PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stuart Wray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wacko Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wray
vs
Warner

165 cm
23
135 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

225 cm
22
144 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Good elbows
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 159 Energy
Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 159 Energy

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 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Stuart Wray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wacko Warner!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Warner.
Wray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Warner misses with a straight left.
Warner swinging wildly here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wray.
A head kick misses from Wray.
Warner swats away the attempt to clinch by Wray.
Wray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Warner looks to land a combination. Wray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Warner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Warner throws out a loose jab but Wray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wray displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Warner.
Warner looks to throw the jab but Wray is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wray. Warner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Warner punishes Wray's body with a nice straight punch.
Warner throws a looping overhand right but Wray ducks down to avoid it.
Wray misses with a jab to the body
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.
Wray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wray is looking to clinch but Warner is avoiding it.
Wray throws a body kick that misses.
Warner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Warner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Warner blocks a leg kick.
Wray swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Warner counter with a right hand.
Warner circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wray.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wray. Warner does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Wray.
Wray throws a nice looking combination but Warner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Warner swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wray throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Warner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wray can pounce on him.
Warner shoots in and drives through. Wray sprawls well.
Stuart Wray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wacko Warner.
Wray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wray throws a series of punches but Warner moves out of range.
Warner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Warner counters with a right hand to the body.
Warner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick from Warner is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Warner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wray feints and then cracks Warner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Warner down.
Warner throws a leg kick
and Wray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner misses with a leg kick
and Wray counters with an outside leg kick.
Warner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wray.
Warner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wray misses with a double jab
and Warner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Warner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wray thumps Warner with a low kick.
Wray misses with a wild body shot.
Wray takes a swing at Warner's ribcage but misses.
Wray moves in looking to clinch but Warner pushes him off.
Warner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Warner throws a series of punches but Wray moves out of range.
Warner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Warner looks to throw the jab but Wray is out of range.
Warner throws a hook but Wray avoids it easily.
Wray lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wray throws a leg kick which misses Warner's front leg but catches the back leg as Warner tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warner throws a right and a left that both miss.
A good leg kick by Wray.
Warner looks gassed!
Warner misses with a low kick.
Wray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Warner.
Wray scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wray. Warner does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Warner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wray - the referee stops the clock and Warner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wray. Warner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wray is looking to land body kicks.
Wray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warner sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Warner tries to keep at a distance but Wray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wray lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wray rushes Warner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Warner throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Wray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Warner connects with a nice looking jab.
Warner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stuart Wray dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wray throws a wild body kick that Warner sees coming a mile off.
Wray steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warner.

Wray has Warner up against the cage in a clinch.
Warner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wray tries to land knees in the clinch but Warner avoids the damage to the body.
Warner has a couple of punches blocked by Wray.
Wray digs a right hand into Warner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warner's gas tank.
Wray tries to land a knee to the head but Warner blocks with his arms.
Wray scores with a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wray taking a breather.
Warner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Warner pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Warner misses with a straight left.
Warner missing with a left hand there. Wray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wray.
Wray tries to clinch but Warner moves away
enabling Warner to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner blocks the body kick.
Wray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Warner throws a leg kick
and Wray counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wray misses with a jab to the body
and Warner counters with a straight right hand.
Wray misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Warner misses
and Wray counters with a thumping low kick.
Warner misses with a straight right.
Warner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wray just misses with a punch to the body.
Wray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Warner lands with a right hand.
Wray scores with a leg kick.
Wray misses with a hook.
Warner cracks a nice hook into Wray's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wray connects with a solid leg kick.
Warner avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wray checks the leg kick nicely there.
Warner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wray was well out of range. Poor timing from Warner.
Good leg kick by Wray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Warner.
Stuart Wray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Warner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wray misses with a hook to the body
and Warner counters with a stiff right hand.
Warner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wray.
Wray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Warner.
Warner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wray is looking to wear down Warner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wray throws a wild body kick that Warner sees coming a mile off.

Wray gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wray is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wray stalling against the cage.
Warner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wray is defending well for now.
Warner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wray is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Warner is breathing heavily.
Wray being controlled against the cage.
Wray trying to control the position but instead, Warner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wray into the cage.
Wray digs a right hand underneath Warner's ribcage. Warner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Warner has Wray pressed against the cage, preventing Wray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wray taking a breather.
Wray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wray stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Warner lands an elbow inside that Wray shrugs off.
Wray taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Stuart Wray.
A solid body kick from Wray.
Warner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wray's head backwards.
Wray on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Warner. Warner obviously looking to wear him down.
Warner blocks a head kick by Wray.
A big right from Warner misses.
Warner misses the shot to the body.
Wray slips a jab from Warner.
Warner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wray takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Warner throws a hook but Wray blocks it.
Wray throws a lazy head kick
letting Warner counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stuart Wray dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Wray misses with a jab to the body
letting Warner counter with a right hand.
Warner shoots in for a takedown but Wray shows good takedown defense.
Warner jabs at Wray's body.
Wray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Warner's calf.
Wray throws a body punch but Warner moves out of range.
Warner misses with a hook to the body
and Wray counters with a thumping low kick.
Wray defending well as Warner loads up on a big left hand.
Wray scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stuart Wray is winning the standup battle so far.
Wray misses with a hook to the body
and Warner counters with a straight right hand.
Warner fails to land with a series of punches.
Warner tries to score with a low kick but Wray moves his leg out of the way.
Warner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warner misses with a two punch combination.
Wray falls off balance throwing a combination
and Warner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wray throws a body punch but Warner moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warner misses with a leg kick
and Wray counters with a nice leg kick.
Warner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warner.
Wray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Warner counters with a nice body shot.
Wray thows a left - swing and a miss!

Wray has Warner up against the cage in a clinch.
Warner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Warner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Warner is trying to stall.
Warner working hard to break the clinch.
Wray avoids a wild elbow strike from Warner.
Warner scores a nice knee to the body.
Warner tries to work over Wray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warner.
Wray lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wray swings wildly with an uppercut but Warner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warner stalling in the clinch but Wray improves position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wray - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wray digs a right hand into Warner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warner's gas tank.
Wray lands a hook to the side of the head.

Wray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wray.
A telegraphed right hand from Warner misses the target.

Wray drives through and clinches with Warner against the cage.
Warner looking to slow down the pace here.
Wray lands a good knee to the midsection. Warner won't want to take too many of those.
Warner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Warner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Warner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wray's elbow.
Warner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Warner managing to block the knees to the body from Wray.

Warner breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner cracks a nice hook into Wray's ribs.
Wray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Warner lands a jab to the nose.
Wray tries a head kick but it misses.
Warner lands a glancing blow to the side of Wray's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wray.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wray checks a leg kick.
Stuart Wray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wray misses with a body shot.
Wray slips a straight right by Warner.
Wray lands a body shot.
Warner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wray.
Warner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Warner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Warner closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Warner shoots in but no luck this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wray counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick by Wray misses
and Warner counters with a series of strikes. Wray will be more careful next time no doubt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wray.
Wray tries to clinch

and Warner counters with a single leg into guard. Wray didn't expect that.
Wray keeping moving, preventing Warner from controlling successfully.
Warner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wray swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Wray holds on and takes a little breather.
Wacko Warner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stuart Wray.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wray, 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

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