PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yura Noobert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Gregerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noobert's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let the Bodies Hit the Floor). Gregerson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: SandStorm. Yura Noobert could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chad Gregerson's chin.

Noobert
vs
Gregerson

182 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
169 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yura Noobert!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Gregerson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noobert tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gregerson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Noobert is looking to clinch.
Noobert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Noobert tries to clinch but Gregerson moves out of range.
Noobert tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gregerson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Noobert lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gregerson will feel that in the morning.
Noobert cracks the inside of Gregerson's front leg.
Noobert tries to clinch there but Gregerson circles away.
Noobert fails to land with a series of punches.
Gregerson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gregerson keeps the fight on the outside.
Noobert tries to clinch up but Gregerson circles away and keeps his distance.
Yura Noobert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noobert looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert throws a lazy right hand but Gregerson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Noobert misses with a head kick.
Noobert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noobert wants to clinch up but Gregerson keeps it at a distance.
Noobert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noobert tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gregerson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An inside leg kick from Noobert misses.
Noobert swinging wilding here.
Gregerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Noobert.
Noobert tries to clinch there but Gregerson circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gregerson keeps the fight on the outside.
Noobert tries to clinch but Gregerson moves out of range.
Noobert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Noobert fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noobert tries to clinch but Gregerson moves out of range.
Noobert tries to clinch up but Gregerson circles away and keeps his distance.
Noobert shoots in and drives through. Gregerson sprawls well.
Nice sprawl there from Noobert as Gregerson shoots in.
Noobert misses with a takedown

and Gregerson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Noobert's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gregerson tries to free his leg and advance position but Noobert is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noobert keeping moving, preventing Gregerson from controlling successfully.
Noobert looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gregerson is one step ahead there.
Gregerson wants to control from the top but Noobert keeps moving.

Noobert looking for a guillotine here but Gregerson defends easily.
Gregerson wants to control from the top but Noobert keeps moving.
Gregerson postures up in Noobert's guard and throws a big left but Noobert blocks it.
Gregerson throwing strikes from guard but Noobert blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gregerson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Noobert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gregerson throws a series of punches but Noobert moves out of range.
Noobert gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Gregerson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Noobert!
Gregerson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gregerson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Noobert looks a forlorn figure.
Noobert tries to lock up and control but Gregerson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Noobert in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gregerson trying to control but Noobert is having none of it.
Gregerson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Gregerson dominated that 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.

Noobert lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gregerson will feel that in the morning.
Noobert misses with a takedown
and Gregerson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gregerson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Noobert wants to clinch

and Gregerson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Noobert won't be happy with that.
Gregerson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Noobert tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gregerson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gregerson trying to control the position but Noobert is working away.
Noobert tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert is not content to let Gregerson control the position.
Gregerson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Gregerson lands an elbow.
Gregerson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gregerson working the head and body with strikes.
Gregerson trying to control the action but Noobert is working from the bottom.
Gregerson working the ground and pound from side control.
Gregerson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Noobert can't do much from the bottom here.
Gregerson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Noobert!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregerson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gregerson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Noobert is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gregerson with the ground and pound from mount.
Noobert can't escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gregerson is landing with some decent strikes but Noobert is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gregerson looking to finish Noobert with some ground and pound. This is bad for Noobert!
Noobert is desperately trying to improve his position but Gregerson has a good base and remains in mount.
Gregerson with good strikes from the mount here!
Chad Gregerson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gregerson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Noobert's face.
Noobert is bucking up trying to escape but Gregerson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gregerson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gregerson cracks Noobert with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gregerson is landing with some decent strikes but Noobert is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gregerson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregerson landing strikes from the mount and Noobert is in trouble!
The referee warns Noobert that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Noobert knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gregerson on the ground.
Noobert can't escape the position.
Gregerson with a couple of short strikes.
Noobert is trying to escape the mount.
Gregerson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Noobert that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gregerson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gregerson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Noobert is squirming around, avoiding Gregerson's attempts to control the action.
Gregerson landing strikes from the mount and Noobert is in trouble!
Gregerson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Noobert is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregerson is landing with some decent strikes but Noobert is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gregerson unloading with bombs!
Gregerson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Noobert?

Gregerson wants to finish this one by submission but Noobert is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gregerson.
Gregerson looking to finish Noobert with some ground and pound. This is bad for Noobert!
Gregerson landing strikes from the mount and Noobert is in trouble!
Noobert is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noobert taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Gregerson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gregerson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Gregerson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gregerson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Noobert checks it well.
Noobert tries for a takedown but Gregerson circles away easily

and Gregerson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Noobert wants to get back to his feet but Gregerson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gregerson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Noobert keeping moving, preventing Gregerson from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gregerson is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gregerson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Noobert looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gregerson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Gregerson wants to take a breather but Noobert is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noobert is looking to improve his position.
Noobert gets full guard.
Gregerson wants to control from the top but Noobert keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gregerson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gregerson trying to control but Noobert is working from the bottom.
Gregerson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Noobert kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Noobert looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Noobert is working hard here to advance position.
Gregerson scoring with some ground and pound.
Gregerson wants to control from the top but Noobert keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gregerson fails with the takedown.

Noobert drives through with a takedown into guard.
Noobert wants to pass the guard but Gregerson is keeping the position.
Gregerson wants to sweep but no luck.

Gregerson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Noobert doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Noobert manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Noobert trying to control but Gregerson is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregerson pulls Noobert in to control the position.
Gregerson throwing short punches from the bottom.

Gregerson is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Noobert rolls with it to try and escape but Gregerson cranks on the arm and Noobert is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chad Gregerson!
Chad Gregerson is the new welterweight champion!