovski is looking for a triangle but Bunga pushes his legs off easily.
Bunga thows a big elbow that misses.
Bunga wants to control from the top but Grabovski keeps moving.
Bunga postures up.
Bunga throwing strikes but missing.
Mihail Grabovski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bunga trying to control but Grabovski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grabovski misses with a head kick.
Bunga tries for a takedown but Grabovski circles away easily

and Grabovski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Grabovski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Grabovski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bunga looking for a sweep. Not yet Bunga, not yet.
Grabovski landing some decent shots from guard.
Grabovski passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bunga is trying to control Grabovski's posture but Grabovski avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grabovski connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bunga some visible discomfort.
Grabovski passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Bunga!

Grabovski has control of Bunga's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bunga regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bunga tries to hold on but Grabovski pushes him away.
Grabovski controlling from mount.
Bunga flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mihail Grabovski dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Grabovski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bunga looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Grabovski decides to stand back up.
A leg kick checked by Grabovski.
Bunga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bunga with a lazy takedown attempt

and Grabovski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bunga's guard now.
Grabovski is stalling in the full guard.
Grabovski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bunga for as long as he can get away with.

Bunga has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Grabovski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabovski looking to pass the guard.

Bunga has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Grabovski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Grabovski thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Grabovski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bunga working a defensive guard here.

That's two 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.
Grabovski is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Grabovski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grabovski showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bunga throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Grabovski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bunga manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Grabovski because Bunga loaded up on that one.
Grabovski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bunga avoids the attempt from Grabovski to control.
The referee warns Grabovski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Grabovski is squirming around, avoiding Bunga's attempts to control the action.
Bunga with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grabovski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Grabovski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grabovski tries to lock up and control but Bunga gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grabovski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grabovski tries to hold on but Bunga pushes him away.
Bunga looking to control but Grabovski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Grabovski doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Seth Bunga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mihail Grabovski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grabovski is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mihail Grabovski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grabovski 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mihail Grabovski!