PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akoni Gray (ranked 221 p4p, 32 weight class) and Neil Gilas (ranked 394 p4p, 60 weight class). Gilas has chosen Remember The Name - Fort Minor as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gray
vs
Gilas

189 cm
29
210 lbs
17 - 3 - 1

176 cm
33
213 lbs
20 - 13 - 1

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World class boxer
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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 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Akoni Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Neil Gilas!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gilas misses the jab.
Gray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gilas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gray finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gilas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gilas misses with a low kick.
Gray misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice sprawl there from Gray as Gilas shoots in.
And Gray counters with a quick kick to the body but Gilas blocks it.
Gray feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gilass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gilas throws a leg kick
and Gray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neil Gilas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Gilas.
A clash of legs there as Gray blocks the low kick.
Gilas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've been told by Gray's head coaches at Little Lebowski Urban Achievers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gray lands with a hook. Gilas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gray gets caught napping as Gilas dives in and scores a takedown. Gray manages to retain guard.

Gray manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilas is looking to land body kicks.
Gray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gilas doesn't manage to clinch there - Gray circles away.
Gray connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gilas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gilas is looking to score with low kicks.
Good leg kick by Gilas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gray lands with a shot to the body.
Gilas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gray dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gilas. That did some damage!
Gray throws out a leg kick but Gilas moves out of range and Gray only half commits.
Gray ducks under a wild hook from Gilas.
A low kick from Gilas is predictable there
and Gray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gilas misses with the body kick
and Gray counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilas throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akoni Gray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gilas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Gray tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gilas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gray checks it well.
Gray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gilas.
Gray connects with a right hand. Gilas shakes it off.
Gray blocks the body kick.
Jab from Gray.
A jab lands there for Gray.
Gray cracks Gilas with an open hand slap.
Gray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gilas's calf.
Gray cracks Gilas with an open hand slap.
Sloppy strikes from Gray. Those never looked like landing.
Gilas throws the left hand but Gray avoids the punch easily.
Gilas scoring well with a low kick there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gilas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee asks Gilas politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Gilas prefers to stall for the moment though.
Gilas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gilas scoring with punches from side control.
Gray wants to control but Gilas postures up.
A lull in the action here.
Gray is trying to control Gilas's posture but Gilas avoids it.
Gilas lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilas working away.
Gray sneaks back into half guard.
Gray is not content to let Gilas control the position.
Gilas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gray looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gilas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gray is trying to stand back up but Gilas is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akoni Gray 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.

Gilas feints and then cracks Gray's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gray down.
Gilas scores with a shot to the body.
Gilas misses with a straight right.
Gilas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gray loads up on a big right hand but Gilas slips the punch.

Gray darts in and clinches Gilas up against the cage.
Gilas blocking some punches.
Gray struggles to land a body shot inside as Gilas controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Gilas.
Gilas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gray blocks an uppercut.
Gilas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gray's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Gray.
Gray working aggressively here.
A short left from Gilas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gilas tries to work over Gray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gray misses with a punch on the inside.
Gray wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gray breaks from the clinch.
Gilas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gilas tries to score with a low kick but Gray moves his leg out of the way.
Gilas feints and then cracks Gray's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gray down.
Gray is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gilas slips under a jab from Gray.
Gilas lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gilas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gilas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gilas throws a chopping leg kick but Gray manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab from Gray misses.
Gilas wants to counter with a clinch but Gray pushes him away.
Gilas fakes the leg kick and cracks Gray in the body.
Gray loads up on a big right hand but Gilas slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Gilas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gilas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gray.
Akoni Gray is winning the standup battle so far.
Gilas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gray blocks a low kick nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gilas.
A big right from Gilas misses.
Gray keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Gray on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gray lands a jab to the head.
Gilas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gray checks a low kick from Gilas.
Gilas staying out of range there.
Gilas staying out of range there.
Gray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gilas misses with a leg kick.
Gray is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A slow jab from Gray misses its intended target.
Good work by Gray as he checks the leg kick.
Good leg kick by Gilas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Gray blocks the low kick.
Gilas misses with a hook
and Gray counters with a body kick.

Gilas instigates a clinch.
Gilas is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilas.
Gray misses with some punches.
A short left from Gray.
Gray misses with some punches.
Gray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gray tries to work over Gilas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gilas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gray's elbow.
Gray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gilas up against the cage.
Gray working aggressively here.
Gray is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gray misses with the head strike.
Gilas prevents Gray from breaking the clinch.
Gray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gilas backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gray.
Gilas steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Gray lands a nice shot to the body.
Gray throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gray scoring well with a low kick there.
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 on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gilas. Gilas obviously looking to wear him down.

Gilas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gray can't find room to land a body shot as Gilas controls the action.

Gray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gray wants to land a leg kick but Gilas is out of range.
Gilas scores with a hook to the body. Gray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gray checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gray throws a quick counter kick to the body but Gilas avoids it.
Gilas throws an overhand right that lands on Gray's shoulder, as Gray tries to avoid the shot.
Gray tries to move into range but Gilas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gilas. That's going to slow Gray down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Neil Gilas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gilas can pounce on him.
Gilas tries to clinch up.
Gray slips a straight right by Gilas.
Gilas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gray. That did some damage!
Gray looks to land a left hand but Gilas moved out of range nicely.
Gilas throws a leg kick
and Gray counters with a nice uppercut.
Gilas tries a head kick but it misses.
Gray blocks a jab.
Gilas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gilas is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilas slips under a jab from Gray.
Gilas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gilas works the jab nicely.
Gray getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gray pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray misses with a hook
and Gilas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gray thinking.
Gray lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gray. Gilas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gilas works the jab nicely.
Gray dodges the punch combination from Gilas.
Gilas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gray throws a leg kick but Gilas checks it.
Gilas tries a head kick but it misses.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Gilas lands a glancing blow to the side of Gray's head.
Nice uppercut there from Gray.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gilas.
Gray takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Gilas
letting Gray counter with a right hand.
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!
A leg kick checked by Gray.
It looked like Gray wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gray lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gray stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gilas.
Gray slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gilas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gilas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gilas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gilas misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Gilas misses.
Gilas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gray lands a nice hook to Gilas's body. Gilas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gray checks a low kick from Gilas.
Gray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gray connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilas ducks under a wild hook from Gray.
Gray lands a head shot.
Gray checks a leg kick.
Gray ducks under a wild hook from Gilas.
A low kick from Gilas is predictable there
letting Gray counter with a right hand.
Gray stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gilas.
Gray moves out of range of the leg kick from Gilas.
Gilas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gilas misses with a looping right.
Gray keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gilas tries to land a leg kick but Gray saw it coming and moves away.
As Gilas backs away, Gray returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Gilas connects with a leg kick. Gray looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gray cracks a nice hook into Gilas's ribs.
Nice takedown defense from Gray. No joy for Gilas on that attempt.
A quick step to the side and Gray tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gilas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray connects with a solid leg kick.
Gray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gilas manages to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gilas - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gray takes a swing at Gilas's ribcage but misses.
Gilas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gilas misses with a left hand
and Gray counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gray lands with a straight right. Gilas didn't see that one coming.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gilas.
Gray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gray cracks the inside of Gilas's front leg.
Gray throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gray scores with a jab to the head.
Gilas fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Akoni Gray.
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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akoni Gray!
In his post fight interview, Akoni Gray started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.