PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Vasyl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasyl has chosen My Life Be Like- by GRITS as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grey
vs
Vasyl

185 cm
25
180 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

180 cm
31
183 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Don Vasyl!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vasyl counters with a left and a right that stings Grey.
Vasyl throws a jab when Grey was well out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Vasyl.

It looks like Tony Grey has been cut.
Grey scores with a hook.
Grey misses with a combination

and Vasyl counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Grey lands a nice shot to the body.
Vasyl lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grey working aggressively here.
Vasyl throws an elbow but it misses.

Vasyl breaks the clinch.
Vasyl is looking to clinch but Grey is avoiding it.
Grey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasyl doesn't manage to clinch there - Grey circles away.
Vasyl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Grey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vasyl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Grey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grey blocks an elbow strike from Vasyl.

Vasyl breaks from the clinch.
Vasyl connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Grey looks to score with a jab to the body but Vasyl is just out of range.
Vasyl jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grey looks for the body kick but Vasyl saw that one coming.
Grey slips a straight right by Vasyl.

Vasyl clinches up against the cage.
Vasyl working hard to break the clinch.
Vasyl has Grey pressed against the cage, preventing Grey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grey up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Vasyl.
Vasyl leaning against his opponent.

Grey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vasyl dodges the punch combination from Grey.
Vasyl throws a lazy head kick
and Grey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vasyl moves into range and clinches up with Grey.
Grey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vasyl avoids it.
Vasyl wants to break free but Grey has control.
Vasyl throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grey tries a low kick but Vasyl avoids it.

Vasyl gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vasyl throws an elbow that misses.

Grey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Vasyl misses its intended target.
Grey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vasyl cracks Grey with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vasyl wants to clinch up but Grey keeps it at a distance.

Vasyl clinches up with Grey and pushes him back against the cage.
Vasyl misses with a knee strike.

Grey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grey looks to land a combination but Vasyl avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grey tries to keep at a distance but Vasyl has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vasyl stalling in the clinch.

Vasyl's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasyl waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grey.
Grey misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stalling in the clinch from Vasyl.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vasyl.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grey is trying to force a seperation but Vasyl has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Vasyl dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Grey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vasyl thuds his right hand into Grey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big right from Vasyl misses.
Grey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vasyl might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vasyl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vasyl misses with an uppercut. Grey saw that one coming.
Grey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid body kick from Vasyl.
Grey slips a straight right by Vasyl.
Vasyl throws a series of punches but Grey avoids them all with ease.
Grey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Don Vasyl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grey is looking to clinch.
Grey tries to bum rush Vasyl with a series of wild strikes but Vasyl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Grey crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vasyl - the referee stops the clock and Grey gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vasyl. Grey manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasyl throws a one two combo.
Vasyl throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grey. Vasyl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vasyl lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot by Vasyl.
Vasyl is looking to clinch but Grey is avoiding it.
Grey falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vasyl counters with a straight right hand.
Grey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vasyl.
Grey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grey misses with an uppercut. Vasyl saw that one coming.
Grey circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grey counters with a nice uppercut.
Vasyl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Vasyl instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Vasyl to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vasyl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vasyl has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grey.
Vasyl tries a head kick but it misses.
Grey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vasyl tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grey throws a push kick but Vasyl slaps the foot to one side.
Nice jab there from Grey.
Grey tries to clinch up but Vasyl circles away and keeps his distance.
Grey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grey lands with a straight right. Vasyl didn't see that one coming.
Vasyl dodges the punch combination from Grey.

Vasyl clinches with his opponent.
Grey misses with an elbow strike.
Grey pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasyl leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vasyl slowing the pace effectively.
Vasyl is looking to break free of the clinch but Grey has double underhooks.
Grey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasyl wants to clinch up but Grey keeps it at a distance.
Vasyl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grey.
Vasyl tries to clinch up but Grey circles away and keeps his distance.
Grey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vasyl wants to clinch up but Grey keeps it at a distance.

Grey tries to keep at a distance but Vasyl has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasyl wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Vasyl showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tony Grey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vasyl lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grey lands with a cross.
Grey throws a right hand that Vasyl ducks under and follows up with a left that Vasyl also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vasyl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grey.
Vasyl misses with a series of wild punches.
Grey misses with a wild combination.
Vasyl tries to clinch but Grey is having none of it.
Grey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vasyl bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grey misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasyl scores with a one two! Grey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Grey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
No joy there for Vasyl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Grey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Don Vasyl seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Grey breaks from the clinch.
Vasyl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Vasyl clinches with his opponent.

