PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between BumbleBee Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by Why can't we be friends?. Gray comes into a darkened arena with his song building. That Ain't Classy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Roy Gray looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Man
vs
Gray

180 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

170 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, BumbleBee Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Gray!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man tries to clinch up but Gray circles away and keeps his distance.
Gray looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Man scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gray can't do much from the bottom here.
Man is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gray will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Man has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Man is working Gray over with some ground and pound from side control.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gray to see if he's OK.
Gray on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Man moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Man's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Man is working Gray over with some ground and pound from side control.

Man looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee asks Man politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Man prefers to stall for the moment though.
Man is putting a hurting on Gray here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gray trying to remain calm as Man controls from the top position.

Man has an Americana. Gray didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Man is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Man hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). BumbleBee Man!