PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and righty tighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gray comes to the cage accompanied by Beastie Boys..Sabotage. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gray
vs
tighty

180 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, righty tighty!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tighty looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Gray drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gray trying to control but tighty is working from the bottom.
tighty wants to stand but Gray is controlling the position.

Gray gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Gray drives through with a takedown into guard.
tighty trying to keep a closed guard but Gray is proving a slippery customer.
Gray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gray thows a big elbow that misses.
Gray throws a big right hand that misses.
Gray scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tighty keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.

Gray drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and tighty dives on top into guard.
tighty wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
tighty might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gray kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

tighty is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gray is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gray has escaped and now he's on top!
Gray looking to sit in guard and control but tighty gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gray is on top in guard.

tighty looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
tighty looks gassed!
Gray wants to control from the top but tighty keeps moving.
Gray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gray trying to control but tighty is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray scoring with some ground and pound.
Gray landing with the ground and pound.
Gray trying to control but tighty is working from the bottom.

tighty is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gray is aware though and is defending well.
Gray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of tighty's head.
tighty looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gray wants to control from the top but tighty keeps moving.
Gray has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gray postures up in tighty's guard and throws a big left but tighty blocks it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Gray feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Gray gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gray closes the distance and clinches up with tighty, looking for a takedown. Gray pushes tighty against the cage but tighty circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Gray shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. tighty manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gray won't allow tighty to get back to his feet.
Gray is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

tighty feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
tighty trying to control the position from guard on top but Gray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray trying to keep a closed guard but tighty is proving a slippery customer.
Gray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gray trying to control but tighty is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
tighty working to try and regain half guard.
Gray lands a big elbow.

Gray stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Gray shoots and misses

and tighty counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gray!

tighty swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Gray is now in tighty's guard. A big mistake from tighty there, giving up the dominant position!
Gray throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jason Gray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tighty keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
tighty keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Gray throwing strikes but missing.
Gray trying to control but tighty is working from the bottom.
tighty wants to stand and escape but Gray is having none of it.

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.
Gray fails with the takedown.
tighty doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Gray counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
tighty makes his way to full guard. A much better position for tighty.
Gray trying to control but tighty is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray postures up and lands a big shot to tighty's brow.

tighty is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gray defends well.

tighty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

tighty escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gray gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
tighty wants to stand and escape but Gray is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jason Gray will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gray misses with a takedown attempt

and tighty counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Gray pushes tighty off and gets back to his feet.

tighty pushes Gray up against the cage in a clinch.

Gray has tighty pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gray pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending tighty tumbling to the mat - Gray dives into tighty's guard.

tighty had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gray defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
tighty wants to stand and escape but Gray is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray stands up over tighty, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gray throwing strikes but missing.
Gray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Gray stands up from tighty's guard - Gray perhaps looking for a knockout.
tighty has his takedown stuffed

and Gray counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
tighty trying to hold on to Gray's head to control him but Gray postures up.

Gray is sneakily working for an arm triangle but tighty sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

tighty looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
tighty regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gray distracts tighty with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gray chips away with some ground and pound.

tighty is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gray is aware though and is defending well.
Gray with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but tighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray is looking to work some ground and pound but tighty has wrist control.

Gray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

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

and Gray counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Gray is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gray not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tighty is looking to escape.

Gray is looking for a kimura here.
Gray stops tighty from getting back to his feet.
Jason Gray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Gray is working for a kimura but tighty is defending it quite comfortably.
Gray is looking to take a break and control but tighty is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
righty tighty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gray tries to pass to full mount but tighty defends it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Gray!