PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vega Hartgrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draven Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hartgrave comes to the cage accompanied by Shame by Drowning Pool. Draven Grayson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hartgrave
vs
Grayson

182 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes ground

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vega Hartgrave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Draven Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hartgrave looks to land a combination. Grayson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grayson lands with a straight right. Hartgrave didn't see that one coming.
Hartgrave throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hartgrave throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartgrave misses with a double jab.

Hartgrave feints and as Grayson raises his hands in defense, Hartgrave changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hartgrave is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Grayson is on top in guard.
Hartgrave looking for a sweep. Not yet Hartgrave, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grayson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Hartgrave is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Grayson won't allow Hartgrave to sweep him here.
Grayson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Grayson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Grayson connects with a nice short shot to Hartgrave's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson wants to pass to mount but Hartgrave is defending the position.
Hartgrave is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hartgrave is working hard here to advance position.
Grayson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartgrave is looking to improve his position.
Hartgrave might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Grayson staying out of range there.
Hartgrave fails to land with a series of punches.
Hartgrave shoots in for a double leg but Grayson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Hartgrave scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hartgrave is breathing heavily.
Grayson tries to bench press Hartgrave off him but Hartgrave keeps the position.
Grayson struggling a bit here.
Grayson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grayson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hartgrave wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grayson keeps working.
Grayson striking from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grayson is looking for a sweep. Hartgrave is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hartgrave waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Grayson.
Grayson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hartgrave takes a swing at Grayson's ribcage but misses.
Hartgrave fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grayson throws a hook but Hartgrave blocks it.

Hartgrave darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hartgrave is trying to control the action in half guard but Grayson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grayson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Grayson wants to improve his position but Hartgrave is controlling well.
Grayson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hartgrave is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Grayson is looking to get to half guard.
Hartgrave postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grayson looks a forlorn figure.
Grayson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Grayson is looking for a sweep. Hartgrave is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grayson gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave preventing the sweep.
Grayson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hartgrave pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grayson is keeping the position for now.
Grayson looking for a sweep. Not yet Grayson, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Grayson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vega Hartgrave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grayson throws a shot from downtown. Hartgrave moves away and avoids it.
Grayson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hartgrave punishes Grayson's body with a nice straight punch.
Hartgrave throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grayson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hartgrave counters with a three punch combo that has Grayson backing up. Grayson nods at Hartgrave to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vega Hartgrave dominated that round.
That's time! Hartgrave's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grayson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hartgrave tries for a takedown but Grayson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grayson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grayson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grayson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vega Hartgrave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hartgrave.
Grayson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hartgrave counters with a left and a right that stings Grayson.
Grayson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hartgrave backs up against the cage.
Grayson misses with a low kick.
Grayson swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hartgrave shoots in for a takedown but Grayson shows good takedown defense.
Grayson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hartgrave shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ground and pound from Hartgrave.
Hartgrave takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hartgrave is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hartgrave with good strikes from the mount here!

Hartgrave looking for a guillotine from mount but Grayson is having none of it.
Grayson is bucking up trying to escape but Hartgrave cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hartgrave lands a heavy elbow.
Hartgrave working the ground and pound effectively.
Hartgrave looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Grayson is rocked!
Hartgrave dominating with strikes here.
Grayson is still in real trouble! Can Hartgrave finish him?
Hartgrave has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grayson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hartgrave looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grayson is one step ahead there.
Grayson postures up in Hartgrave's guard and throws a big left but Hartgrave blocks it.
Grayson seems to have recovered his senses.
Grayson won't allow Hartgrave to sweep him here.

Grayson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hartgrave throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hartgrave striking from the bottom.
Hartgrave looking for a sweep. Not yet Hartgrave, not yet.
Hartgrave bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grayson's guard.
Grayson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson keeping moving, preventing Hartgrave from controlling successfully.
Grayson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Grayson working a defensive guard here.
Hartgrave wants to control from the top but Grayson keeps moving.
Hartgrave stopping the sweep attempt from Grayson.
Grayson keeping moving, preventing Hartgrave from controlling successfully.
Hartgrave works over Grayson with some ground and pound from guard.

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

Hartgrave shoots in and bounces Grayson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Grayson wants to sweep here but Hartgrave controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave tries to free his leg and advance position but Grayson is retaining full guard.
Grayson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Grayson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hartgrave is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Grayson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hartgrave's back instead.
Vega Hartgrave overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hartgrave wants to escape the position.
Grayson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Grayson trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Grayson connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hartgrave to escape the position.

Hartgrave is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grayson lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Hartgrave.
Oh Hartgrave is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee is taking a good look at Hartgrave as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Grayson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vega Hartgrave dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hartgrave scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hartgrave scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Grayson to see if he's OK.
Hartgrave seems to have got his legs back now.
Grayson is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Grayson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grayson is looking to reverse the position.
Hartgrave tries to advance to mount but Grayson denies him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grayson is looking to regain half guard here but Hartgrave keeps moving and retains side control.

Hartgrave is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grayson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hartgrave working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hartgrave bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Grayson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hartgrave lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hartgrave working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Grayson's thigh. Grayson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Grayson striking from his own guard.
Grayson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grayson striking off his back but it's not causing Hartgrave any problems.
Hartgrave preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grayson keeping full guard, as Hartgrave tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A swing and a miss from Hartgrave.
Grayson throws and low kick but Hartgrave moves out of range easily.
Grayson lands with a nice body kick.

Hartgrave decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Grayson punching from the bottom.
Hartgrave trying to control from half guard but Grayson is working away.
Hartgrave takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hartgrave wants to control but Grayson is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Hartgrave there.
Grayson is in trouble now - Hartgrave has advanced to mount!

Hartgrave goes for an armbar but Grayson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Grayson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson stopping the sweep attempt from Hartgrave.
Hartgrave strikes from his own guard.
Hartgrave is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hartgrave lands with a punch from half guard.
Grayson is trying to get back to full guard.
Hartgrave slips a nice elbow through Grayson's hands, connecting with Grayson's forehead.
Hartgrave prevents Grayson from improving his position.
Hartgrave lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Grayson is trying to control but can't.
Grayson is in trouble now - Hartgrave has advanced to mount!
Hartgrave lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Grayson hang on?
Hartgrave landing punches.
Grayson is looking to improve his position but Hartgrave isn't that keen on the idea.
Grayson tries to hold on but Hartgrave postures up.
Draven Grayson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grayson is bucking up trying to escape but Hartgrave cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grayson is trying desperately to improve position.
Hartgrave with good strikes from the mount here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Vega Hartgrave showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hartgrave, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vega Hartgrave!