PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Early Grayce (ranked 525 p4p, 76 weight class) and Stef Power Jr (ranked 1229 p4p, 174 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Grayce
vs
Power Jr

178 cm
22
222 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
224 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Big Tree's Vintage Wear

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Early Grayce !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Stef Power Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A lazy body kick from Grayce
and Power Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Grayce throws a hook to the side of Power Jr's head but Power Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Power Jr lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Early Grayce has been cut.
Grayce throws out a loose jab but Power Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Power Jr lands a nice hook to Grayce 's body. Grayce takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Power Jr stuns Grayce with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grayce throws a poor cross that misses
and Power Jr counters with a straight right hand.

Grayce is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Power Jr's half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Grayce wants to work for an arm triangle but Power Jr is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Power Jr trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Grayce manages to pass to mount!
Power Jr tries to reverse the position but Grayce maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayce avoids the attempt from Power Jr to control.
Grayce with a couple of short strikes.
Power Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grayce lands a heavy elbow.
Grayce lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Grayce lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Power Jr tries to reverse the position but Grayce maintains control.
Power Jr in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Grayce prevents Power Jr from getting the reversal.

Grayce jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Power Jr manages to avoid the submission attempt.
You can see the frustration on Power Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power Jr is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grayce wants to control but Power Jr is keeping him busy.
Grayce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grayce advances to full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Power Jr is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Grayce lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Power Jr regains half guard.
Power Jr trying to control but Grayce postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayce lands with a punch from half guard.
Grayce is looking to pass Power Jr's guard but actually Power Jr recovers to full guard.
Grayce distracts Power Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grayce wants to control from the top but Power Jr keeps moving.
Grayce sitting in guard here, content to control.
Grayce sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Power Jr's guard.
Power Jr is looking to control Grayce 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Power Jr avoid being mounted?

Power Jr looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Power Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayce is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grayce works his way into full mount!
Grayce landing shots from mount.

It looks like Stef Power Jr has been cut.
Grayce lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Power Jr is rocked!
Grayce postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Power Jr bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Grayce and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Early Grayce !
An out of breath Early Grayce thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.