PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mumu Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mumu Ray looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Ray
vs
Bowman

183 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mumu Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Bowman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bowman cracks Ray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bowman throws a series of punches but Ray avoids them all with ease.
Ray lands with a nice combination. Bowman backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Jack Bowman has been cut.
Ray shoots for a takedown but Bowman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bowman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bowman scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bowman cracks a nice hook into Ray's ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ray.
Ray is breathing heavily.
Ray keeps the fight on the outside.
Ray is looking to clinch.
Bowman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bowman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ray tries to clinch but Bowman is having none of it.
Bowman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ray fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Bowman.
A punch combination from Bowman misses.

Ray closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ray keeps control of Bowman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ray misses with a knee to the head.
Ray is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bowman is defending well.
Bowman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bowman is trying to break the clinch but Ray has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray keeps control of Bowman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ray tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mumu Ray. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

Ray gets a takedown into half guard.
Bowman strikes from the bottom but Ray passes into mount!
Bowman wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bowman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bowman looking for a sweep. Not yet Bowman, not yet.

Bowman has his feet on Ray's thighs here. He's pushed Ray off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Ray screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Bowman!