PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gandalf Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Knockout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grey comes to the cage accompanied by You shall not pass. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Grey
vs
Knockout

186 cm
22
218 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
216 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gandalf Grey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oscar Knockout!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knockout misses with a straight left.
Knockout's coach down at BEVA Fight Home was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Knockout's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knockout throws a sloppy head kick and Grey moves out of range easily.
Grey throws a leg kick
and Knockout counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knockout bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knockout connects with a jab.
Grey thows a leg kick but Knockout checks it
letting Knockout counter with a right hand.
Grey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knockout.
Grey lands a slapping body shot.
Knockout swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grey needs to keep his hands up - Knockout had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey misses with a hook. Knockout ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Knockout throws a jab when Grey was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grey looks to throw the jab but Knockout is out of range.
Knockout gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grey.
Knockout thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grey is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knockout's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Knockout takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Grey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knockout's sensitive parts.
Knockout bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grey throws a leg kick but Knockout checks it.
Knockout keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grey lands a jab.
Grey connects with a single shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knockout cracks Grey with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grey throws the kick towards the body but Knockout avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knockout.
Grey throws a leg kick
and Knockout counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knockout was well out of range. Poor timing from Grey.
Grey lands with a straight right. Knockout didn't see that one coming.
Grey moves out of range as Knockout strikes.
Grey misses with a looping left.
Knockout is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Grey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knockout has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grey misses with an uppercut.
Knockout takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Oscar Knockout has been cut.
Knockout showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grey.
Grey loads up on a big right hand but Knockout slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knockout takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grey throws a front kick aimed at Knockout's knee but Knockout avoids it well.
Knockout blocks a head kick by Grey.
Grey connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Grey misses.
Knockout avoids the body shot from Grey.
Grey jabs at Knockout's body.
Grey throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grey looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grey misses with a kick to the body
and Knockout counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grey misses with a straight right.
Knockout throws a looping overhand right but Grey ducks down to avoid it.
Knockout throws a poor cross that misses
and Grey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws the kick towards the body but Knockout avoids it.
Grey cracks a nice hook into Knockout's ribs.
Knockout thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grey lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey with a nice cross.
Grey misses with a lunging right hand
and Knockout counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grey's knee momentarily.
Knockout tries to bum rush Grey with a series of wild strikes but Grey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knockout might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grey.
Grey with a nice cross.
Knockout takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grey throws a push kick but Knockout slaps the foot to one side.
Knockout slips a jab from Grey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gandalf Grey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Knockout's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grey misses with the combination.
Knockout misses with a hook.
Knockout moves forwards but Grey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gandalf Grey is winning the standup battle so far.
Grey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Knockout staying out of range there.
Grey throws an overhand right that lands on Knockout's shoulder, as Knockout tries to avoid the shot.
Grey connects with a body shot that sends Knockout's belly button to the back.
Grey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knockout.
Grey's corner calls for a 1-2. Grey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grey tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Grey lands.
Grey throws out a loose jab but Knockout uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grey throws an overhand right that lands on Knockout's shoulder, as Knockout tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knockout throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grey ducks under a wild hook from Knockout.
Grey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grey throws a series of punches but Knockout avoids them all with ease.
Grey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knockout's head.
Knockout slips a jab from Grey.
Grey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knockout.
Grey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knockout slips under a jab from Grey.
Knockout defending well as Grey loads up on a big left hand.
Knockout connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Knockout misses its intended target.
Grey throws the kick towards the body but Knockout avoids it.
Knockout is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Knockout drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Knockout throws a big shot that misses.
Knockout misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knockout.
Grey cracks Knockout with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knockout misses with a right hand
and Grey counters with a stiff right hand.
Knockout throws out a loose jab but Grey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knockout wants to land a leg kick but Grey is out of range.
A jab from Grey misses.
Grey tries a head kick but it misses.
Grey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knockout's hands.
Grey with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grey misses with a left hand
and Knockout counters with a straight right hand.
Grey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knockout.
Grey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knockout swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knockout misses with a hook. Grey ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Knockout misses.
Knockout missing with a left hand there. Grey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grey works the jab nicely.
Knockout takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knockout misses with a straight right.
Grey cracks a nice hook into Knockout's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Grey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knockout moves away from the strike by Grey.
A swing and a miss from Grey.
Grey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knockout keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knockout can do to turn this around?
Grey connects with a leg kick. Knockout looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grey misses with a straight right.
Grey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knockout. Knockout obviously looking to wear him down.
Grey misses with a body kick.
Grey tests Knockout's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Knockout misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knockout throws a lazy uppercut
and Grey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gandalf Grey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Knockout's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knockout checks a leg kick.
Grey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knockout moves away.
Grey throws a series of punches but Knockout avoids them all with ease.
Knockout misses with a straight left.
Knockout slips under a jab.
Knockout gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grey.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grey tests Knockout's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knockout's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knockout doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grey moves out of range of the strikes.
