PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mel Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Thomas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gray
vs
Thomas

170 cm
23
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

FIT FOR LIFE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mel Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonny Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas slips a straight right by Gray.
Gray looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thomas is fending him off so far but Gray persists. Nope, Thomas circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gray has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mel Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Thomas shoots in and bounces Gray off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.

Gray looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thomas wanted to stand there but Gray had control of the position.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thomas stands up and waves to Gray to follow him.
Gray shoots and misses

and Thomas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray is breathing heavily.
Thomas trying to control but Gray is working from the bottom.

Gray escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Thomas gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Thomas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Thomas would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thomas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Gray throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thomas is looking to stand up but Gray won't let him.

Gray is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Thomas controlling from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.

Gray is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Gray working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Thomas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Thomas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gray doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.

Gray looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gray doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Gray is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Thomas has gone for a leg lock! Gray slips out almost immediately though and dives into Thomas's guard.

Gray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas wants to control the position but Gray says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mel Gray will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gray doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thomas counters with a single leg into guard. Gray didn't expect that.
Thomas content to stall in guard here.

Gray looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Gray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jonny Thomas just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Thomas scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Thomas grinds an elbow into Gray's temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas avoids the strikes from the bottom by Gray.
Gray is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray is not content to let Thomas control the position.
Thomas is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Gray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Thomas is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Gray reverses the position - he's now on top in Thomas's guard.
Thomas is trying to control the position but Gray postures up.
Thomas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Gray is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gray pushes down on Thomas's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Gray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Thomas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gray.

Gray is trying for a kimura here. Thomas looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gray wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mel Gray!