PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Michaels
vs
Gray

187 cm
26
212 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

198 cm
25
213 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Gray!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels connects with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gray, right into the meat.
Gray lands a jab to the nose.
Gray shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gray takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Michaels ducks right into an uppercut from Gray.
Gray connects with a right hand. Michaels shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
Karl Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gray wants to land a leg kick but Michaels is out of range.
Gray tries to land a body kick
and Michaels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gray thinking.
Gray avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Gray thows a body shot but no joy.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gray throws a quick inside leg kick.
Michaels throws a low kick, looking for Gray's leg but Gray calmly moves out of range.
Gray scoring well with a low kick there.
A bone on bone clash there as Michaels blocks the leg kick.
Gray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Gray is just out of range.
Michaels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gray tries a head kick but it misses.
Michaels getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gray connects with a looping right hand.
Michaels moves out of range as Gray throws a body kick.
Gray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michaels throws the kick towards the body but Gray avoids it.

Gray closes the distance and clinches.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gray throws a hook to the side of Michaels's head but Michaels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gray takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Michaels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gray connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Michaels's hands.
Michaels misses the jab.
Michaels lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Gray.
Michaels turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Michaels.
Michaels throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels throws an off balance right hand
and Gray counters with a head kick.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Gray.
Michaels takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Michaels fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gray is out of range.

Michaels tries to keep at a distance but Gray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Michaels is trying to push Gray away but Gray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Michaels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gray.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Michaels there.
Michaels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gray counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gray moves out of range of the body kick from Michaels.

Gray clinches with his opponent.
Gray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Michaels shrugs off.

It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.

Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gray clinches up with Michaels and pushes him back against the cage.
Michaels has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Michaels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gray trying to stall but Michaels improves his position.
Michaels is trying to force a seperation but Gray has the dominant position.
Gray stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Gray stalls.
Michaels working hard to break the clinch.
Gray lands a nice uppercut.
Michaels tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
A hook to the body from Gray.
Michaels blocks a body shot from Gray.
Gray keeps control of Michaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray lands with a right to the head.
Michaels can't break the clinch.
Gray has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Michaels wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gray misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but David Gray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karl Michaels's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Michaels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gray shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Michaels eats them both and turns towards Gray to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Michaels sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gray throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gray with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Michaels checks a leg kick.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Gray.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
David Gray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Gray sees coming a mile off.
Michaels blocks a head kick by Gray.
A big right from Michaels misses.
Michaels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Michaels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gray ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Michaels is rocked!
Michaels leaves his chin hanging out and Gray seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Michaels crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Gray!
A very excited looking David Gray made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.