PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and luis The Brazilian Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Brazilian Thunder comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Breakin the Law kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! luis The Brazilian Thunder will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gray
vs
The Brazilian Thunder

167 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xavier Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, luis The Brazilian Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray fails to land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Gray misses its intended target.
Gray wants to clinch.
Gray misses with a head kick.
Xavier Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Brazilian Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Brazilian Thunder dodges the punch combination from Gray.
The Brazilian Thunder is looking to clinch.
Gray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gray looks to land a combination but The Brazilian Thunder avoids it well.
Gray misses with a hook. The Brazilian Thunder ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray throws a right and a left that The Brazilian Thunder avoids nicely.
Gray misses with a hook.
Gray darts in trying to clinch
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with an outside leg kick.
luis The Brazilian Thunder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gray misses with a takedown
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The Brazilian Thunder is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. The Brazilian Thunder moves away and avoids it.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up but Gray circles away and keeps his distance.
Gray misses with a hook to the body

and The Brazilian Thunder moves into the clinch.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from The Brazilian Thunder.
The Brazilian Thunder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by The Brazilian Thunder.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder lands an elbow just above Gray 's eye.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
The Brazilian Thunder with a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder prevents Gray from breaking the clinch.
Gray is trying to break free.
The Brazilian Thunder keeps control of Gray as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Brazilian Thunder smiles and moves away.
Gray clinches but The Brazilian Thunder breaks the clinch
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gray is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up.

The Brazilian Thunder darts in and clinches Gray up against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gray's face.
The Brazilian Thunder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but Gray blocks it.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray wants to get back to striking at distance but The Brazilian Thunder won't allow it.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.
The Brazilian Thunder with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Brazilian Thunder.
Gray wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Brazilian Thunder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gray's efforts to push away.
Gray takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Brazilian Thunder scores with a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder has Gray pressed against the cage, preventing Gray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gray tries to circle away but The Brazilian Thunder has him pinned against the cage.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
Gray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.

Gray breaks the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gray paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Brazilian Thunder looks to clinch
and Gray counters with a two punch combo.
Gray gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Brazilian Thunder makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Gray is having none of it.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch there but Gray circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gray misses.

The Brazilian Thunder moves into the clinch successfully.
Gray tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Brazilian Thunder just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
The Brazilian Thunder using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gray is trying to force a seperation but The Brazilian Thunder has the dominant position.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.

Gray breaks from the clinch.

The Brazilian Thunder drives through and clinches with Gray against the cage.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by The Brazilian Thunder.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gray's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis The Brazilian Thunder dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Brazilian Thunder has closed the distance and engaged Gray in a clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
The Brazilian Thunder with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from The Brazilian Thunder.
The Brazilian Thunder prevents Gray from breaking the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder crunches a lovely knee into Gray's ribcage.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.
The Brazilian Thunder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Brazilian Thunder crunches a lovely knee into Gray's ribcage.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but Gray blocks it.
The Brazilian Thunder connects with a knee to the head.
Gray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray tries to pull guard but The Brazilian Thunder holds him up against the cage and eventually Gray drops back down to his feet.
The Brazilian Thunder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a knee strike.
Gray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.
The Brazilian Thunder has Gray pressed against the cage, preventing Gray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to clinch
and Gray counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gray misses with a body punch
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gray falls off balance throwing a combination

and The Brazilian Thunder counters by moving into the clinch.
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
Gray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a knee strike.
The Brazilian Thunder lands an elbow that stopped Gray in his tracks for a moment.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from The Brazilian Thunder.
Gray is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gray wants to get back to striking at distance but The Brazilian Thunder won't allow it.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
Gray takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray has had enough of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder keeps him there for the moment.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Gray's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is trying to break free.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from The Brazilian Thunder.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a knee strike.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.

Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Xavier Gray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gray throws a sloppy head kick

and The Brazilian Thunder holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Brazilian Thunder obliges.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
Gray is trying to force a seperation but The Brazilian Thunder has the dominant position.
Gray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.
The Brazilian Thunder crunches a lovely knee into Gray's ribcage.
Gray takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.
The Brazilian Thunder connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gray's face.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder crunches a lovely knee into Gray's ribcage.
Gray wants to get back to striking at distance but The Brazilian Thunder won't allow it.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a nice elbow.
Gray tries to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling the position.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
Gray tries to circle away but The Brazilian Thunder has him pinned against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

luis The Brazilian Thunder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gray throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Brazilian Thunder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick from The Brazilian Thunder lands but Gray takes it in his stride.
Gray doesn't succeed with the takedown

and The Brazilian Thunder counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Brazilian Thunder.
A frustrated look appears on Gray's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from The Brazilian Thunder.
The Brazilian Thunder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Brazilian Thunder with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gray is trying to force a seperation but The Brazilian Thunder has the dominant position.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gray manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The Brazilian Thunder stops Gray from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The Brazilian Thunder stands up from Gray's guard - The Brazilian Thunder perhaps looking for a knockout.

The Brazilian Thunder closes the distance and clinches.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gray jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Brazilian Thunder walks away with a smile on his face. Gray gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gray keeps the fight on the outside.
Gray misses with a double jab

and The Brazilian Thunder holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray is trying to break free.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but Gray blocks it.
Gray takes an elbow to the temple.
The Brazilian Thunder keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gray's efforts to push away.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
luis The Brazilian Thunder seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gray's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gray is looking to break free of the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has double underhooks.
Gray wants to get back to striking at distance but The Brazilian Thunder won't allow it.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Brazilian Thunder is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gray wants to break free but The Brazilian Thunder has control.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
Gray is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Gray manages to break the clinch.
Gray clinches but The Brazilian Thunder breaks the clinch

and The Brazilian Thunder counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Brazilian Thunder.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Brazilian Thunder scores a nice knee to the body.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Brazilian Thunder landing knees to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder scores a nice knee to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gray tries to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling the position.
The Brazilian Thunder lands an elbow that stopped Gray in his tracks for a moment.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
Gray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
Gray is trying to force a seperation but The Brazilian Thunder has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Brazilian Thunder lands an elbow inside that Gray shrugs off.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Brazilian Thunder connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gray's face.
Gray working hard to break the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gray blocks it with crossed arms.
The Brazilian Thunder with a knee to the head.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by The Brazilian Thunder.
Gray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gray tries to break free but The Brazilian Thunder pushes him back against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Brazilian Thunder obliges.
Gray is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder has him pressed against the cage.
The Brazilian Thunder prevents Gray from breaking the clinch.
Xavier Gray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gray can't break the clinch.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
luis The Brazilian Thunder comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Brazilian Thunder winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... luis The Brazilian Thunder!