Vasyl's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vasyl looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vasyl tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grey misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grey. Vasyl does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Grey misses.
Vasyl lands with an overhand left.

Vasyl closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Grey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grey throws a series of punches but Vasyl moves out of range.
Grey tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vasyl is able to avoid easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasyl lands with a right hand.

Vasyl clinches.
Grey is trying to break free.
Vasyl gets through Grey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grey throws an elbow but misses.
Vasyl is pushing Grey up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grey - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vasyl missing with knees to the body.
Grey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasyl wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grey trying to control the position but instead, Vasyl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grey into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vasyl misses with some punches.
Vasyl blocking some punches.
Vasyl avoids a wild elbow strike from Grey.

Vasyl breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Vasyl misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasyl misses with a wild combination.

Grey pushes Vasyl up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Vasyl really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Grey's cut.
That's time! Grey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vasyl swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Vasyl takes the fight into the clinch.
Vasyl lands an elbow inside.
Grey lands an elbow just above Vasyl 's eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vasyl as Grey tries to tie him up.
Grey is trying to push Vasyl away but Vasyl has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vasyl slows down the pace here.
Grey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey blocks an elbow strike from Vasyl.
Vasyl is trying to force a seperation but Grey has the dominant position.
Grey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vasyl misses with a knee strike.
Grey misses with an elbow strike.
Grey has Vasyl pressed against the cage, preventing Vasyl from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Vasyl breaks the clinch.

Vasyl has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grey managing to block the knees to the body from Vasyl.

Vasyl's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasyl slips a jab and a cross from Grey.
Grey has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grey there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vasyl tries to clinch but Grey moves out of range.
Vasyl throws a looping overhand right but Grey ducks down to avoid it.
Grey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice straight punches there by Vasyl. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vasyl.
Grey lands with a hook. Vasyl tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Vasyl - just one landing.
Tony Grey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grey throws a head kick but Vasyl moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Grey.
Grey misses with a straight left.
Vasyl is looking to clinch but Grey is avoiding it.
Grey lands a really nice looking cross but Vasyl seems unphased.
Vasyl misses with a wild combination.
Vasyl is looking to clinch.
Vasyl misses with a hook. Grey ducked under it nicely.
Grey tries to bum rush Vasyl with a series of wild strikes but Vasyl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Vasyl counter with a right hand.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vasyl throws a big shot that misses.
A cross from Vasyl lands.
Vasyl wants to clinch up but Grey keeps it at a distance.
Vasyl lands with a shot to the body.

Vasyl rushes Grey and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Vasyl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vasyl has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasyl is looking to break free of the clinch but Grey has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vasyl breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vasyl sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vasyl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Vasyl dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Tony Grey'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. This is the final round!

Vasyl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasyl misses with a double jab.
Grey misses with a series of wild punches.
Vasyl misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vasyl.
Vasyl swats away the attempt to clinch by Grey.
Grey looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good exchange - Vasyl coming out on top.
A combination from Grey does no damage.

Vasyl closes the distance and clinches.
Vasyl looking to stall.
Grey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasyl is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vasyl throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Vasyl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Grey tries to land knees in the clinch but Vasyl avoids the damage to the body.
Vasyl with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grey lands a damaging elbow.
Vasyl looking to slow down the pace here.

Grey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vasyl's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vasyl duly obliges.
Vasyl misses with a left hand
and Grey counters with an inside leg kick.
Vasyl is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Vasyl throws a sloppy body shot
and Grey counters with a thumping low kick.
Grey throws a big shot that misses.
Grey feints and then cracks Vasyl's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vasyl down.
Vasyl walks into a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grey listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grey throws a right hand that Vasyl ducks under and follows up with a left that Vasyl also avoids with ease.
Grey misses with the combination.
Grey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vasyl moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vasyl tries to clinch but Grey is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey blocks a head kick by Vasyl.
Vasyl misses with a straight left.
Vasyl ducks under a wild hook from Grey.
Grey throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Vasyl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vasyl thows a body shot but no joy.
Vasyl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grey throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasyl working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vasyl's efforts to push away.

Grey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vasyl misses with the combination.
Tony Grey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grey avoids the head kick by Vasyl.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasyl tries to clinch but Grey moves away
and Grey counters with a head kick. That will keep Vasyl thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Don Vasyl is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey misses with a double jab.
Grey throws a hook to the side of Vasyl's head but Vasyl sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vasyl wants to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Grey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vasyl 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 46:49
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 46:49
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Vasyl!