PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Country (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Gravity could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nelson Country's chin.

Gravity
vs
Country

187 cm
34
212 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

183 cm
32
225 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Country!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity throws a body kick that misses.
Country looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Country.
Gravity ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gravity thinks about countering with a head kick.
Country looks to throw the jab but Gravity is out of range.

Gravity darts in and clinches Country up against the cage.
Country drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gravity throws a head punch that misses.
Gravity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Country's elbow.
Gravity is pressed up against the cage. Country has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gravity down to the mat. Gravity avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravity bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Country's head.
Country misses with a straight right.
Gravity throws the kick towards the body but Country avoids it.
Country feints the counter takedown.
Gary Gravity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravity punishes Country's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Country's calf.
Gravity throws a body kick that misses.
Gravity jabs Country right on the nose. Country blinks but takes it well.
Gravity scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Gravity drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gravity postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gravity trying to control but Country is working from the bottom.
Gravity with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Country keeping moving, preventing Gravity from controlling successfully.
Gravity is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gravity is looking to work some ground and pound but Country has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity trying to control but Country is working from the bottom.
Gravity throws a big elbow that misses.
Gravity with a nice head shot there.
Country is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gravity trying to control but Country is working from the bottom.
Gravity scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gravity has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Country has his hands on Gravity's head, controlling the position.
Country avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Country utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gravity is working Country over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Country keeps moving.
Gravity throwing strikes from guard but Country blocks nicely.
Gravity throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Country has a takedown stuffed.
Gary Gravity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nelson Country.
Gravity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Country's sensitive parts.
Gravity throws a jab when Country was well out of range.
Gravity lands with a nice body punch.

Gravity shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gravity thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Country's head.
Gravity throws a strike but Country avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gravity throws a big right hand that misses.
Country is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Gravity dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Country keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Gravity scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gravity in side control, throwing shots but Country defends.
Gravity wants to control but Country is keeping him busy.
Gary Gravity overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Country wants to control but Gravity postures up.
Gravity working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Country struggling a bit here.
Gravity landing strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Country is not content to let Gravity control the position.
Country controls the position for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Gravity crashes against the mat.
Country is looking for a sweep.
Gravity is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Country can do to turn this around?
Gravity trying to control the action but Country is working from the bottom.
Gravity lands a nice forearm strike.
Country has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Gravity tries to move to full mount but Country actually manages to regain half guard.
Gravity prevents Country from improving his position.
Gravity trying to control the action but Country is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gravity seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Still in half guard, Gravity seems content to control.
Gravity throws a strike but Country avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gravity loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gravity with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gravity throwing strikes but missing.
Gravity is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Country lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Gravity trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Country is stalling in the full guard.
Gravity wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gravity is trying to keep Country in close.
Country trying to control the position from guard on top but Gravity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gravity pulls Country in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Country trying to control but Gravity is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Country slips under a jab.
It seemed like Country was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some wild striking there from Country.
Gravity scores with a nice strike.
Country lands a jab to the nose.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gravity misses with a hook.
Country walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Country misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Gravity misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary Gravity dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Gravity misses the target.
Country slips a jab from Gravity.
Despite the aggression on Country's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice takedown defense from Gravity. No joy for Country on that attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gravity.
Country throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gravity.
Country takes one on the button.

Gravity throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Country tumbling to the canvas!

Country is rocked!

It looks like Nelson Country has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity trying to control but Country is working from the bottom.
Country is still in real trouble! Can Gravity finish him?
Gravity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Country looking for a sweep. Not yet Country, not yet.
Gravity stays in close to Country's body and controls the position.
Country avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gravity arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Country's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gary Gravity!
Gary Gravity took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Urban Fighter for their support in the buildup to the fight.