PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mel Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James has chosen W32.Mydoom.AU@mm as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Gray
vs
James

170 cm
26
150 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mel Gray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard James!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray moves forwards but James connects with a nice, crisp jab.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. James sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gray throws a sloppy body shot
letting James counter with a right hand.
Gray takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gray lands a jab to James's midsection.
James throws a nice looking combination but Gray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the body from James misses
and Gray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
James thows a body shot but no joy.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
Gray misses with an uppercut. James saw that one coming.
James avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
Gray misses with a wild combination.
Gray loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
Gray misses with a looping right.
James lands with a nice body punch.
Gray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Gray misses its intended target.
Gray takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gray misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands with a nice combination. Gray backs away looking to recover.
Richard James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James scores with a hook.
Gray connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
James is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gray rather than just go for the knockout.
Gray shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
James connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gray pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gray is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
James clobbers Gray with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Gray lands an overhand right.
James sizes up Gray with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Gray jabs at James's body.
James is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A left lands for James.
Gray scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
James is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
James looks to land a right hand but Gray moved out of range.
James throws a body punch but Gray moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gray.
James takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
James takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
James has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
James takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from James misses
and Gray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
James scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
James dodges the punch combination from Gray.
James lands with a nice body punch.
Gray throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
Gray dips to his left and cracks James with an uppercut!
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Gray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Gray - just one landing.
James looks to throw the jab but Gray is out of range.
James lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from James misses
and Gray counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gray ducks under a wild hook from James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws the left hand but Gray avoids the punch easily.
James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gray.
James scores with a jab to the head.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gray walks into a left hand.
James missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
James scores with a body shot.
Gray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and James counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Gray misses.
James throws a shot to the body.
James takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gray scores with the left hand. James knows he should have avoided that one.
Gray swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James thows a body shot but no joy.
James fails to land with a series of punches.
Gray has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from James finds it's way round the side to connect with Gray's head.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Gray does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James blocks a jab.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from James.
James avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gray.
James cracks a nice hook into Gray's ribs.
A jab from Gray does it's job there.
James throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Gray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gray counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James catches Gray with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
James throws a shot to the body.
James takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
James slips under a jab from Gray.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mel Gray will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gray walks into a jab.
Gray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gray misses with a straight left.
Gray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray with a hook.
James swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gray counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James works Gray's body with a nice hook.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mel Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
Gray throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
James misses with a shot to the body
and Gray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gray scores with a shot to the body.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James throws a body punch but Gray moves out of range.
James connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gray throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a one two combo.

Gray lands a left and a right that send James crashing to the mat, dazed. Gray thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

James is rocked!
James looks to land a left hand but Gray moved out of range nicely.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Gray finish him?
James moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gray cracks James on the jaw with a powerful right hand and James falls backwards against the cage. Gray follows up with more strikes that drop James to his knees. Gray keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save James! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mel Gray!
Mel Gray retains his featherweight title!