PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Aloha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aloha
vs
Gray

190 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

183 cm
21
210 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Aloha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Philip Gray!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aloha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gray pinned against the cage. Gray gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gray postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gray controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Aloha kicks Gray off and gets to his feet.
Aloha with a poor takedown

and Gray counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Aloha!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Aloha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gray dominating with strikes here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Aloha's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Aloha bucks up and throws Gray to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Aloha tries for a takedown but Gray circles away easily
and Gray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gray darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gray missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gray prevents Aloha from standing back up.
Gray is trying to control. Aloha wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Aloha avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gray.
Gray looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aloha wants to get back to his feet.
Gray looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray is trying to control the action in half guard but Aloha is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aloha is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gray scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gray working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Aloha is trying to stand.
Gray trying to control the action but Aloha is working from the bottom.
Gray works his way into full mount!
Gray is landing with some decent strikes but Aloha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gray throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gray wants to control the pace but Aloha is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aloha is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Aloha is squirming around, avoiding Gray's attempts to control the action.
Gray with the ground and pound from mount.
Gray looking to control but Aloha is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aloha is trying to stand.
Gray with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Gray! That's really hurt Aloha and he's turned his back - Gray keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Gray jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philip Gray!