PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Wray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as El Wray enters the cage!

Gracie
vs
Wray

195 cm
22
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, El Wray!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wray sprawls well. Wray wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wray keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Wray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wray throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Wray blocks a jab.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Wray.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Wray, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Wray against the cage but Wray circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Wray 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.
Gracie doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wray is one step ahead there.
Wray throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Gracie 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wray throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wray trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Wray must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gracie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wray stays in close to Gracie's body and controls the position.
Wray with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wray.
Wray wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie throws a head kick but Wray moves out of range.
Gracie tries to clinch there but Wray circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a poor takedown

and Wray counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wray throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wray trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Wray lands with a punch from half guard.
Wray missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie is trying to stand.
Wray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Wray thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Wray.
Wray wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
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.
Ground and pound from Wray.
Wray is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Wray sits in half guard.
Wray works his way into full mount!
Wray lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wray unloads with some shots from mount but Gracie bucks and avoids them well.
Wray lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Wray dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Wray counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gracie's guard now.
Wray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wray wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wray postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Wray is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt

and Wray counters with a shoot takedown. Gracie fights it but they end up in guard.
Wray cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Wray controlling him for the moment.
Wray distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
El Wray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie controls Wray momentarily but Wray frees himself.
Wray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wray stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wray scoring with some ground and pound.
Wray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wray wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Wray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wray throwing strikes but missing.
Wray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Wray slips an elbow through the middle.
Wray chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Wray has passed into side control.
Gracie wants to control but Wray postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wray just content to control the position.
Wray scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Gracie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wray misses with the ground and pound.
Wray scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Wray controlling from side mount.
Wray misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wray sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gracie is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wray tries to advance to mount but Gracie denies him.
Gracie is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Wray.
Gracie trying to hold on to Wray's head to control him but Wray postures up.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Wray sits in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wray not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Wray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Gracie tries to clinch but Wray moves out of range.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Wray counters with a single leg into guard. Gracie didn't expect that.
Wray postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wray.
Wray won't allow Gracie to get back to his feet.
Wray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wray throws a big right hand that misses.
Wray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Wray is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wray throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie shoots and misses

and Wray counters with a single leg into guard. Gracie didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wray postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gracie prevents Wray from improving his position.
Gracie tries to stand and escape but Wray is controlling the position.
Wray is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wray is controlling Gracie's trapped leg to prevent Gracie from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Wray is working away.
Wray works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Wray.
Wray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wray prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
El Wray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wray scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Wray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Wray connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Wray connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wray controlling the pace for now.
Wray is landing with some decent strikes but Gracie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wray controlling from the full mount.
Gracie is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wray with a couple of short strikes.
Wray pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wray content just to control the position here.
Wray dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Wray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wray 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 24:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 24:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Wray!