PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leviticus Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Grayson

188 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Londons Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Leviticus Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grayson closes the distance and clinches.
Grayson digs a right hand into Stone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stone's gas tank.
Grayson is pushing Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Grayson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grayson scores with a hook to the body.
Grayson can't get the takedown.
Stone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Grayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone lands with a nice body punch.
Stone stuffs the takedown.

Grayson closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
Grayson cracks Stone with a nice body shot.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.

Grayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Stone.

It looks like Bob Grayson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grayson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stone misses with a looping left.
Stone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grayson blocks a jab.
Stone looks to clinch

and Grayson counters by moving into the clinch.
Grayson prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.

Stone breaks from the clinch.

Grayson closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stone prevents it.
Leviticus Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Grayson.
A head punch on the inside from Stone fails to land.

Grayson has picked Stone up - he's going for a ride! Grayson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Grayson decides to stand up.
Grayson looks gassed!
Stone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Grayson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stone looks to land a right hand but Grayson moved out of range.

Grayson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Grayson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Grayson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Stone stops Grayson from standing up.
Stone would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Grayson kicks Stone off and gets to his feet.

Grayson gets a takedown into half guard.
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!
Grayson prevents Stone from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone is not content to let Grayson control the position.
Grayson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stone is trying to stand up here but Grayson is controlling him well.

Grayson postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Stone to stand up.

Grayson moves into the clinch successfully.

Grayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grayson.

Grayson moves into the clinch.

Grayson breaks from the clinch.

Grayson moves into range and clinches up with Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grayson has picked Stone up - he's going for a ride! Grayson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stone pushes Grayson off looking to stand but Grayson dives back in and keeps control.
Grayson passes to full mount!
Grayson wants to control the pace but Stone is squirming around nicely.
Stone is trying desperately to improve position.
The referee warns Stone that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Grayson cracks Stone with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grayson looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Grayson scoring with strikes but Stone is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Grayson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grayson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stone is looking to escape.
Stone throwing hammer fists to the chest of Grayson. What's that going to do exactly?
Grayson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grayson tries to control but Stone wriggling away.
Stone is desperately trying to improve his position but Grayson has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grayson with good strikes from the mount here!
Grayson dominating with strikes here.
Grayson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Grayson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Grayson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grayson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Grayson moves into the clinch successfully.

Grayson manages to break the clinch.
Stone takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Grayson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stone in his tracks.

Grayson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grayson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Grayson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grayson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grayson misses with a knee strike.

Grayson decides to pull guard.

Grayson pushes Stone off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Grayson has Stone up against the cage in a clinch.

Stone is fighting off a takedown attempt but Grayson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Stone to the mat. Stone regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Grayson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grayson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Grayson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Grayson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stone's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson advances to half guard.
Grayson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grayson uses his free foot to push down on Stone's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stone.
Grayson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Grayson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bob Grayson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stone trying desperately to get to his feet.
Grayson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stone?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grayson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Grayson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Grayson wants to finish this one by submission but Stone is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Grayson.
Grayson prevents Stone from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson landing strikes from the mount.
Grayson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Grayson dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Grayson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grayson wants to control the pace but Stone is squirming around nicely.
Grayson landing strikes from the mount and Stone is in trouble!
Grayson working the ground and pound effectively.
Grayson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone is desperately trying to improve his position but Grayson has a good base and remains in mount.

Grayson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Stone tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson raining down shots from the mount!
Grayson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stone is looking to escape.
Grayson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stone swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grayson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Grayson.
Grayson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grayson controlling from mount.
Grayson landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Grayson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stone is in a horrible position here. Grayson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Grayson working for a guillotine from mount but Stone is in no mood to give up.
Grayson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grayson lands a big elbow.
Stone is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Grayson landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Grayson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bob Grayson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Grayson lands a glancing blow to the side of Stone's head.

Grayson has closed the distance and engaged Stone in a clinch.
Grayson scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Stone's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Grayson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grayson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stone throws a sloppy head kick and Grayson moves out of range easily.

Grayson has managed to clinch.
Grayson is leaning against Stone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Grayson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Grayson clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the cage.
Grayson goes for a takedown attempt but Stone pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Grayson clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the cage.
Grayson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Grayson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Grayson clinches with his opponent.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Grayson has the dominant position.
Grayson lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grayson breaks from the clinch.
Grayson scores with a sloppy right hand. Stone should have avoided that one.
Grayson lands a with a good body shot.

Grayson clinches with his opponent.

Grayson manages to pull guard.
Grayson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stone manages to get himself to full guard.
Grayson works over Stone with some ground and pound from guard.
Stone is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Grayson chips away with some ground and pound.
Grayson prevents Stone from getting back to his feet.

Grayson stands and steps away. Stone gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Stone throws a combination that misses
and Grayson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Grayson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Grayson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Grayson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Stone has momentary wrist control but Grayson slips an elbow through the middle.
Stone is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grayson is controlling him.
Grayson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stone is looking to stand up but Grayson isn't so interested in that idea.
Grayson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grayson content to stall in guard here.
Stone wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Grayson has Stone up against the cage in a clinch.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Grayson.
Grayson staying out of range there.

Grayson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Grayson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grayson.

Grayson pulls guard effortlessly.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Grayson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grayson controls Stone momentarily but Stone frees himself.
Grayson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stone!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone taking shots to the head.
Grayson tries to control but Stone wriggling away.
Grayson lands a big elbow.
Bob Grayson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grayson controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone is trying to stand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Grayson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grayson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 25:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Grayson!