PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thorin Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and G Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jackson's choice of entrance music: Underdog. G Jackson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Gray
vs
Jackson

178 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thorin Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, G Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Gray moves out of range easily.

Gray gets a clinch.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson looks gassed!
Gray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Gray lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gray.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Gray lands a knee to the head.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson avoids a wild elbow strike from Gray.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike from Gray.
Gray looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson avoids the elbow strike from Gray, against the cage.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray lands an elbow inside.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gray lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Gray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gray tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson blocks the elbow strike.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gray.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gray looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gray.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray throws an elbow but it misses.
Jackson trying to control the position but instead, Gray has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jackson into the cage.
Gray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Gray creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Gray crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Gray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gray.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Gray with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Gray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray throws an elbow but it misses.
Gray misses with a knee to the head.
Gray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gray connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thorin Gray dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gray clinches.
Gray misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Gray tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Gray.
Gray throws an elbow but it misses.
Gray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gray looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gray prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray with a knee to the head.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Gray tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Gray.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Gray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gray.
Nice elbow from Gray.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson can't break the clinch.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Gray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Jackson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson closes the distance but Gray moves to the side

and Gray moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Gray.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gray throws an elbow but misses.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Jackson manages to break the clinch.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses
and Gray counters with a stiff right hand.

Gray takes the fight into the clinch.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Jackson fails to land.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Gray lands a nice elbow.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gray lands an elbow inside.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thorin Gray dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Gray rushes Jackson and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gray lands a knee to the head.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Gray lands a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Gray lands an elbow that stopped Jackson in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
Gray pushes off an throws an elbow but Jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray connects with a knee to the head.
Gray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gray misses with a knee to the head.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Gray scores a nice knee to the body.

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

Gray closes the distance and clinches.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray pushes off an throws an elbow but Jackson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gray lands an elbow just above Jackson 's eye.
Gray misses with a knee strike.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!

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.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gray.
Gray with a knee to the head.
Gray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gray.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Gray lands a damaging elbow.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gray lands a nice elbow.
Gray keeps control of Jackson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gray lands a knee to the head.
Gray looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gray missing with knees to the body.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Gray.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gray prevents Jackson from breaking the clinch.
Jackson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Jackson avoiding damage as Gray throws knees to the body.
Gray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thorin Gray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Gray is controlling the position.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray lands a knee to the head.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Gray has him pressed against the cage.
Gray connects with a knee to the head.
Gray lands a nice knee to the body.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gray landing knees to the head.
Jackson wants to get back to striking at distance but Gray won't allow it.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray lands an elbow inside that Jackson shrugs off.
Gray landing knees to the body.
Jackson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson has had enough of the clinch but Gray keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gray.
Gray tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Gray lands a knee to the body.
Gray misses with a knee to the head.
G Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thorin Gray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

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