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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Gray (ranked 5394 p4p, 4663 weight class) and Charles Traynor (ranked 547 p4p, 516 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Traynor's choice of entrance music: Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. Alex Gray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 Sydney, Alex Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Traynor!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray misses with a lunging right hand
and Traynor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gray lands a jab.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Traynor moves away.
Gray definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Traynor loads up on a big right hand but Gray slips the punch.
Traynor punishes Gray's body with a nice straight punch.
Gray throws a hook but Traynor avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Gray coming out on top.
Gray lands a jab to the nose.
Gray throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Traynor stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gray lands a nice shot to the body.
Traynor slips under a jab from Gray.
Traynor lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Traynor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gray moves away.
Gray appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Alex Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the body from Traynor misses
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gray cracks Traynor with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gray scores with a hook.
Traynor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grays jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gray looks to land a left hand but Traynor moved out of range nicely.
Traynor cracks Gray with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gray lands with a shot to the body.
Gray misses with a body shot
and Traynor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Traynor is just out of range.
Traynor feints the counter takedown.
Gray fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Traynor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Traynor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gray throws a body shot but no joy.
As Gray backs off Traynor throws a huge counter combo but Gray manages to avoid it all.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Traynor is just out of range.
Traynor tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Traynor misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Traynor was well out of range. Poor timing from Gray.
Traynor scores with a jab to the head.
Gray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Traynor misses with a body shot.
Traynor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gray throwing a counter right hand but Traynor manages to avoid it.
Gray throws out a loose jab but Traynor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Traynor misses with a straight left.
Traynor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Traynor misses with a looping left.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Traynor is just out of range.
Traynor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traynor misses with a straight left.
Traynor blocks a jab.
Traynor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Traynor takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Traynor throws a nice looking combination but Gray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Traynor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gray defends it nicely.
Gray throws a right hand that misses
and Traynor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gray smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Traynor. That snapped Gray's head back.
Gray stuns Traynor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gray lunges at Traynor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Traynor's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Traynor cracks a nice hook into Gray's ribs.
Traynor misses with a body shot.
Gray throwing a counter right hand but Traynor manages to avoid it.
Gray misses with a shot to the body
and Traynor counters with a straight right hand.
Gray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Traynor thuds his right hand into Gray's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Traynor misses with a takedown attempt - Gray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alex Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Traynor.
Traynor needs to keep his hands up - Gray had a free shot at his head there.
Traynor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Traynor misses with a few strikes there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alex Gray will probably get the nod.
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.
Traynor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
Traynor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Traynor.
Gray throws a body shot but no joy.
Gray has managed to clinch.
Gray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Traynor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gray.
Gray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gray working aggressively here.
Traynor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gray jabs Traynor to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gray lands a head shot.
Traynor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gray but Gray pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Traynor moves out of range as Gray strikes.
Gray staying out of range there.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Traynor ducks under a wild hook from Gray.
Traynor lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gray at a distance.
Alex Gray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gray takes a swing at Traynor's ribcage but misses.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Traynor looks to land a right hand but Gray moved out of range.
Gray misses with a hook to the body
and Traynor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Gray on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gray lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traynor avoids the body shot from Gray.
It seemed like Traynor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Traynor connects with a nice looking jab.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Gray misses the target.
Traynor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray looks to land a right hand but Traynor moved out of range.
Traynor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gray is looking for a counter combo.
Alex Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
Traynor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Traynor lands with a straight right. Gray didn't see that one coming.
Gray looks to land a combination. Traynor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gray throws a poor cross that misses
and Traynor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Traynor as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray jabs at Traynor's body.
Gray misses with a left hand
and Traynor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gray scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gray throws a hook but Traynor blocks it.
Gray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Traynor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Traynor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Charles Traynor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Traynor momentarily.
Gray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Traynor.
Traynor throws a jab when Gray was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Gray.
Traynor is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gray misses with a hook
and Traynor counters with a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gray throws the left hand but Traynor avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Traynor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Traynor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gray works Traynor's body with a nice hook.
Gray instigates a clinch.
Gray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Traynor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Traynor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gray sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Traynor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gray's hands.
Traynor tries to clinch up.
Traynor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Traynor throws a right hand that Gray ducks under and follows up with a left that Gray also avoids with ease.
Traynor scores with a decent looking hook.
Gray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alex Gray will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Traynor scores with a one two! Gray had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Traynor moves away.
Traynor misses with a looping left.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Traynor is just out of range.
Traynor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A low kick from Traynor is predictable there
and Gray counters with a left to the body.
Traynor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gray swivels and escapes.
Traynor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. Traynor moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray moves into range and clinches up with Traynor.
Gray pushes Traynor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gray lands an uppercut.
Gray is working Traynor over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray misses with the head strike.
Gray misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Traynor taking a breather.
Traynor is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray tries a body shot but Traynor blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gray.
Gray lands with a left to the head.
Gray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gray stops a takedown attempt from Traynor.
Gray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Traynor's elbow.
Gray misses with some punches.
Traynor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gray swings wildly with an uppercut but Traynor uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Traynor misses with some punches.
Traynor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gray misses with a straight right.
Gray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Traynor.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Traynor moves away.
Traynor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gray.
Traynor throws a right and a left that Gray avoids nicely.
Gray misses with a shot to the body
and Traynor counters with a right hand to the body.
Gray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Traynor walks into a stiff left hand from Gray.
Gray staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Traynor counters with a stiff right hand.
Gray tries to clinch but Traynor moves out of range.
Gray slips under a jab.
Traynor ducks under a wild hook from Gray.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gray. Traynor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Traynor fails to land the takedown.
Alex Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Traynor.
A combination from Traynor does no damage.
Gray is looking to counter punch.
Gray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Traynor throws a lazy uppercut
and Gray counters with a stiff right hand.
Traynor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gray misses.
Gray throws a hook but Traynor avoids it easily.
Traynor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gray.
Charles Traynor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Traynor connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray misses with a hook to the body
and Traynor counters with a straight right hand.
Gray looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gray thuds a left hand into Traynor's body.
Gray misses with a hook. Traynor ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Traynor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gray blocks a jab.
Traynor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gray's head.
Gray scores with the left hand. Traynor knows he should have avoided that one.
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Traynor swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alex Gray.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Gray!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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