PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandy Willy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corey Gray has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gray
vs
Willy

199 cm
21
278 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

185 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sandy Willy!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gray tries to sprawl but Willy drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gray preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Willy controlling the action here.
Willy throws a strike but Gray avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gray has Willy pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gray wants to sweep here but Willy controlling him for the moment.
Willy stays in close to Gray's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willy wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Willy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gray swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gray tries to clinch but Willy moves out of range.

Willy shoots in and bounces Gray off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Gray pushes Willy off and gets back to his feet.
Willy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gray tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Willy manages to circle out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Willy pushes Gray up against the cage in a clinch.

Willy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Gray kicks Willy off and gets to his feet.
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!

Gray gets the takedown into side control.

Gray decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Willy looks winded!
Gray lands with an overhand left.

Gray shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gray showed some decent athleticism there.
Willy is looking to control Gray's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Willy avoid being mounted?
Gray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Willy should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Gray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gray prevents Willy from standing back up.
Willy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Gray decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray tries to score a power double leg takedown but Willy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gray somewhat.

Gray closes the distance and clinches.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Willy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Willy wants to break free but Gray has control.
Willy is trying to force a seperation but Gray has the dominant position.
Gray throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Gray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Corey Gray's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Willy.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willy can do to turn this around?
Gray displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Willy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Willy fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gray to the ground. Willy is now in Gray's guard.

Gray has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Willy off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
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!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Willy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gray tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Willy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray gets back to half guard.
Gray is refusing to be controlled, as Willy sits in half guard.
Willy is breathing heavily.
Gray is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Willy is looking to pass Gray's guard but actually Gray recovers to full guard.
Gray has control of Willy's left arm, preventing Willy from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Willy gets to his feet. Gray looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Gray clinches with his opponent.

Gray breaks from the clinch.
Gray wants to clinch up but Willy keeps it at a distance.
Willy looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Willy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gray napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Gray bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Willy.

Gray explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gray was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gray scoring with punches from side control.
Gray lands an elbow.
Gray grinds an elbow into Willy's temple.
Corey Gray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willy taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gray working the head with strikes.
Gray has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Gray tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
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!

Gray is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Willy is trying to escape and Gray transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Willy is forced to tap! Nice work there by Gray! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Corey Gray!