PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karim Adel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adel comes to the cage accompanied by let the body hit the floor. The crowd seem to be enjoying Grey's choice of entrance music: Coming Home by Alter Bridge. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Adel
vs
Grey

188 cm
25
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karim Adel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Grey!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Grey closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Adel quickly recovers to half guard.
Grey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Grey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grey working Adel over with strikes.
Grey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Grey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Adel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grey wants to free his trapped foot but Adel is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Grey blocks the strikes from Adel.
Grey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey winds up and cracks Adel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Grey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grey is trying to control the action in half guard but Adel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Grey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Grey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Grey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grey throws a strike but Adel avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Grey trying to control but Adel is working from the bottom.
Grey throwing strikes but missing.
Grey working some strikes from top position.
Grey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Grey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grey distracts Adel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grey is in close to Adel's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a strike but Adel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Adel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grey looking for a sweep. Not yet Grey, not yet.
Grey is adopting a defensive guard.

Adel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Grey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Adel has managed to get both his arms back between Grey's legs - danger averted.
Adel won't allow Grey to get back to his feet.
Adel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Adel stopping the sweep attempt from Grey.
Adel is pushing down on Grey's leg trying to pass to half guard. Grey is fighting to maintain full guard but Adel has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Adel is looking to advance position but Grey won't allow it.

Adel is working for a submission of some sort.
Grey trying to control but Adel postures up.
Grey wants to improve his position but Adel is controlling well.
Grey is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Adel is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Grey doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Adel.
Adel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Grey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grey drives through with a takedown into Adel's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Grey is in close to Adel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Adel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grey with a nice head shot there.
Grey works over Adel with some ground and pound from guard.
Grey cracks Adel with a solid left hand.
Grey distracts Adel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grey with a nice head shot there.
Grey throws a strike but Adel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Adel throwing strikes from guard but Grey blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Adel can't handle though.
Gabriel Grey has got the better of the ground game so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Grey holds on and takes a little breather.
Grey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Adel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Adel throwing strikes but missing.
Adel stopping the sweep attempt from Grey.
Grey looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Adel with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Grey wriggles free and stands up.
Adel tries to clinch up

and Grey counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grey.
Grey connects with a couple of short punches.
Grey is looking to work some ground and pound but Adel has wrist control.
Grey postures up in Adel's guard and throws a big left but Adel blocks it.
Grey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grey is working Adel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Grey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Grey distracts Adel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Grey lands a couple of elbows.
Grey looking to sit in guard and control but Adel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Grey looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Grey throwing short punches from the bottom.
Adel throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grey kicks Adel off and gets to his feet.
Adel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Adel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Grey to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Adel has momentary wrist control but Grey slips an elbow through the middle.
Grey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adel's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Grey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Grey shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grey is looking to advance position but Adel won't allow it.
Grey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grey 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.
Grey drops an elbow to the side of Adel's head.
Grey lands with a punch from half guard.
Grey drops an elbow to the side of Adel's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey lands strikes from half guard.
Grey controlling the pace.
Grey working the head and body with strikes.
Grey 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.
Adel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grey scores with a couple of nice shots.
Grey working the head and body with strikes.
Grey drops an elbow to the side of Adel's head.
Grey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey working the head and body with strikes.
Grey working over Adel with some ground and pound. Adel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Adel is rocked!
Grey is looking to pass Adel's guard but actually Adel recovers to full guard.
Grey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adel's head.
Oh Adel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Adel seems to have got his legs back now.
Grey landing with the ground and pound.
Adel has momentary wrist control but Grey slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a strike but Adel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grey has Adel pulled in close to control his posture.
Grey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adel is one step ahead there.
Grey trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grey lands a decent shot there.
Grey has Adel pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four 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.
Adel is looking to work some ground and pound but Grey has wrist control.

Adel drops back looking for a leg! Grey is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Grey manages to kick Adel off! Adel jumps back into Grey's guard.
Grey pulls Adel in to control the position.
Gabriel Grey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Gabriel Grey hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Grey shoots in and bounces Adel off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Grey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Karim Adel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Adel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Grey defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Grey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grey 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 25:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Grey!