|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gary Dema (ranked 2644 p4p, 116 weight class) and Brandon Kay (ranked 3964 p4p, 169 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
 |
|
 |
| 172 cm
26
140 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
|
172 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced |
|
Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Dema!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Kay!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dema buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kay shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dema as he jumps to the side.
Dema scores with a push kick.
Kay throws a head kick but Dema moves out of range.
As Kay backs away, Dema returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dema tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kay closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Dema's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kay grinds an elbow into Dema's temple.
Dema is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kay off and has taken his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dema misses with an elbow to the head.
Kay is keeping busy.
Kay trying to get back to his feet but Dema is in full control for now.
Dema is looking to control Kay but Kay is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kay wants to get back to his feet.
Kay staying busy and making it hard for Dema to control.
Kay covering up well under a series of strikes from Dema.
Kay defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Kay covering up well and avoiding damage.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Dema.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dema struggling to keep hold of the position.
Kay has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Dema.
Kay is trying to stand back up.
Dema has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Kay has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Dema seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Dema is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kay has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Dema not allowing Kay to control his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dema is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kay defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Dema is looking to control Kay but Kay is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Dema punches the canvas rather than the man.
Kay prevents Dema from getting a body triangle.
Dema thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
A lull in the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kay defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Dema missing with strikes.
Kay showing good submission defense here.
Dema is looking to control Kay but Kay is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dema punches the canvas rather than the man.
Dema 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.
Kay covering up well under a series of strikes from Dema.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Dema dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dema. That's going to slow Kay down.
Kay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dema stuffs the takedown attempt from Kay. Kay gets slowly back to his feet.
It looked like Dema wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dema.
Dema clinches up against the cage.
Dema comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Brandon Kay has been cut.
Knees to the body from Dema.
Dema pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dema lands a knee to the body.
Dema unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dema lands a nice elbow.
Kay takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dema holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dema has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kay uses from the top position.
Dema looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dema is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kay lands a couple of elbows.
Kay connects with a couple of short punches.
Kay landing with the ground and pound.
Kay scoring with some ground and pound.
Gary Dema overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dema has momentary wrist control but Kay slips an elbow through the middle.
Dema is rocked!
Kay arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Dema's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Brandon Kay!
Brandon Kay got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
39% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
