PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Stunner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cody Grant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Grant
vs
Stunner

192 cm
18
248 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Stunner!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stunner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stunner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Cody Grant has been cut.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stunner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cody Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Grant has closed the distance and engaged Stunner in a clinch.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Stunner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stunner takes an elbow to the temple.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Stunner's ribcage.
Stunner looks gassed!
Grant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Stunner's ribcage.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grant pushes Stunner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grant.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant keeps control of Stunner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grant avoiding damage as Stunner throws knees to the body.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Grant digs a right hand underneath Stunner's ribcage. Stunner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stunner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grant misses with the head strike.
Grant keeps control of Stunner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Stunner is trying to break the clinch but Grant has him pressed against the cage.
Stunner tries to stall but Grant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Stunner managing to block the knees to the body from Grant.
Grant lands a nice elbow.
Grant tries a knee to the head but Stunner blocks it.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Stunner blocks with his arms.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.

Stunner breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stunner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grant in his tracks.
Stunner throws a sloppy head kick and Grant moves out of range easily.
Stunner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Grant closes the distance and clinches.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Stunner blocks with his arms.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stunner blocks it with crossed arms.
Stunner is looking to break free of the clinch but Grant has double underhooks.
Grant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stunner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stunner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grant landing knees to the head.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.
Stunner takes a knee right on the jaw!

Stunner breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grant tries to clinch up but Stunner circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grant lands a nice elbow.

Stunner manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grant is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunner tries to clinch but Grant moves out of range.
Stunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Grant drives through and clinches with Stunner against the cage.
Stunner is trying to break free.
Grant comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grant lands an elbow just above Stunner 's eye.
Stunner misses with an elbow over the top.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stunner blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant cracks Stunner with a nice body shot.
Stunner misses with a knee strike.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stunner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but Stunner blocks with his arms.
Stunner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Stunner is blocking nicely.
Stunner blocks an elbow strike from Grant.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.

Stunner manages to break the clinch.
Grant is looking to clinch.
Grant closes the distance but Stunner moves to the side
and Stunner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stunner connects with a high kick.
Stunner is looking to slow Grant down with leg kicks.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stunner moves in looking to clinch but Grant pushes him off.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stunner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stunner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant wants to clinch.
Stunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grant wants to clinch up but Stunner keeps it at a distance.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stunner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grant avoids the head kick by Stunner.

Grant moves into the clinch successfully.
Stunner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grant lands an elbow inside.
Stunner missing with knees to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stunner's face.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stunner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cody Grant's cut.
That's time! Grant's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stunner wants to clinch.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stunner scores with a spinning back kick!
A head kick misses from Stunner.
Stunner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grant wants to clinch up but Stunner keeps it at a distance.
Stunner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Grant has managed to clinch.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant swings wildly with an uppercut but Stunner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stunner scores a nice knee to the body.
Stunner connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stunner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stunner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stunner tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Grant throws a punch but it's blocked by Stunner.
Stunner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Stunner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stunner tries to break the clinch but Grant is controlling the position.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stunner's face.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Stunner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stunner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stunner's face.
Stunner trying to land knees to the body.
Stunner landing knees to the body.
Grant lands a knee to the head.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Stunner is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Stunner lands a body punch.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Stunner tries a knee to the head but Grant blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stunner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grant missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grant.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stunner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stunner blocks it with crossed arms.
Stunner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stunner can't break the clinch.
Stunner lands a left hand.
Stunner trying to land knees to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stunner avoids a wild elbow strike from Grant.
Stunner avoiding damage as Grant throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant dodges an elbow strike from Stunner.
Stunner can't break the clinch.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant landing knees to the head.
Stunner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Stunner manages to break the clinch.
Grant tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stunner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grant moves in looking to clinch but Stunner pushes him off.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch but Stunner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Stunner has managed to clinch.
Stunner has had enough of the clinch but Grant keeps him there for the moment.
Stunner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stunner wants to get back to striking at distance but Grant won't allow it.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Grant keeps control of Stunner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Stunner scores a nice knee to the body.
Stunner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Stunner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grant is looking to clinch but Stunner is avoiding it.
Stunner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stunner throws a head kick but Grant moves out of range.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch but Stunner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stunner goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Grant drives through and clinches with Stunner against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stunner throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stunner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stunner missing with knees to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Stunner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Stunner - that will leave a mark!

Grant moves into the clinch.
Stunner can't break the clinch.
Stunner trying to land knees to the body.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stunner landing knees to the head.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Stunner avoids the damage to the body.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stunner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Grant pushes off an throws an elbow but Stunner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cody Grant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cody Grant's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Stunner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Stunner.
Grant tries to clinch up but Stunner circles away and keeps his distance.

Grant has managed to clinch.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
Stunner misses with a knee strike.
Grant lands an elbow just above Stunner 's eye.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stunner tries to land knees in the clinch but Grant avoids the damage to the body.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stunner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Stunner avoids the damage to the body.
Stunner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stunner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant lands a knee to the head.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Stunner avoids the damage to the body.
Stunner connects with a knee to the head.
Stunner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stunner's defenses.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Stunner lands an elbow that stopped Grant in his tracks for a moment.
Stunner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grant landing knees to the head.
Grant lands a nice elbow.
Grant lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Stunner on the inside.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Stunner's ribcage.
Grant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stunner pushes off an throws an elbow but Grant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Stunner is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stunner.
Grant managing to block the knees to the body from Stunner.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stunner lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Stunner avoids the damage to the body.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.

That's two 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.
Stunner is looking to control Grant's arms but Grant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stunner has his back to the cage.
Stunner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grant lands an elbow just above Stunner 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grant.
Grant lands a nice elbow.
Grant misses with a knee strike.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Stunner is blocking nicely.
Stunner misses with a knee strike.
Grant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stunner's face.
Grant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grant trying to land knees to the body.
Stunner is looking to control Grant's arms but Grant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stunner has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Grant.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant lands a damaging elbow.
Grant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stunner lands a left hand.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Grant scores a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stunner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grant's brow.
Grant lands an elbow inside that Stunner shrugs off.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but Grant blocks with his arms.
Stunner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant lands a damaging elbow.

Stunner breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Stunner.
Grant tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stunner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stunner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid body kick from Grant.
Grant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stunner keeps the fight on the outside.
Grant avoids the head kick by Stunner.
Grant wants to clinch.
Grant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luke Stunner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stunner throws a head kick that misses.
Grant fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stunner.
Grant fails in his attempt to clinch.

Grant moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stunner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stunner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stunner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grant landing knees to the body.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stunner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stunner.
Grant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stunner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant lands an elbow just above Stunner 's eye.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Stunner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Stunner throws an elbow but it misses.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stunner's defenses.
Grant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luke Stunner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cody Grant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grant lands a nice knee to the body.
Grant makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stunner.
Grant looking to throw knees to the head but Stunner is blocking nicely.
Grant lands an elbow inside that Stunner shrugs off.
Stunner misses with a knee strike.
Grant scores with a knee to the head.
Stunner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cody Grant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grant, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Grant!