PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Grayson (ranked 4199 p4p, 3396 weight class) and Ronaldo Messi (ranked 457 p4p, 385 weight class). Grayson comes to the cage accompanied by My Brother's Eyes. Ronaldo Messi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jacob Grayson's chin.

Grayson
vs
Messi

193 cm
19
244
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
26
255
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Grayson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronaldo Messi!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messi lands with a nice body punch.
Grayson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grayson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Messi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grayson misses with a punch on the inside.
Messi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Messi working aggressively here.
Grayson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Messi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Messi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grayson tries to circle away but Messi has him pinned against the cage.
Messi works on Grayson's body with a couple of short punches.
Grayson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Messi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Messi has a couple of punches blocked by Grayson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grayson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grayson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grayson is looking to break free of the clinch but Messi has double underhooks.
Grayson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Messi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grayson working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messi lands a shoulder strike.
Grayson can't break the clinch.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Messi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grayson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jacob Grayson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grayson looks to throw the jab but Messi is out of range.
Grayson tries to land a leg kick but Messi saw it coming and moves away.
Messi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Messi has Grayson up against the cage in a clinch.
Grayson misses with a punch on the inside.
Messi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Messi misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Messi has him pressed against the cage.
Messi lands with a short shot to the head.
Messi misses with a body punch.
Grayson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grayson tries to break free but Messi pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson blocks an uppercut.
Messi lands with a right to the head.
Messi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Messi scores with a shoulder strike.
Messi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Messi.

Grayson is rocked!
Grayson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oh Grayson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Messi fails to land.
Grayson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Messi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Messi throws a punch but it's blocked by Grayson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grayson.
Messi keeps control of Grayson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grayson blocking some punches.
Messi swings wildly with an uppercut but Grayson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grayson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Grayson misses with some punches.
Grayson seems to have got his legs back now.
Messi creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Grayson with a big uppercut! Grayson tries to clinch up but Messi pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Grayson to the mat! Grayson covers up and Messi unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ronaldo Messi!
A very excited looking Ronaldo Messi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.