PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Peoples (ranked 24339 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Grays (ranked 6036 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Peoples has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Peoples
vs
Grays

180 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shane Grays!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Grays.
Peoples fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grays avoids it really well and circles away.
Peoples fails with the takedown.

Peoples drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Peoples is standing up over Grays. Grays looks to escape but Peoples dives into side control.

Peoples remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grays takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Peoples in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Grays is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Peoples!