PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Faustino Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Kray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Washington
vs
Kray

173 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Faustino Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Reginald Kray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kray lands with a straight right. Washington didn't see that one coming.
Kray misses with a hook. Washington ducked under it nicely.
Washington looks to throw a body kick
and Kray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Kray closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kray as Washington tries to tie him up.
A right hook to the body lands for Kray.
Washington could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Washington wants a takedown but no success here.

Washington jumps into guard, dragging Kray to the mat.
Kray engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Washington tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Washington tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kray trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Kray managing to control the position.

Kray is working an open guard so Washington takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A shot to the body from Washington misses
and Kray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kray lands a slapping body shot.
Kray misses with a straight right.
Kray has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Washington.
Kray misses with an uppercut. Washington saw that one coming.
Kray clobbers Washington with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kray gets underhooks to prevent Washington's takedown attempt.
A shot in the inside from Kray.
Kray has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kray gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Washington.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Faustino Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Washington decides to pull guard.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Kray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kray is controlling him.
Kray looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Washington is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kray is controlling him.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kray throws a jab when Washington was well out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kray looks to land a left hand but Washington moved out of range nicely.
Washington throws a head kick but Kray moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reginald Kray dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Washington has Kray up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kray.
Washington is trying to pull guard but Kray has him pressed against the cage.
Kray scores with a hook to the body.
Kray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Kray.
Kray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Washington backwards.

Washington is rocked!
Kray throws a big uppercut that drops Washington! More strikes from Kray and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Washington lies dazed against the cage as Kray celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reginald Kray!