PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tavish Gray (ranked 299 p4p, 2157 weight class) and Barbados Slim (ranked 38 p4p, 269 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gray
vs
Slim

180 cm
28
175
11 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
192
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tavish Gray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barbados Slim!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray misses with a hook.
Slim throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gray seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Slim jabs Gray to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Slim darts in and clinches Gray up against the cage.
Slim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Slim looking to throw knees to the head but Gray is blocking nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Slim.
Slim tries to throw a body punch but Gray avoids it by throwing Slim back against the cage.
Slim lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Slim has a couple of punches blocked by Gray.
Slim can't find room to land a body shot as Gray controls the action.
Slim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slim lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Slim.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slim misses with a body punch.
Gray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray tries a body shot but Slim blocks it.
Gray working aggressively here.
Slim lands a left hand.
Slim blocks a body shot from Gray.
Gray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gray tries to throw a body punch but Slim avoids it by throwing Gray back against the cage.
Gray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slim prevents a body shot from Gray.
Gray lands a left hand.
Slim has a couple of punches blocked by Gray.
Slim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Slim lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gray.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Slim.
Slim misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gray.
Slim has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gray seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Slim can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Slim.
Slim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
Slim with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gray can't find room to land a body shot as Slim controls the action.
Slim lands a left hand.
Slim lands a shoulder strike.
Gray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Nice body punch from Gray.
Gray lands a nice shot to the body.
Gray lands with a right to the head.
Gray cracks Slim with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gray.
Slim connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gray's face.
Slim with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Slim looks winded!
Gray scores with a shoulder strike.
Gray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Slim tries a body shot but Gray blocks it.
Gray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Slim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gray scores with a hook to the body.
Gray cracks Slim with a nice body shot.
Gray presses Slim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Gray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gray.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray digs a right hand underneath Slim's ribcage. Slim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gray presses Slim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gray digs a right hand underneath Slim's ribcage. Slim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gray lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Slim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gray's elbow.
Gray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Gray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gray struggles to land a body shot inside as Slim controls his hands.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Gray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Slim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gray lands with a short shot to the head.
Gray tries a body shot but Slim blocks it.
Gray can't find room to land a body shot as Slim controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Gray.
Slim unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gray throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Slims head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slim takes a shot to the head.
Gray digs a right hand underneath Slim's ribcage. Slim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Slim tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Gray.
Gray misses with a body punch.
Slim takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Gray.
Gray presses Slim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Gray.
Gray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Slim.
Gray pushes Slim back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gray lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Gray.
Gray lands a shoulder strike.
Gray lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Gray.
Gray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gray lands a shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Gray.
Gray lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gray tries to throw a body punch but Slim avoids it by throwing Gray back against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gray scores with a shoulder strike.
Gray presses Slim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gray scores with a hook to the body.
Gray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Gray.
Gray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.

Slim is rocked!
Gray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slim is still on wobbly legs! Can Gray finish him?
Gray is working Slim over against the cage.
Gray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gray lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Gray.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Gray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gray stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gray lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Slim to his knees! Gray keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tavish Gray!
Tavish Gray retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Tavish Gray thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.