PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kent Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrance Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Clark
vs
Grayson

178 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

181 cm
21
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kent Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terrance Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grayson swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Grayson. Those never looked like landing.
Grayson takes a swing at Clark's ribcage but misses.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
A jab from Grayson misses.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson throws a combination. Clark tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Grayson misses with a straight right.
Clark slips a jab and a cross from Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Clark moves away from the strike by Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grayson misses the jab.
Grayson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grayson feints a jab promting Clark to slip. Grayson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Clark slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Kent Clark has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grayson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grayson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
Grayson misses with a straight right.
Grayson throws a right and a left that Clark avoids nicely.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Clark wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Grayson misses its intended target.
Grayson misses with a straight right.

Clark has managed to clinch.

Grayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grayson swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark is looking to clinch but Grayson is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Grayson misses the target.
Grayson throws a big shot that misses.

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.
Grayson looks to throw the jab but Clark is out of range.
Clark wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson misses with an uppercut.
Grayson cracks a nice hook into Clark's ribs.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grayson scores with the left hand. Clark knows he should have avoided that one.
Grayson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Clark wants to clinch.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
No joy there for Grayson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Clark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Grayson pushes him off.
Grayson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grayson.
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grayson throws an overhand right that lands on Clark's shoulder, as Clark tries to avoid the shot.
Grayson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grayson looks gassed!

Clark moves into the clinch.

Clark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grayson clobbers Clark with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grayson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Grayson.

Clark fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grayson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Grayson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Grayson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grayson misses with a straight right.
Clark tries to clinch up.

Clark clinches up with Grayson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Clark crunches a lovely knee into Grayson's ribcage.
Clark tries to land knees in the clinch but Grayson avoids the damage to the body.
Grayson is trying to break the clinch but Clark has him pressed against the ropes.
Grayson presses Clark against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson tries to stall but Clark uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Clark missing with knees to the body.
Grayson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grayson avoids it.
Grayson trying to control the position but instead, Clark has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grayson into the ropes.

Grayson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Clark moves into the clinch.
Clark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Clark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grayson is defending well for now.
Grayson lands with a short shot to the head.

Grayson manages to break the clinch.
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Grayson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Grayson lands with a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Grayson thuds a left hand into Clark's body.
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!

Clark rushes Grayson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Grayson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Grayson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kent Clark's cut.
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.

Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark avoids the body shot from Grayson.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark wants to clinch.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. Clark does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grayson lands a glancing blow to the side of Clark's head.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark defending well as Grayson loads up on a big left hand.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Terrance Grayson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Grayson.
Clark slips under a jab from Grayson.
Clark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Grayson finds it's target.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Grayson misses its intended target.
Grayson is breathing heavily.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Clark showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grayson.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson takes a swing at Clark's ribcage but misses.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grayson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Clark clinches.
Clark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grayson.
Clark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grayson avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Clark as Grayson tries to tie him up.
Grayson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Grayson managing to block the knees to the body from Clark.
Clark wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Grayson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grayson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Grayson pushes him off.
Grayson throws a series of punches but Clark avoids them all with ease.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Clark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Grayson misses the jab.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Grayson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grayson throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grayson finds it's way round the side to connect with Clark's head.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Clark is looking to clinch but Grayson is avoiding it.
Grayson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
Grayson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grayson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grayson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark avoids the body shot from Grayson.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grayson throws a big shot that misses.
Grayson looks to score with a jab to the body but Clark is just out of range.

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.
Clark moves out of range of the strikes.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grayson lunges at Clark with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clark's hand.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grayson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grayson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Grayson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clark wants to clinch up but Grayson keeps it at a distance.
Grayson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grayson missing with a left hand there. Clark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson lands with a hook. Clark tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Grayson swinging wildly here.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Grayson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kent Clark's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Grayson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Grayson looks to land a combination but Clark avoids it well.
Clark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Grayson pushes him off.
Clark is looking to clinch but Grayson is avoiding it.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Grayson lands with an overhand left.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark tries to clinch there but Grayson circles away.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.

Clark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Clark manages to break the clinch.
Kent Clark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grayson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grayson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Clark moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grayson breaks the clinch.

Clark moves into the clinch successfully.
Grayson keeps control of Clark as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clark tries to break free but Grayson pushes him back against the ropes.
Grayson avoiding damage as Clark throws knees to the body.
Clark trying to land knees to the body.
Grayson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clark tries to land knees in the clinch but Grayson avoids the damage to the body.

Grayson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson lands a jab to the nose.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark tries to clinch up but Grayson circles away and keeps his distance.
Clark wants to clinch.
Grayson throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson moves out of range.
Terrance Grayson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Grayson lands with a shot to the body.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Grayson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Grayson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grayson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grayson connects with a single shot there.
Clark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Clark momentarily.
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grayson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Well,Clark is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Grayson works Clark's body with a nice hook.
Clark takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clark tries to move into range but Grayson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson lands a really nice looking cross but Clark seems unphased.
Clark wants to clinch up but Grayson keeps it at a distance.
Grayson lands a nice looking body shot.
Clark walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Grayson works over Clark's head and body with a nice combination.
Grayson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A lazy left from Grayson finds it's target.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson moves out of range.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Grayson circles away.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Grayson lands with a nice combination. Clark backs away looking to recover.
Clark moves in looking to clinch but Grayson pushes him off.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Grayson.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grayson, as that shot connected.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Clark has Grayson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Grayson managing to block the knees to the body from Clark.
Clark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grayson.

Grayson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grayson!
Clark tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Grayson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clark looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Clark tries to clinch but Grayson is having none of it.
Grayson scores with a jab.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A right-left combo lands from Grayson.
Clark shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grayson cracks Clark with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Grayson keeps the fight on the outside.
Grayson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grayson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Grayson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clark avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grayson cracks Clark with an open hand slap.
Kent Clark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terrance Grayson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Grayson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Terrance Grayson!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Terrance Grayson!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Terrance Grayson!

Terrance Grayson wins by unanimous decision!