PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Daina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gray
vs
Daina

185 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

New York Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Daina!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Daina shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Gray has Daina up against the cage in a clinch.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Daina looks gassed!
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gray manages to break the clinch.

Gray gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gray controlling the action here for a moment.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Gray.

It looks like John Daina has been cut.

Gray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gabriel Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gray instigates a clinch.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daina's defenses.
Gray connects with a knee to the head.
Gray stalls.
Gray landing knees to the head.

Daina is rocked!
Gray just leaning against Daina, taking a breather.

Gray breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gray moves into range and clinches up with Daina.

Gray breaks from the clinch.
Gray is looking to clinch but Daina is avoiding it.

Gray gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray lands a knee to the head.

Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gabriel Gray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gray clinches up against the cage.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Gray taking a breather.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daina's defenses.
Gray has Daina pressed against the cage.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daina's face.
Gray lands an elbow just above Daina 's eye.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Gray is pushing Daina up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Daina's ribcage.
Gray lands a damaging elbow.
Daina takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gray.

Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gray wants to clinch up but Daina keeps it at a distance.
Daina avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gray tries to clinch there but Daina circles away.

Gray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hook to the body lands for Gray.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gray connects with a knee to the head.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Gray scores with a knee to the head.
Daina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gray has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gray is leaning against Daina and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Daina jumps guard but Gray stands there with Daina around his waist. Daina gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray moves into the clinch successfully.
Daina has Gray pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gray manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gabriel Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Daina.
Daina tries to land a knee to the head but Gray blocks with his arms.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Daina's ribcage.
Gray landing knees to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Daina takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gray keeps control of Daina as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Gray manages to break the clinch.

Gray drives through and clinches with Daina against the cage.
Gray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daina jumps guard but Gray stands there with Daina around his waist. Daina gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Daina fails to pull guard.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gray scores with a three punch combo!
Gray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daina on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gray. Gray obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gray rushes Daina and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Daina takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daina's face.
Gray scores with a knee to the head.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Daina's defenses.
The referee calls for Gray to work.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daina tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gray just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gray with a knee to the head.
Daina goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gray prevents it.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daina fails to pull guard.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray lands a left hand.
Daina takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Gray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Daina's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daina keeps the fight on the outside.
Gray looks to clinch

and Daina counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gray!
Gray throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Gray tries to buck Daina off but he can't manage it.
Daina blocks Gray's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gray throwing hammer fists to the chest of Daina. What's that going to do exactly?
Gray is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daina looking to control but Gray is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gray is trying to escape the mount.
Daina tries to control but Gray wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gray tries to hold on but Daina postures up.
Gray is trying to stand.
Daina avoids the attempt from Gray to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daina won't let Gray get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Gray bucks Daina off and manages to get back to his feet!
Daina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gray wants to clinch

and Daina counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gray's guard now.
Daina looking to sit in guard and control but Gray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gray seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daina tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Gray gets to his feet. Daina looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gray doesn't manage to clinch there - Daina circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Daina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Daina's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daina swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daina swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
Daina swats away the attempt to clinch by Gray.
Gray is looking to clinch but Daina is avoiding it.
Gray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Gray drives through and clinches with Daina against the cage.
Gray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Daina backwards.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Gray breaks from the clinch.
Daina circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daina swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gray throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Daina.

Gray has Daina up against the cage in a clinch.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gray tries to clinch up.

Gray clinches.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gray moves into the clinch successfully.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daina's face.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray with a knee to the head.

Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gray dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Daina. That did some damage!
Gray throws a leg kick which misses Daina's front leg but catches the back leg as Daina tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gray, right into the meat.
Gabriel Gray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gray clinches up with Daina and pushes him back against the cage.
Daina jumps guard but Gray stands there with Daina around his waist. Daina gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gray lands an elbow inside.
A right hand to the body from Gray.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Daina's ribcage.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Daina's ribcage.

Gray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daina shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Daina misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gabriel Gray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Daina.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daina walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gray.

Daina drives through with a takedown into guard.
Daina postures up in Gray's guard and throws a big left but Gray blocks it.
Gray being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daina wants to control from the top but Gray keeps moving.
Gray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Daina is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gray with shots to the head and body - Daina looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gray lands a heavy elbow.
Gray landing strikes, looking to finish!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gray has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Gray!