PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Gregor (ranked 1209 p4p, 170 weight class) and Rect Umm (ranked 3174 p4p, 361 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gregor
vs
Umm

178 cm
31
210 lbs
17 - 25 - 1

200 cm
31
215 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 17 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Gregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Rect Umm!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umm wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gregor loads up on a big right hand but Umm slips the punch.
Gregor misses with a series of wild punches.
Umm walks into a left hand.

It looks like Rect Umm has been cut.
Gregor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gregor misses with an uppercut
and Umm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like James Gregor has been cut.
Umm moves out of range of the strikes.
Umm misses with a hook
and Gregor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gregor misses with a hook
and Gregor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Umm scores with a nice strike.

Umm closes the distance and pushes Gregor back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Umm has Gregor pushed against the cage.
Umm throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Gregor manages to break the clinch.
Umm throws a nice looking combination but Gregor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gregor throwing a counter right hand but Umm manages to avoid it.
Umm scores with a shot to the body.
Umm ducks under a wild hook from Gregor.
Gregor throws a poor cross that misses
and Umm counters with a two punch combo.
Umm scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Umm moves into the clinch.
Umm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Umm lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gregor tries for a takedown. No joy.
Umm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Umm is trying to force a seperation but Gregor has the dominant position.
Gregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gregor prevents a body shot from Umm.
Gregor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gregor tries to work over Umm's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregor stalls.

Gregor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Umm cracks Gregor with an open hand slap.
Umm stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gregor.
Gregor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gregor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gregor throws a right hand that Umm ducks under and follows up with a left that Umm also avoids with ease.
Gregor throws an off balance right hand
and Umm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Umm wants to clinch up but Gregor keeps it at a distance.
Gregor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Umm finds it's way round the side to connect with Gregor's head.

James Gregor's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umm misses with a two punch combination.
Gregor misses with a right hand
and Umm counters with a nice uppercut.
Rect Umm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gregor throws a hook but Umm avoids it easily.
Umm is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Umm tries to close the distance and clinch but Gregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gregor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gregor swings widly with a right hand
and Umm counters with a nice uppercut.
Umm tries to bum rush Gregor with a series of wild strikes but Gregor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Gregor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gregor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Umm slips under a jab from Gregor.
Umm swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Umm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gregor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Gregor misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rect Umm dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gregor tries to bum rush Umm with a series of wild strikes but Umm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Umm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gregor misses with a lunging right hand
letting Umm counter with a right hand.
Gregor moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rect Umm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gregor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Umm counter with a right hand.
Umm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gregor misses with a double jab
and Umm counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Umm looks to land a left hand but Gregor moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Gregor misses the target.
A punch combination from Gregor misses.
Gregor throws a looping overhand right but Umm ducks down to avoid it.
Umm let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Gregor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Umm was covering up waiting for the punch and Gregor finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor connects with a couple of short punches.
Gregor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Umm utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gregor throws a big right hand that misses.
Gregor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gregor throwing strikes but missing.
Gregor throws a big right hand that misses.
Gregor working some strikes from top position.
Umm tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gregor throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gregor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gregor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Umm has momentary wrist control but Gregor slips an elbow through the middle.
Gregor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gregor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gregor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gregor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gregor lands a couple of digs.
Gregor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gregor cracks Umm with a solid left hand.
Gregor throws a big right hand that misses.
Gregor is looking to work some ground and pound but Umm has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregor is looking to work some ground and pound but Umm has wrist control.
Gregor throws a big right hand that misses.
Gregor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Umm is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gregor with a nice head shot there.
Gregor scoring with some ground and pound.

Umm is rocked!
Gregor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Umm is still in real trouble! Can Gregor finish him?
Gregor throws a big elbow that misses.
Gregor working some strikes from top position.
Gregor postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Umm covers up, he's hurt! Gregor keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Gregor and the ref steps in to end the fight! Gregor can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Gregor!
In defeat, Rect Umm stepped up to the mic, saying 'heavy handed, '.