PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Gray (ranked 3627 p4p, 3793 weight class) and Warren Peace (ranked 406 p4p, 425 weight class). Peace comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Somebody Gonna Get It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gray
vs
Peace

194 cm
23
275
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
29
234
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Redemption ink

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hector Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Warren Peace!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray throws a body punch but Peace moves out of range.
Peace uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gray.
A slow jab from Gray misses its intended target.
Peace swings widly with a right hand
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Peace avoids the body shot from Gray.
Peace lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Peace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
Gray lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gray tests Peace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gray looks to throw the jab but Peace is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peace looks to score with a jab to the body but Gray is just out of range.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Peace missing with a left hand there. Gray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gray lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Peace at a distance.
Gray throws a hook to the side of Peace's head but Peace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peace misses with a series of wild punches.
Gray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. Peace moves away and avoids it.
Gray scores with a punch to the head.
Peace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peace swings widly with a right hand
and Gray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peace has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gray looks to land a left hand but Peace moved out of range nicely.
Gray bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Peace changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gray misses with a left hand
and Peace counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Peace scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gray doesn't seem bothered though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peace misses with an uppercut. Gray saw that one coming.
Warren Peace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peace manages to avoid it.
Peace wants to counter the offense by Gray and move into the clinch position.
Gray's jab looks to have found its range, popping Peace under the eye.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Peace's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've been hearing reports that Gray has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gray lands with an uppercut that bounces Peace off the cage and back into range.
Gray works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Peace. No joy for Gray on that attempt.
Peace lands a jab to Gray's midsection.
Gray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Peace.
A big right from Peace misses.
Gray throws a hook but Peace blocks it.
Gray lands with a shot to the body.
Gray scores with the left hand. Peace knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Peace to score with a decent uppercut.
Peace throws a series of punches but Gray moves out of range.
Gray swings widly with a right hand
and Peace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gray lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peace. Gray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gray takes a swing at Peace's ribcage but misses.
Peace is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gray throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Peace's waist but Peace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gray off to one side.
Peace looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gray is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gray misses with a shot to the body
and Peace counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gray throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gray scores with a hook to the body. Peace takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hector Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Gray misses.
Gray sets himself, and Peace steps forward looking for the clinch! Gray avoids it this time.
Gray connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Gray misses.
Gray misses with an uppercut. Peace saw that one coming.
Peace walks into a left hand.
Peace misses with a right hand
and Gray counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Peace thinking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Peace.
Gray throws a poor cross that misses
and Peace counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Hector Gray has been cut.
Gray scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gray misses with a jab to the body
and Peace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Peace throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Peace misses with a few strikes there.
Gray misses with a body shot.
Gray misses the shot to the body.

Gray is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Peace's half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Gray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hector Gray's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gray takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A telegraphed right hand from Gray misses the target.
Gray with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peace was well out of range. Poor timing from Gray.
A punch combination from Peace misses.
Gray tries for a takedown but Peace circles away easily
and Peace makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Peace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peace misses with a body shot.
Peace takes one to the side of the head.
Gray throws an overhand right that lands on Peace's shoulder, as Peace tries to avoid the shot.
Gray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray works Peace's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Peace throws a counter combo.
Peace's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gray connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Peace scrambles back to his feet.
Gray throws a lazy right hand but Peace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab by Gray.
Peace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gray throws a head kick that misses.
Gray connects with a body shot.
Gray throws a sloppy body shot
and Peace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gray looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peace can do to turn this around?
Peace throws a big shot that misses.
Gray is looking to counter with head kicks.
Gray scores with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gray.
Gray moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gray.
Peace digs a good body shot into Gray's ribs.
Peace misses with a looping left.
Gray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Peace momentarily.
Gray lands a body shot.
Gray scores with a jab to the head.
Gray throws a jab when Peace was well out of range.
Peace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Peace throws a right and a left that both miss.
Peace is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gray.
Peace thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray misses with a straight left.
Gray shoots in for a takedown but Peace shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Gray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gray lands with an overhand left.
Gray scores with a jab. Peace acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Peace looks to throw the jab but Gray is out of range.
As Peace tries to get set, Gray tries to push him back and clinch up but Peace manages to avoid the attempt.
Hector Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
Gray slips under a jab.
Peace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
Peace throws out a counter right but Gray avoids it with no problem.
Gray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gray takes one on the button.
Peace defending well as Gray loads up on a big left hand.
Peace has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Gray decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gray missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Peace is looking to escape.
Peace has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gray is working away from the top position though.
Gray throwing shots but Peace is blocking nicely.
Gray trying to control from Peace's half guard. Peace has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Peace preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Peace keeping full guard, as Gray tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Gray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hector Gray'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Peace fails to land with a series of punches.
Peace misses with a right hand
and Gray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Peace on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Gray fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Peace sprawls well initially but Gray persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Peace is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gray scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gray looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Peace with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gray controlling the pace.
Peace is looking to improve his position.
Gray seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Peace with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Peace keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gray throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Peace to regain full guard.
Gray preventing the sweep.
Peace keeping moving, preventing Gray from controlling successfully.
Gray 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.
Peace wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Gray is now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray working over Peace with some ground and pound. Peace looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray is trying to control the action in half guard but Peace is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gray is trying to work for a kimura but Peace is defending well.

Gray is looking for a kimura but Peace is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gray to get the leverage.
Gray stalling away here and it's allowed Peace to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gray trying to control but Peace is working from the bottom.
Hector Gray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gray in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to control from the top but Peace keeps moving.
Gray is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Peace is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Peace swings widly with a right hand
and Gray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Warren Peace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gray throws a looping overhand right but Peace ducks down to avoid it.
Peace throws a hook to the side of Gray's head but Gray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peace.
Peace avoids the body shot from Gray.

Gray shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Peace manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to control from the top but Peace keeps moving.
Gray stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peace swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Gray has gone for a leg lock! Peace slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gray's guard.

Gray trying to keep a closed guard but Peace is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hector Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gray has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hector Gray!
Hector Gray decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.