PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hurf Durf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Durf
vs
Grey

200 cm
19
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

193 cm
19
220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hurf Durf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Grey!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey moves in looking to clinch but Durf pushes him off.
Durf doesn't manage to clinch there - Grey circles away.

Durf rushes Grey and presses him up against the cage.
Durf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grey jumps guard but Durf stands there with Grey around his waist. Grey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Durf effectively controlling the action here.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grey looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durf with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Durf lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Justin Grey has been cut.
Durf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Durf.
Durf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Durf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Durf.
Durf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durf.
Durf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Durf with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Durf.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Durf obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Durf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Durf landing knees to the body.
Durf lands a knee to the body.
Durf pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grey wants to break free but Durf has control.
Durf dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Grey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf stalling.
Grey tries to pull guard but Durf won't allow it.
Durf scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Durf.
Grey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grey's face.
Durf lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Durf.
Durf landing knees to the body.
Durf connects with a knee to the head.
Grey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grey avoids it.
Durf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grey.
Grey tries to pull guard but Durf holds him up against the cage and eventually Grey drops back down to his feet.
Hurf Durf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Grey.
Durf tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grey fails to pull guard.
Durf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Durf slowing the pace effectively.
Grey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durf is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Grey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Durf smiles and moves away.
No luck for Grey with that takedown attempt.

Durf closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Durf scores with a knee to the head.
Grey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Durf smiles and moves away.

Durf closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Durf displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grey up against the cage.
Grey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Durf walks away with a smile on his face. Grey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durf doesn't manage to clinch there - Grey circles away.
Grey swats away the attempt to clinch by Durf.

Durf forces Grey back against the cage and clinches.
Grey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durf gets underhooks to prevent Grey's takedown attempt.
Durf stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee calls for Durf to work.
Grey takes a knee to the side of the body.
Durf prevents Grey from breaking the clinch.
Durf stalling in the clinch.
Durf landing knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Durf holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Durf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Durf displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grey up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hurf Durf dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Grey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Durf has taken the fight to the clinch.
Durf lands a knee to the body.
Durf lands an elbow that stopped Grey in his tracks for a moment.
Durf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Durf landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Durf stalling.
Grey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Durf just stands there and leans against the cage.
Durf manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Durf lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Durf is pushing Grey up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Grey takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durf scores with a knee to the head.
Durf lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Durf landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Durf connects with a knee to the head.
Durf lands an elbow that stopped Grey in his tracks for a moment.
Durf with a knee to the head.
Durf crunches a lovely knee into Grey's ribcage.
Durf will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Grey up against the cage.
Grey tries to pull guard but Durf won't allow it.
Grey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hurf Durf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Grey.
The referee is keeping an eye on Durf - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf lands an elbow inside that Grey shrugs off.
Grey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Durf smiles and moves away.

Durf darts in and clinches Grey up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grey fails to pull guard.
Durf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Durf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Durf crunches a lovely knee into Grey's ribcage.
Durf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Durf slowing the pace effectively.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Durf with a knee to the head.
Durf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grey's face.
Durf tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Durf just stands there and leans against the cage.
Grey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Durf just stands there and leans against the cage.
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Durf walks away with a smile on his face. Grey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Durf doesn't manage to clinch there - Grey circles away.
Durf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Durf tries to clinch up.
Durf wants to clinch.
Durf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grey shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Durf sprawls well. Durf wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grey gets slowly back to his feet.

Durf darts in and clinches Grey up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durf.
Grey wants to get back to striking at distance but Durf won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Durf connects with a knee to the head.
Durf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grey's face.
Grey drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Durf landing knees to the head.
Grey jumps guard but Durf stands there with Grey around his waist. Grey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Durf lands an elbow that stopped Grey in his tracks for a moment.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf lands a good knee to the midsection. Grey won't want to take too many of those.
Durf is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Durf has Grey pushed against the cage.
Durf crunches a lovely knee into Grey's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Durf is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grey can do to turn this around?
Durf lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grey tries to pull guard but Durf won't allow it.
Durf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grey's defenses.
Durf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hurf Durf dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justin Grey's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Durf lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Durf with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Durf tries to clinch but Grey moves out of range.
Durf tries to close the distance and clinch but Grey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durf wants to clinch.
Grey dodges the punch combination from Durf.
Durf tries to close the distance and clinch but Grey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grey swats away the attempt to clinch by Durf.
Durf darts in trying to clinch

so Grey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey advances to half guard.

Grey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Grey is nestled in close to Durf, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Durf wants to control but Grey is keeping busy.
Grey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Durf wants to control but Grey is keeping busy.
Grey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey winds up and cracks Durf with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Grey lands a nice short elbow.
Grey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durf with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Grey there.
Durf looks like he's trying to stand up.
Grey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Grey is keen to just control but Durf is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durf keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Durf defending well though.

Grey is looking for a kimura but Durf is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Grey to get the leverage.
Grey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grey is trying to control the action in half guard but Durf is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Durf knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grey on the ground.
Durf gets back to full guard.
Grey thows a big elbow that misses.
Durf keeping moving, preventing Grey from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Justin Grey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grey won't allow Durf to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Durf moves into the clinch successfully.
Grey tries to pull guard but Durf holds him up against the cage and eventually Grey drops back down to his feet.
Grey tries a body shot but Durf blocks it.
Durf scores a nice knee to the body.
Durf using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Durf working Grey over with knees to the body.
Durf has Grey pushed against the cage.
Durf lands a nice knee to the body.
Hurf Durf is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durf connects with a knee to the head.
Durf slowing the pace effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Grey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Durf 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hurf Durf!