PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Finnegan Wheaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gray comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Beautiful Dangerous" by Slash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Wheaton
vs
Gray

190 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
23
204 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

[MMABR] WIN Nutritional
[MMABR] WIN Nutritional

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Finnegan Wheaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Gray!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wheaton gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gray to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wheaton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wheaton is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wheaton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gray trying to control but Wheaton is working from the bottom.
Wheaton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gray's guard.
Wheaton trying to control the position from guard on top but Gray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray has his hands on Wheaton's head, controlling the position.
Wheaton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gray works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wheaton stopping the sweep attempt from Gray.
Wheaton scoring with some ground and pound.
Gray looking for a sweep. Not yet Gray, not yet.
Wheaton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Gray throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wheaton throws a strike but Gray rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray postures up in Wheaton's guard and throws a big left but Wheaton blocks it.
Wheaton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gray wants to control from the top but Wheaton keeps moving.
Gray controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gray wants to control from the top but Wheaton keeps moving.
Wheaton throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

Gray stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wheaton tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to clinch

and Wheaton counters with a shoot takedown. Gray fights it but they end up in guard.
Wheaton trying to control the position from guard on top but Gray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wheaton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wheaton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wheaton postures up in Gray's guard and throws a big left but Gray blocks it.
Wheaton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Wheaton from controlling successfully.
Gray wants to sweep but no luck.
Wheaton throws a strike but Gray rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheaton controls Gray momentarily but Gray frees himself.

Wheaton is looking for a triangle but Gray pushes his legs off easily.
Wheaton is breathing heavily.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gray tries to clinch up.
Gray shoots and misses

and Wheaton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gray won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray is looking to regain half guard here but Wheaton keeps moving and retains side control.
Wheaton sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gray is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wheaton working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnegan Wheaton dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wheaton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gray!
Wheaton throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gray bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Wheaton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Wheaton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Wheaton is keeping the position.
Wheaton 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.
Gray postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gray trying to control but Wheaton is working from the bottom.
Wheaton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wheaton tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheaton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Wheaton is keeping the position.
Gray is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Wheaton scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wheaton landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wheaton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gray?
Gray is desperately trying to improve his position but Wheaton has a good base and remains in mount.
Wheaton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gray is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wheaton is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gray has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wheaton punishing his opponent with strikes.

Wheaton moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Gray has worked his arm free - good work by Gray!
Gray is looking to regain half guard here but Wheaton keeps moving and retains side control.
Wheaton working away.
Finnegan Wheaton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheaton working the ground and pound.
Wheaton in side control, throwing shots but Gray defends.
Wheaton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Wheaton working the body and head with strikes.
Gray tries to bench press Wheaton off him but Wheaton keeps the position.
Gray can't do much from the bottom here.
Wheaton working the ground and pound.

Wheaton tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wheaton has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wheaton landing a few strikes.
Gray is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wheaton lands a nice short elbow.
Gray wants to get back to full guard.
Wheaton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gray defending well though.
Wheaton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gray trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnegan Wheaton dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gray drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gray wants to stand but Wheaton is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gray postures up in Wheaton's guard and throws a big left but Wheaton blocks it.
Gray looking to pass the guard.
Wheaton wants to stand up but Gray is controlling him.
Wheaton is trying to keep Gray in close.
Gray wants to control from the top but Wheaton keeps moving.
Gray wanted to stand there but Wheaton had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wheaton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gray's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wheaton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gray is on top in guard.
Wheaton keeping full guard, as Gray tries to pass.
Wheaton working a defensive guard here.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Wheaton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wheaton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gray manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wheaton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wheaton wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
Wheaton landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wheaton throws a big right hand that misses.
Gray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wheaton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wheaton postures up in Gray's guard and throws a big left but Gray blocks it.
Gray keeping moving, preventing Wheaton from controlling successfully.
Wheaton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wheaton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wheaton slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray is looking for a sweep.
Wheaton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wheaton postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wheaton throwing strikes but Gray manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Wheaton defending against the ground and pound.
Wheaton throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Gray trying to control the position but Wheaton is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wheaton wants to control but Gray postures up.
Blake Gray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Finnegan Wheaton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Wheaton is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Finnegan Wheaton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wheaton 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finnegan Wheaton!