PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Vallely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunmetal Grey Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallely comes to the cage accompanied by CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Mike Vallely has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Vallely
vs
Grey Ii

184 cm
33
190 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

188 cm
26
195 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Vallely!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gunmetal Grey Ii!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vallely closes the distance and clinches.
Grey Ii tries to throw a body punch but Vallely avoids it by throwing Grey Ii back against the cage.
Vallely tries to throw a body punch but Grey Ii avoids it by throwing Vallely back against the cage.
Grey Ii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vallely blocks a body shot from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grey Ii working aggressively here.
Vallely jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grey Ii walks away with a smile on his face. Vallely gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vallely, as that shot connected.
Vallely tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grey Ii paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Vallely closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grey Ii fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vallely is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grey Ii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grey Ii avoids the elbow strike from Vallely, against the cage.
Grey Ii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Grey Ii fails to land.
Grey Ii avoiding damage.
Grey Ii swings wildly with an uppercut but Vallely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vallely misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grey Ii manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vallely taking a breather.
Grey Ii pushes Vallely back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vallely has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vallely blocking some punches.
Vallely tries to work over Grey Ii's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vallely has had enough of the clinch but Grey Ii keeps him there for the moment.
Vallely blocking some punches.
Vallely looking to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vallely jumps guard and drags Grey Ii to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Vallely looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Vallely has his foot on Grey Ii's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Grey Ii works his way back into a safe position though.
Vallely looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grey Ii is one step ahead there.
Vallely utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Grey Ii trying to control but Vallely is working from the bottom.
Vallely pulls Grey Ii in close to prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gunmetal Grey Ii wasn't active enough on the ground.
Grey Ii slaps away a takedown attempt from Vallely, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Vallely tries to close the distance and clinch but Grey Ii swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunmetal Grey Ii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grey Ii is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vallely throws a head kick but Grey Ii moves out of range.
Grey Ii stuffs the takedown attempt from Vallely. Vallely gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Vallely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vallely staying out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vallely looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vallely changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Grey Ii tries to avoid it but Vallely manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Grey Ii to the ground. Grey Ii escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Grey Ii forces Vallely back against the cage and clinches.
Grey Ii can't find room to land a body shot as Vallely controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vallely misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Grey Ii.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vallely blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunmetal Grey Ii dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grey Ii pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grey Ii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vallely sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vallely looks to clinch
and Grey Ii counters with a straight right hand.
Vallely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grey Ii.
Vallely tries to clinch there but Grey Ii circles away.
Vallely throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vallely shoots in for a takedown but Grey Ii shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vallely tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vallely misses with a body kick.
Vallely scores with a hook.
Vallely is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grey Ii lands with a right hand.
Grey Ii drops Vallely with a naaaaasty hook - Vallely is in real trouble here! Grey Ii dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunmetal Grey Ii!
Gunmetal Grey Ii is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Gunmetal Grey Ii 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.