PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arjan Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philip Gray has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Arjan Haze's chin.

Haze
vs
Gray

186 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
210 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arjan Haze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 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 stuffs the takedown.
Haze shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gray pinned against the cage. Gray gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Gray shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Haze napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Haze tries to bench press Gray off him but Gray keeps the position.
Haze manages to get back to half guard.

Haze actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Haze gets full guard.
Gray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gray throws a big elbow that misses.

Haze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gray can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gray postures up in Haze's guard and throws a big left but Haze blocks it.
Haze lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gray!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray tries to hold on but Haze postures up.

Haze is working for a guillotine from mount but Gray frees his head quite easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Haze there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gray is trying desperately to improve position.
Haze tries to control but Gray wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze lands a big elbow.
Haze working Gray over with strikes here.
Gray wants to hold on but Haze pushes him away.
Haze lands a big elbow.
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!
Haze looking to control but Gray is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Haze 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.
Haze is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gray can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Haze jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gray manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Haze wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gray, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Haze is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gray is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gray struggling a bit here.

Haze is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gray knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Haze lands some shots froms side control.
Haze tries to move to mount but Gray blocks the move with his legs.
Gray is not content to let Haze control the position.
Haze tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gray's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Haze is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Gray looks calm but he's in trouble here. Haze gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Gray is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Haze lets go of the hold and Gray can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arjan Haze!
Arjan Haze is the new light heavyweight champion!
Arjan Haze decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.