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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Mavromatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mavromatis comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls. Andreas Mavromatis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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213 lbs
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198 cm
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213 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Mavromatis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Gray!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mavromatis throws a series of punches but Gray moves out of range.
Mavromatis moves out of range of the leg kick from Gray.
Mavromatis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mavromatis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
Mavromatis throws a jab when Gray was well out of range.
Gray bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mavromatis's head backwards.
Gray is looking to land body kicks.
Gray throws a solid leg kick but Mavromatis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gray.
Gray motions for Mavromatis to come forward. Gray throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mavromatis misses with a body shot.
Mavromatis keeps the fight on the outside.
Gray takes a swing at Mavromatis's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Mavromatis. Those never looked like landing.
Gray getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gray. That's going to slow Mavromatis down.
Mavromatis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gray.
Gray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray throws a body punch but Mavromatis moves out of range.
Gray scores with a head kick.
Mavromatis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gray was well out of range. Poor timing from Mavromatis.
Gray takes a swing at Mavromatis's ribcage but misses.
Gray wants to land a leg kick but Mavromatis is out of range.
Mavromatis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gray moves away.
Gray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mavromatis throws a sloppy head kick and Gray moves out of range easily.
Gray lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gray takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mavromatis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gray moves away.
Mavromatis connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mavromatis misses with a looping right.
Mavromatis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mavromatis takes a swing at Gray's ribcage but misses.
Nice cross by Mavromatis.
Mavromatis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gray.
Mavromatis misses with a body kick.
Mavromatis lands a jab to Gray's midsection.
Mavromatis tries to land a front kick but Gray steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gray lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mavromatis misses with a kick to the body.
Gray throws a big shot that misses.
Mavromatis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mavromatis avoids the head kick by Gray.
Mavromatis looks to throw the jab but Gray is out of range.
Andreas Mavromatis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mavromatis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gray.
Gray takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mavromatis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gray.
Gray staying out of range there.
Mavromatis looks to throw a body kick
and Gray counters with a nice body kick.
Mavromatis throws an overhand right that lands on Gray's shoulder, as Gray tries to avoid the shot.
Mavromatis defending well as Gray loads up on a big left hand.
Gray moves out of range of the strikes.
Mavromatis catches Gray with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mavromatis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gray checks it well.
Mavromatis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gray scores with a nice head shot.
Gray fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gray keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gray blocks the body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mavromatis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray throws a body punch but Mavromatis moves out of range.
Gray scores with a hook.
Gray lands a jab to Mavromatis's midsection.
Gray scores with a body shot.
Gray instigates a clinch.
Come on Gray - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gray tries to land knees in the clinch but Mavromatis avoids the damage to the body.
Gray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mavromatis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mavromatis misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray blocks an uppercut.
Mavromatis lands a shoulder strike.
Mavromatis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gray blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Gray dominated that round.
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.
A clash of legs there as Mavromatis blocks the low kick.
Mavromatis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mavromatis 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.
Gray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Gray.
Mavromatis lands a jab to Gray's midsection.
Mavromatis tries to land a front kick but Gray steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gray takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mavromatis missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mavromatis misses with a body shot.
Mavromatis throws a leg kick that misses.
Mavromatis walks into a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gray.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mavromatis missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mavromatis lands with a right hand.
Mavromatis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gray connects with a solid leg kick.
David Gray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mavromatis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gray was well out of range. Poor timing from Mavromatis.
Mavromatis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mavromatis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch combination from Gray misses.
Gray has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gray lands a jab.
Gray fakes the leg kick and cracks Mavromatis in the body.
Mavromatis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gray manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Gray misses
and Mavromatis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mavromatis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid body kick from Gray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mavromatis misses with a body punch
and Gray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mavromatis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gray manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Gray.
Gray throws a chopping leg kick but Mavromatis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gray moves out of range of the strikes.
Gray misses with a leg kick
and Mavromatis counters with a nice uppercut.
Mavromatis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mavromatis misses with a looping left.
Mavromatis takes one to the side of the head.
Gray drives through and clinches with Mavromatis against the cage.
Gray misses with the head strike.
Mavromatis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mavromatis avoiding damage as Gray throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mavromatis lands a left hand.
Mavromatis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gray obliges.
Gray lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mavromatis or not.
Mavromatis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gray tries a body shot but Mavromatis blocks it.
Gray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gray tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mavromatis avoids it.
Mavromatis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mavromatis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mavromatis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gray gets through Mavromatis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gray pushes off an throws an elbow but Mavromatis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gray misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mavromatis.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray lands a hook that snaps the head of Mavromatis backwards.
Mavromatis struggles to land a body shot inside as Gray controls his hands.
Mavromatis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Gray.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Mavromatis throws a head kick that misses.
Mavromatis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gray.
Mavromatis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gray checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray misses with a wild combination.
Mavromatis misses with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mavromatis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gray has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gray and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Gray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Gray throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mavromatis counters with a solid body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mavromatis.
Jab by Gray.
Gray misses with a kick to the body.
Gray checks a leg kick.
Gray's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mavromatis under the eye.
Mavromatis throws a big shot that misses.
Mavromatis just misses with a punch to the body.
Mavromatis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gray connects with a leg kick. Mavromatis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mavromatis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gray misses with a low kick.
Mavromatis thows a body shot but no joy.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. Mavromatis moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mavromatis throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gray throws a body punch but Mavromatis moves out of range.
Mavromatis tries a low kick but Gray avoids it.
Mavromatis misses with a leg kick
and Gray counters with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mavromatis.
Gray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mavromatis.
Gray misses with a looping left.
Mavromatis scores with a hook to the body. Gray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mavromatis.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gray.
Mavromatis throws the kick towards the body but Gray avoids it.
Mavromatis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A clash of legs there as Mavromatis blocks the low kick.
Andreas Mavromatis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mavromatis is looking to score with low kicks.
Gray avoids a kick to the body.
Gray fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mavromatis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gray scoring well with a low kick there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mavromatis looks to score with a jab to the body but Gray is just out of range.
Mavromatis moves away from the strike by Gray.
Good leg kick by Mavromatis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mavromatis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mavromatis wants to land a leg kick but Gray is out of range.
Gray jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mavromatis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gray's sensitive parts.
Mavromatis feints and then cracks Gray's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gray down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mavromatis connects with a solid leg kick.
Gray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mavromatis throws an overhand right that lands on Gray's shoulder, as Gray tries to avoid the shot.
Mavromatis misses with a body shot.
Gray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mavromatis.
Mavromatis lands with a right hand.
Gray sizes up Mavromatis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mavromatis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gray is able to avoid easily.
Gray throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mavromatis throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mavromatis misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mavromatis throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Gray.
Mavromatis throws a front kick aimed at Gray's knee but Gray avoids it well.
Mavromatis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mavromatis throws a sloppy body shot
and Gray counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gray.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gray.
David Gray is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gray tries to land knees in the clinch but Mavromatis avoids the damage to the body.
Mavromatis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gray blocks an elbow strike from Mavromatis.
Mavromatis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gray blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mavromatis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mavromatis throws a head kick but Gray moves out of range.
Mavromatis misses with a jab to the body
enabling Gray to counter with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andreas Mavromatis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gray has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Gray!
David Gray thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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