PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dermot Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roan Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roan Marshall is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gray
vs
Marshall

173 cm
23
282 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
279 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dermot Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roan Marshall!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gray in his tracks.
Gray waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Marshall.

A jab-cross combination lands for Gray and sends Marshall crashing to the mat! Gray follows him down to the mat - Marshall regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Marshall is rocked!

It looks like Roan Marshall has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gray content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Marshall is still in real trouble! Can Gray finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marshall is looking for a sweep. Gray is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marshall seems to have recovered his senses.
Marshall is looking to escape.

Gray is looking for a kimura but Marshall is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gray to get the leverage.
Marshall wants to control but Gray is keeping busy.
Gray trying to control from half guard but Marshall is working away.

Marshall looking for submissions off his back.
Marshall is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gray's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gray's back!

Marshall looking for the RNC.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Gray's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Marshall gets his hands free as Gray looks to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gray defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Marshall looks gassed!
Gray wants to get back to his feet.

Gray fending off the submission attempt from Marshall.
Gray tries to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gray turns into Marshall and is now in his guard.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray looking to sit in guard and control but Marshall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marshall thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gray is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Well, if Gray is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Marshall is staying active underneath Gray, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Marshall is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gray pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray seems to be working for a kimura but Marshall defends the submission attempt.
Gray slips a nice elbow through Marshall's hands, connecting with Marshall's forehead.
Gray not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marshall is not content to let Gray control the position.
Marshall wants to get back to full guard.
Gray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gray knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marshall on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Gray is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Marshall avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gray.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marshall tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Gray drops Marshall with a nice combination! Gray dives into Marshall's guard, looking to finish!

Gray gets to his feet. Marshall looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Some wild striking there from Gray.
No joy there for Marshall, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Gray lands a big shot that drops Marshall! Can he finish him?
Gray has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gray wants to control from the top but Marshall keeps moving.
Gray is looking to stand up but Marshall won't let him.

Gray avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gray passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dermot Gray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roan Marshall's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gray fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Gray. That snapped Marshall's head back.
Marshall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marshall.
Gray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gray swinging wilding here.
Gray lands with a nice body punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Gray scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray scores with a nice head shot.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall avoids them all with ease.
Gray misses with the combination.
Gray keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marshall throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Gray.
Marshall misses with a double jab
and Gray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Marshall gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gray controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall tries to pull guard but Gray won't allow it.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Gray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marshall.
Gray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marshall misses with a wild combination.
Gray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marshall dodges the punch combination from Gray.
Marshall throws a series of punches but Gray avoids them all with ease.
Gray lands a head shot.
Gray works over Marshall's head and body with a nice combination.
Marshall takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
Gray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marshall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marshall scores with a hook.
Marshall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray looks to land a combination but Marshall avoids it well.
Marshall lands a nice hook to Gray's body. Gray takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gray has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Marshall finds it's way round the side to connect with Gray's head.
Gray scores with a three punch combo!
Marshall connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marshall can do to turn this around?
Gray swinging wilding here.
Gray displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marshall.
Dermot Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roan Marshall.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall moves out of range.
Gray scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab from Marshall.
Gray misses with a kick to the body.
Dermot Gray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marshall closes the distance and clinches up with Gray, looking for a takedown. Marshall pushes Gray against the cage but Gray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall's sensitive parts.
Marshall closes the distance and clinches up with Gray, looking for a takedown. Marshall pushes Gray against the cage but Gray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marshall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gray in his tracks.
Marshall walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Marshall looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gray is fending him off so far but Marshall persists. Nope, Gray circles away and we're back to standing.
Marshall throws a right and a left that Gray avoids nicely.
Dermot Gray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall avoids them all with ease.
Marshall looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gray is fending him off so far but Marshall persists. Nope, Gray circles away and we're back to standing.
Marshall misses with a body kick.
Gray looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall avoids them all with ease.

Marshall closes the distance and clinches.
Marshall can't get the takedown.
Gray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Gray as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gray tries to land knees in the clinch but Marshall avoids the damage to the body.
Marshall changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gray fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gray misses with a two punch combination.
Marshall is trying desperately to land a takedown but Gray is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Marshall.

Marshall clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gray.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gray looks to land a combination but Marshall avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a low kick as Gray jumps back.
Marshall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gray.
Dermot Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall wants to clinch.
Gray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marshall looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No joy there for Gray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gray has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marshall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gray connects with a crisp jab.
Marshall shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gray misses with a wild combination.
Roan Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dermot Gray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roan Marshall's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Marshall.
Gray takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gray lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marshall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gray.
Gray throws a big shot that misses.
Gray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall's sensitive parts.
Gray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marshall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marshall throws a head kick but Gray moves out of range.
Marshall has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gray throws a right hand that Marshall ducks under and follows up with a left that Marshall also avoids with ease.
Gray misses with the combination.
A jab lands there for Marshall.
Gray misses with a series of wild punches.
Marshall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marshall misses with a head kick.
Gray throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marshall on the side of the head.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall avoids them all with ease.
Marshall swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall wants to clinch up but Gray keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Gray as he connects with a hook.
Gray scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Marshall moves in looking to clinch but Gray pushes him off.
Gray lands a lovely overhand right.
Gray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marshall avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Gray misses.
Marshall misses with a takedown attempt - Gray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marshall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marshall shoots in for a takedown but Gray shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marshall gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marshall misses with a head kick.
Gray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marshall.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall moves out of range.
Gray throws a series of punches but Marshall moves out of range.
Gray throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a series of wild punches.
Gray looks to throw the jab but Marshall is out of range.
Marshall changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gray tries to avoid it but Marshall manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gray to the ground. Gray escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dermot Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roan Marshall.
Marshall moves in looking to clinch but Gray pushes him off.
Gray sizes up Marshall with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marshall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Gray.
Marshall has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gray misses with the combination.
Marshall doesn't manage to clinch there - Gray circles away.
Marshall staying out of range there.
Marshall throws a series of punches but Gray avoids them all with ease.
Marshall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gray fails to land with a series of punches.
Marshall will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gray blocks a head kick by Marshall.
Gray moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Marshall shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gray defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall tries for a takedown but Gray sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gray misses with a few strikes there.
Gray stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gray wants it to stay on the feet.
Gray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gray avoids the head kick by Marshall.
Gray lands a jab.
Gray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gray misses with a series of wild punches.
Marshall bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gray fails to land with a series of punches.
Marshall throws a combination that misses
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gray swinging wilding here.
Marshall throws a right and a left that both miss.

Marshall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gray.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray looking to throw knees to the head but Marshall is blocking nicely.

Gray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marshall connects with the punch.
Marshall dives in and grabs Gray's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gray pushes down on Marshall's head and hops out.
Marshall showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gray.
Marshall shoots for a double leg takedown but Gray sprawls well. He's pushed Marshall's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Good shot there by Gray.
Marshall throws a head kick but Gray moves out of range.
Gray scores with the left hand. Marshall knows he should have avoided that one.
Gray has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marshall walks into a left hand.
Marshall misses with a takedown attempt - Gray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gray.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gray misses with the combination.
Dermot Gray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marshall stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Roan Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gray tries to bum rush Marshall with a series of wild strikes but Marshall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dermot Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gray, 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dermot Gray!