PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Early Grayce (ranked 633 p4p, 98 weight class) and Dai Zexi (ranked 486 p4p, 71 weight class). Zexi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: BRADIO-Flyers. Dai Zexi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Grayce
vs
Zexi

178 cm
25
222 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
220 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Sportivité
Vegan Gains

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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Early Grayce !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dai Zexi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayce moves out of range as Zexi strikes.
Grayce throws out a loose jab but Zexi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zexi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grayce feinted with a counter takedown.
Zexi scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Early Grayce has been cut.
Zexi lunges at Grayce with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grayce 's hand.
Zexi misses with a jab to the body
and Grayce counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Dai Zexi has been cut.
Zexi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grayce was well out of range. Poor timing from Zexi.
Grayce misses with a straight right.
Grayce lands a nice shot that snaps Zexi's head back.
A low kick from Grayce misses
and Zexi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zexi throws a lazy right hand but Grayce sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zexi misses the jab.
Nice shot lands for Grayce .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grayce misses the jab.
Zexi throws out a loose jab but Grayce uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zexi takes a swing at Grayce 's ribcage but misses.
Zexi closes the distance but Grayce moves to the side

and Grayce counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Grayce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grayce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grayce trying to control the position from guard on top but Zexi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zexi wants to sweep here but Grayce controlling him for the moment.
Grayce sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zexi's guard.
Zexi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Grayce there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zexi trying to control from the bottom.
Zexi gets back to full guard.
Grayce wants to control from the top but Zexi keeps moving.
Grayce trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zexi wants to sweep here but Grayce controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zexi keeping moving, preventing Grayce from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zexi wants to sweep but no luck.
Grayce pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zexi is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Grayce 's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Zexi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Zexi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grayce stopping the sweep attempt from Zexi.

Zexi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Grayce works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Grayce is thwarting Zexi's attempts to control the position.
We've been hearing that Grayce has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Grayce lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zexi is trying to maintain the position but Grayce is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grayce is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Zexi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Grayce is looking to work some ground and pound but Zexi has wrist control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grayce trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zexi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grayce in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Early Grayce dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grayce looks to land a left hand but Zexi moved out of range nicely.
Grayce on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zexi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zexi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dai Zexi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Grayce misses the target.
Zexi misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Grayce misses its intended target.
Grayce shoots in for a takedown but Zexi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Grayce takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zexi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grayce doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grayce throws a jab when Zexi was well out of range.
Grayce walks into a left hand.
Grayce takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zexi misses with a left hand
and Grayce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zexi lands a nice looking body shot.
Zexi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zexi lands with a shot to the body.
Grayce is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Grayce takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zexi cracks Grayce with a good jab.

Early Grayce 's cut is getting worse.
Dai Zexi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zexi punishes Grayce 's body with a nice straight punch.
Zexi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Zexi misses.
Zexi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grayce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Zexi and Grayce goes tumbling to the canvas! Zexi follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Grayce is rocked!
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!
Zexi lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Grayce quite badly. Grayce pulls Zexi in close trying to recover. Zexi postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Grayce on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Grayce doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dai Zexi!
During a confident post fight interview, Dai Zexi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.