PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sumpo Klumpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gray comes to the cage accompanied by make love not war baby. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gray
vs
Klumpo

182 cm
27
193 lbs
16 - 6 - 2

190 cm
27
221 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

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World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Mr Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sumpo Klumpo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klumpo slaps away a takedown attempt from Gray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sumpo Klumpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Gray gets caught napping as Klumpo dives in and scores a takedown. Gray manages to retain guard.
Klumpo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gray looking for subs off his back but Klumpo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Gray is trying to get back to full guard.
Klumpo thows a huge punch but Gray dodges it nicely.
Gray wants to get back to full guard.
Klumpo wants to free his trapped foot but Gray is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Klumpo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray wants to control but Klumpo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Klumpo is keen to just control but Gray is a slippery customer.
Klumpo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gray's head.
Klumpo lands strikes from half guard.
Gray gets back to full guard.
Klumpo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Klumpo won't allow Gray to sweep him here.
Klumpo trying to control but Gray is working from the bottom.
Gray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gray keeping full guard, as Klumpo tries to pass.
Klumpo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gray's head.
Gray looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Klumpo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gray looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gray tries to get to full guard but Klumpo has control of the leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Klumpo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Klumpo trying to control the action but Gray is working from the bottom.
Gray on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Klumpo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Klumpo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Still in half guard, Klumpo seems content to control.
Gray wants to get back to full guard.
Gray is working hard here to advance position.
Klumpo drops an elbow to the side of Gray's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gray manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Gray working for a triangle but Klumpo defends it easily.
Klumpo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Klumpo wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
Gray keeping full guard, as Klumpo tries to pass.
Klumpo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Klumpo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gray has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Klumpo has managed to get both his arms back between Gray's legs - danger averted.
Gray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gray prevents Klumpo from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray with shots to the head and body - Klumpo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klumpo blocking the ground and pound.
Gray thowing shots but they're missing.
Klumpo is trying desperately to improve position.
Gray landing punches.
Klumpo is squirming around, avoiding Gray's attempts to control the action.
Klumpo is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gray cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray avoids the attempt from Klumpo to control.
Klumpo gets back to half guard.
Gray working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sumpo Klumpo will probably get the nod.
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.

The fighters circling - Gray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Klumpo cracks a nice hook into Gray's ribs.
Gray throws the left hand but Klumpo avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Klumpo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gray misses with a looping left.
Gray missing with a left hand there. Klumpo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Klumpo slaps away a takedown attempt from Gray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Klumpo misses with a takedown attempt - Gray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gray.
Klumpo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
Klumpo connects with a nice looking jab.

Klumpo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gray's guard.

Gray looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Gray has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Klumpo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Klumpo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Gray is looking to sinch up a triangle. Klumpo throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gray's body to avoid the submission. Gray has instead reached around Klumpo's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gray arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mr Gray!
Mr Gray very nearly forgot to thank GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.