PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Honory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honory comes to the cage accompanied by You can hate me now. Jason Honory has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Honory
vs
Gray

177 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Honory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin Gray!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honory tries to clinch but Gray moves out of range.

Gray gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gray looking for a sweep. Not yet Gray, not yet.

Gray had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Honory is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gray Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Honory's back instead.
Honory wants to get back to his feet.
Honory tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honory taking shots to the head.
Honory knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gray on the ground.
Honory is squirming around, avoiding Gray's attempts to control the action.
Gray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray wants to control the pace but Honory is squirming around nicely.
Gray thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Honory regains half guard.
Honory on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Honory tries to get out of the position.
Honory is not content to let Gray control the position.
Honory is trying to stand.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Honory is defending well.
Gray missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Honory punching from the bottom.
Gray uses his free foot to push down on Honory's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Honory.
Gray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two 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.
Honory wants to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Gray there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gray wants to control the pace but Honory is squirming around nicely.
Honory really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Gray looking for a guillotine from mount but Honory is having none of it.
Gray looks gassed!
Honory regains half guard.
Honory is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray trying to control from half guard but Honory is working away.

Gray is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Honory has managed to free his arm - good work.
Honory pushes Gray off looking to stand but Gray dives back in and keeps control.

Gray looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gray is trying to control the action in half guard but Honory is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Gray is trying to work for a kimura but Honory is defending well.

Gray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Honory defends it well.

That's four 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Honory doesn't manage to clinch there - Gray circles away.

Gray shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gray wants to control the pace but Honory is squirming around nicely.
Gray has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Honory's face.
Gray has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Honory's face.
A nice elbow there by Gray.
Honory can't escape the position.
Honory is squirming around, avoiding Gray's attempts to control the action.
Gray fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gray forces the positional change into back control.
Honory trying to get back to his feet but Gray is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Gray dominated that round.
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.

Gray gets the takedown into side control.

Gray is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Honory is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gray trying to control the action but Honory is working from the bottom.

Gray tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gray has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Honory is pushing Gray's head away, looking to escape. Gray manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gray blocks the strikes from Honory.
Honory is trying to buck Gray off.
Gray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray throws an elbow but Honory slips to the side and avoids it well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Honory fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gray tries for a takedown but Honory circles away easily

and Honory counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Honory.
Honory trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gray's guard.
Gray seems keen to control Honory's posture.
Honory wants to stand but Gray has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Honory trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gray's guard.
Gray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Honory gets to his feet - Gray follows without any prompting.
Honory is looking to clinch.
Honory has his takedown stuffed

and Gray counters with a single leg into guard. Honory didn't expect that.
Gray thows a big elbow that misses.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Honory is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Honory is trying to keep Gray in close.

Gray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Honory is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Honory has escaped and now he's on top!
Honory has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Honory decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Honory throws a leg kick that is checked

and Gray counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Honory actively working from the bottom here.
Gray has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray landing strikes, looking to finish!

Gray looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gray lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gray trying to control but Honory is having none of it.

Gray jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Honory is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Honory and Gray has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Gray tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gray has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gray moves into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honory wants to control but Gray is having none of it.
Honory is bucking up trying to escape but Gray cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gray controlling his opponent.
Honory is in a horrible position here. Gray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Gray working for a submission but Honory is keeping him at bay.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honory gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Gray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Honory darts in trying to clinch

and Gray counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Honory is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Honory is trying to stand back up but Gray is controlling him
Gray prevents Honory from improving his position.
Honory moves into full guard.
Honory being controlled here, momentarily.

Honory pushes Gray off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gray fails with the takedown

and Honory counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gray!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
BOOM! Honory connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Honory breaks from Gray's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gray tries to hold on but Honory pushes him away.
Gray is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Honory.
Honory prevents Gray from getting the reversal.
Gray is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
Gray gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gray manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gray not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Gray looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Honory passes into half guard.
Honory tries to stand and escape but Gray is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honory working over Gray with some ground and pound. Gray looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Honory working Gray over with strikes.

Gray is rocked!
Honory seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gray is still in real trouble! Can Honory finish him?
Gray is pressing down on Honory's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Honory would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Honory showing good submission defense here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Honory fending off the submission attempt from Gray.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray keeps control of the position as Honory tries to break free.
Gray is landing with strikes from the back.
Gray trying to control momentarily.

Gray has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Honory looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

Gray is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Honory knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Honory for a finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray looking to hold on to the position here but Honory rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Gray passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gray remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Gray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Honory keeps working.

Gray wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Honory, who protects the arm well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gray working away.
Jason Honory has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gray is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Honory is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Gray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gray has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

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