PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Tablita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stuart Wray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tablita
vs
Wray

173 cm
26
134 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

165 cm
32
161 lbs
30 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Tablita!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Stuart Wray!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tablita on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tablita fails to land with a series of punches.
Wray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wray attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tablita shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wray eats them both and turns towards Tablita to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tablita looks to land a combination. Wray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tablita takes one on the button.
Tablita waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wray.
Wray on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tablita keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tablita scores with a shot to the body.
Wray misses with a straight left.
Wray connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice jab there from Tablita.
Wray moves out of range as Tablita strikes.
Wray bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tablita's head backwards.
Gabriel Tablita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tablita thows a body shot but no joy.
Wray lands a body shot.
Wray avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Wray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wray.
Tablita avoids the head kick by Wray.
Tablita throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wray.
A telegraphed right hand from Tablita misses the target.
Wray blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Wray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tablita lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wray misses with a head kick.
Wray misses with a wild combination.
Wray just misses with a punch to the body.
Tablita avoids the head kick by Wray.

Tablita moves into the clinch.
Wray keeps control of Tablita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tablita swings wildly with an uppercut but Wray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tablita misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tablita lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wray backwards.
Wray tries a knee to the head but Tablita blocks it.

Tablita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tablita keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tablita wants to clinch up but Wray keeps it at a distance.
Wray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tablita.
Wray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tablita.
Tablita swings for the body but Wray moves out of range.
Tablita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tablita misses with a straight left.
Wray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tablita.
Tablita tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wray moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Wray lands a big head kick that sends Tablita tumbling to the mat! Wray takes a step backwards and waves Tablita back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tablita is rocked!
Tablita tries to clinch there but Wray circles away.
Oh Tablita is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Wray drives through and clinches with Tablita against the cage.
Wray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wray scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tablita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wray scores a nice knee to the body.
Tablita throws a punch but it's blocked by Wray.
Tablita lands a hook that snaps the head of Wray backwards.
Wray keeps control of Tablita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tablita has had enough of the clinch but Wray keeps him there for the moment.
Wray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tablita is breathing heavily.

Tablita manages to break the clinch.
Tablita misses with a left hand

and Wray counters with a nice right hand that sends Tablita toppling to the canvas! Tablita scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Wray finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wray explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wray drops Tablita with a naaaaasty hook - Tablita is in real trouble here! Wray dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stuart Wray!
Stuart Wray is the new lightweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Stuart Wray made sure he mentioned Rōnin, along with how happy he was to win his fight.