PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Zai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dorian Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Zai
vs
Grey

197 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Zai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dorian Grey!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zai.
Grey checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Grey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zai. Zai obviously looking to wear him down.
Grey misses with a shot to the body
and Zai counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grey is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Grey keeps the fight on the outside.
Grey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zai counters with an outside leg kick.
A big right from Grey misses.

Grey instigates a clinch.
Zai stalling in the clinch but Grey improves position.
Grey fails to pull guard.
Grey tries to pull guard but Zai holds him up against the cage and eventually Grey drops back down to his feet.
Grey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Grey.
Zai wants to break free but Grey has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey stalls.
Zai misses with a knee to the head.
Zai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zai backwards.
A body shot lands from Grey.
Zai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Grey successfully pulls guard.
Zai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Grey had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Zai is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Grey Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Zai's back instead.
Zai is breathing heavily.
Zai is trapped and Grey is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Grey landing with strikes.
Zai trying to control the action but Grey just sinks the hooks in.
Zai has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zai trying to control but not successfully.

Grey sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Zai taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dorian Grey!