PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mister Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lashley has chosen king nothing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gray
vs
Lashley

190 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mister Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Gray as Lashley shoots in.
Lashley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gray swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lashley clinches.
Gray looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lashley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gray prevents it.

Lashley breaks from the clinch.

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

Gray is trying to trip Lashley. He has hold of a leg but Lashley is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Gray persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Gray content to stall in guard here.
Lashley wants to sweep here but Gray controlling him for the moment.
Gray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lashley's head.
Gray postures up in Lashley's guard and throws a big left but Lashley blocks it.
Gray landing some decent shots from guard.
Gray is in close to Lashley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gray is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lashley is proving hard to escape from.
Gray won't allow Lashley to sweep him here.
Gray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gray preventing the sweep.
Lashley wants to stand and escape but Gray is having none of it.
Gray controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Lashley is working an open guard so Gray takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lashley tries a head kick but it misses.
Lashley looks gassed!

Gray closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lashley to the mat! Lashley manages to get full guard.
Gray throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lashley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Gray stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gray.
Lashley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gray cracks Lashley with a big right hand but Lashley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gray decides to stand back up. Gray steps back and let's Lashley get back to his feet.

Lashley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lashley's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray chips away with some ground and pound.

Gray stands up and waves to Lashley to follow him.

Gray shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gray showed some decent athleticism there.
Gray seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lashley trying to control but Gray postures up.
Gray not doing much here.
Lashley wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Gray.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lashley taking some punishment here, with Gray in his half guard.
Gray is controlling the pace.
Gray has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Gray dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gray.
Gray works to advance to full mount. Lashley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gray cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gray controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gray landing punches.
Gray tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gray cracks Lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gray with good strikes from the mount here!
Lashley is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gray prevents Lashley from getting the reversal.
Gray lands with some strikes.
Gray controlling his opponent.
Gray landing punches.
Gray landing shots from mount.
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 avoids the attempt from Lashley to control.
Mister Gray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gray controlling from mount.
Gray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gray landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gray controlling from the full mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mister Gray just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Lashley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gray to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lashley has momentary wrist control but Gray slips an elbow through the middle.
Gray postures up and lands a big shot to Lashley's brow.
Gray seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray stands up from Lashley's guard - Gray perhaps looking for a knockout.

Gray gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gray's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lashley wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray controlling the pace.

Gray stands up out of the half guard.

Gray bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lashley taking a bit of punishment here - Gray scoring with strikes.
Lashley is letting Gray control him for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gray works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gray working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gray darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lashley works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gray is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lashley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gray postures up and lands a big shot to Lashley's brow.
Lashley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gray working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray is working Lashley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gray lands a couple of digs.
Gray is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lashley's head.
Gray landing some decent shots from guard.
Gray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gray is working Lashley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gray's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Gray stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Gray shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lashley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gray controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Gray stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Gray looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Lashley!
Lashley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gray controlling from the full mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gray with the ground and pound from mount.
Gray unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gray is landing with some decent strikes but Lashley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lashley tries to lock up and control but Gray gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gray controlling the pace for now.
Gray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mister Gray just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Gray shoots in and bounces Lashley off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lashley can do to turn this around?
Gray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gray gets to his feet - Lashley follows without any prompting.
Mister Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gray shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lashley's guard.
Gray won't allow Lashley to sweep him here.
Lashley has momentary wrist control but Gray slips an elbow through the middle.
Gray is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gray landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mister 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25

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