PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julian The Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Fury comes to the cage accompanied by BooM. Gabriel Gray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Fury
vs
Gray

185 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Alpha-Omega

Convicted

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julian The Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Gray!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray tries to clinch but The Fury moves out of range.
Gray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gabriel Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gray throws a nice looking combination but The Fury bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Gray forces The Fury back against the cage and clinches.
The Fury drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Gray is fighting off a takedown attempt but The Fury is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gray to the mat. Gray regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The Fury decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

The Fury closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Fury managing to block the knees to the body from Gray.
Gray wants a takedown but no success here.
A body shot lands from Gray.
A right hand to the body from Gray.
The Fury changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gray fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gray closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Fury circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray looks to clinch

and The Fury counters with a nice double leg into guard.

The Fury drops back looking for a leg! Gray is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gray manages to kick The Fury off! The Fury jumps back into Gray's guard.

The Fury drops back looking for a leg! Gray is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gray manages to kick The Fury off! The Fury jumps back into Gray's guard.
The Fury is breathing heavily.
Gray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gray pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
The Fury is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to control the pace but The Fury is squirming around nicely.

Gray goes for an armbar but The Fury turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from The Fury.
Gray wants to sweep here but The Fury controlling him for the moment.

The Fury is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gray wants to sweep but no luck.

The Fury drops back looking for a leg! Gray is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gray manages to kick The Fury off! The Fury jumps back into Gray's guard.
Gray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gray scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gray tries to clinch up

and The Fury counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Fury.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gray is on top in guard.
Gray sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed The Fury's guard.

Gray looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Gray seems to be working for a kimura but The Fury defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and The Fury defends it well.
The Fury tries to roll over but Gray keeps him under control.
The Fury gets full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The Fury is looking for a triangle but Gray pushes his legs off easily.

Gray drops back looking for a leg! The Fury is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and The Fury manages to kick Gray off! Gray jumps back into The Fury's guard.
Gray looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian The Fury dominated that round.
That's time! The Fury's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gray wants to clinch but The Fury slips to the side

and The Fury counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

The Fury is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gray defends it well.
Gray is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gray moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

The Fury thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Gray has his foot on The Fury's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Fury works his way back into a safe position though.
The Fury stopping the sweep attempt from Gray.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Fury passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Julian The Fury overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Fury is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Gray looks calm but he's in trouble here. The Fury gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Gray is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! The Fury lets go of the hold and Gray can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Julian The Fury!