Grey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knockout.
Knockout uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knockout looks to land a right hand but Grey moved out of range.
Grey lands an overhand right.
Grey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knockout doesn't seem bothered though.
Knockout throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grey misses with a low kick.
Grey loads up on a big right hand but Knockout slips the punch.
Knockout throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grey misses with a double jab
and Knockout counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knockout counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knockout throws an overhand right that lands on Grey's shoulder, as Grey tries to avoid the shot.
Grey misses with a body kick.
Grey takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knockout lands with a nice body punch.
Knockout takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knockout misses with an uppercut
and Grey counters with a nice body shot.
Grey misses with a straight left.
Grey fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knockout is out of range.
Grey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knockout's head.
Knockout scores with a jab. Grey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey lands a nice hook to Knockout's body. Knockout takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grey throws a leg kick
and Knockout counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knockout takes a jab right on the kisser.
Knockout uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grey.
Grey misses with a hook. Knockout ducked under it nicely.
Grey throws a lazy right hand but Knockout sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knockout has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big right from Knockout misses.
Grey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Grey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knockout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Grey.
Grey connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grey just misses with a punch to the body.
Knockout takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knockout.
Grey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grey. Knockout does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knockout gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grey swings for the body but Knockout moves out of range.
Knockout is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gandalf Grey clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Knockout's cut.
That's time! Grey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Good standup being displayed there by Grey as he connects with a hook.
Knockout throws a lazy right hand but Grey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gandalf Grey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knockout.
Grey misses with a lunging right hand
and Knockout counters with a stiff right hand.
Grey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knockout throws a jab but it's blocked by Grey.
Knockout takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Knockout fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knockout fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grey throws a looping overhand right but Knockout ducks down to avoid it.
Knockout takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Good work by Grey as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grey misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Knockout.
Grey misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Grey misses.
Grey digs a good hook to Knockout's body.
Knockout throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knockout moves away from the strike by Grey.
Knockout uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grey.
Knockout throws out a loose jab but Grey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knockout takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knockout keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick from Grey.
Knockout takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grey wants to slow Knockout down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knockout darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Grey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knockout throws a hook but Grey avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grey. That's going to slow Knockout down.
Grey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knockout looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knockout moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knockout displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grey throws out the jab.
Knockout lands a slapping body shot.
Grey misses with a looping right.
Grey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knockout misses with an uppercut. Grey saw that one coming.
No joy there for Knockout, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grey avoids the body shot from Knockout.
Grey bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knockout's head backwards.
Grey connects with a looping right hand.
Knockout takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Knockout throws a hook but Grey avoids it easily.
Knockout throws a hook but Grey avoids it easily.
Knockout uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grey.
Grey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grey missing with a left hand there. Knockout was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knockout.
Grey throws the left hand but Knockout avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knockout.
A jab from Grey finds it's way through Knockout's defenses.
Grey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Grey does it's job there.
Grey scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knockout.
Grey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knockout.
A slow jab from Knockout misses its intended target.
Grey throws a body punch but Knockout moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knockout swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grey will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Grey throws an overhand right that lands on Knockout's shoulder, as Knockout tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gandalf Grey had his way with Oscar Knockout in that round.
The cut man is working on Oscar Knockout's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Grey is looking to land body kicks.
Grey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knockout was well out of range. Poor timing from Grey.
Grey's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knockout under the eye.
Grey catches Knockout with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Knockout staying out of range there.
Grey moves out of range as Knockout strikes.
Knockout defending well as Grey loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Grey misses its intended target.
Grey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knockout takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knockout moves out of range of the body kick.
Grey scores with the left hand. Knockout knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knockout slips a jab from Grey.
A jab from Grey does it's job there.
Grey connects with a body shot that sends Knockout's belly button to the back.
Knockout throws the left hand but Grey avoids the punch easily.
Grey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knockout counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knockout connects with a solid leg kick.
Grey throws the left hand but Knockout avoids the punch easily.
Grey throws a hook but Knockout avoids it easily.
Grey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knockout.
Grey throws a poor cross that misses
and Knockout connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grey cracks Knockout with an open hand slap.
Knockout takes a jab right on the kisser.
Oscar Knockout has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knockout takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grey works the jab nicely.
Knockout scores with a punch to the head.
Knockout's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knockout scrambles back to his feet.

That has opened up Oscar Knockout's cut even more.
Knockout misses with a hook to the body
and Grey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grey's corner calls for a 1-2. Grey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Knockout is rocked!
Grey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knockout.
Knockout is still on wobbly legs! Can Grey finish him?
Grey lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Grey misses its intended target.
Grey lands a lovely overhand right.
Grey lands with a good body shot.
Grey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knockout is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey slips a jab from Knockout.
Grey lands with a big left! Knockout is wobbled badly! Grey comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Knockout to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gandalf Grey!
Gandalf Grey retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Gandalf Grey thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.