PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trent Punchy (ranked 2831 p4p, 387 weight class) and Viktor Grishin (ranked 6509 p4p, 603 weight class). Grishin has chosen Danger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Punchy
vs
Grishin

186 cm
40
209 lbs
35 - 19 - 1

192 cm
31
210 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Punchy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Grishin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punchy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grishin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Punchy works the jab nicely.
Punchy lands a nice hook to Grishin's body. Grishin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Punchy misses.
Nice cross by Grishin.
Punchy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grishin.
A little feinted left hand from Punchy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punchy throws a lazy uppercut
and Grishin counters with a straight right hand.
Trent Punchy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punchy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grishin feints a counter leg kick.
Punchy fails with the takedown.
A countering left hand to the body from Grishin misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Punchy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grishin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grishin wants to counter the offense by Punchy and move into the clinch position.
Punchy lands with an uppercut that bounces Grishin off the cage and back into range.

Punchy shoots in and bounces Grishin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Punchy postures up in Grishin's guard and throws a big left but Grishin blocks it.
Punchy wants to control from the top but Grishin keeps moving.
Punchy lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punchy working some strikes from top position.
Grishin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Punchy throwing strikes from guard but Grishin blocks nicely.
Punchy with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grishin trying to keep a closed guard but Punchy is proving a slippery customer.
Punchy advances to half guard.
Punchy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Punchy with the ground and pound but Grishin uses the opportunity to regain guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punchy wants to control from the top but Grishin keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grishin controlling the position.
Punchy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Punchy stands up over Grishin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Punchy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punchy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grishin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Punchy.
Punchy stopping the sweep attempt from Grishin.
Punchy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grishin's head.
Punchy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Punchy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Punchy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Grishin dives on top into guard.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grishin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Punchy's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grishin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Punchy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grishin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Punchy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Punchy is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Grishin has his hands clasped together but Punchy extends and breaks Grishin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Punchy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Trent Punchy!
Trent Punchy made sure to mention his sponsor, FORCEE in his post fight interview.