PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Onorata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Onorata acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Grayson
vs
Onorata

180 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Grayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Onorata!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson looks to land a combination. Onorata sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Grayson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Grayson throws a jab but it's blocked by Onorata.
Onorata slips a jab from Grayson.
Onorata lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grayson circles away quickly and effectively.
Grayson digs a good body shot into Onorata's ribs.
Grayson throws a hook but Onorata blocks it.
A head kick misses from Onorata.
Grayson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grayson lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Onorata throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grayson counters with a stiff right hand.
Grayson throws a combination that misses

and Onorata counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Onorata slips nicely into half guard.
Onorata trying to control the action but Grayson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson is looking to escape.
Onorata is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Onorata thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Onorata sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grayson defending well though.
Onorata is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
It looks like Onorata might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Grayson cracks Onorata with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Onorata shoots and misses
and Grayson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Onorata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Onorata tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Onorata shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Onorata takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grayson rushes Onorata with punches - Onorata moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Onorata goes down! Grayson follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Grayson!