BR 29: PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragon Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dragon Gracie has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dragon Gracie seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Gracie
vs
Williams

190 cm
20
260 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

195 cm
28
230 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dragon Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gracie working the ground and pound but Williams is defending the strikes.
Gracie has knee on belly momentarily but Williams bucks him off and regains half guard.

Gracie in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Williams tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dragon Gracie!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
46%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Freire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freire comes to the cage accompanied by Havoc. Renato Laranja has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Freire
vs
Laranja

165 cm
27
170 lbs
7 - 6 - 2

185 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 7 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patricio Freire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laranja changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Freire tries to avoid it but Laranja manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Freire to the ground. Freire escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Freire scores with a takedown into Laranja's guard.
Freire tries to free his leg and advance position but Laranja is retaining full guard.
Laranja is looking to stand up but Freire isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freire slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Laranja has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Freire can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Laranja looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Laranja is trying to keep Freire in close.

Laranja is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Freire is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freire is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Laranja working for a triangle but Freire defends it easily.
Freire sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Freire looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freire is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Freire scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Laranja being controlled here, momentarily.
Laranja is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Laranja fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Laranja shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Freire sprawls well. Freire wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laranja gets slowly back to his feet.
Patricio Freire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Laranja.
Laranja shoots for a takedown but Freire saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freire drives through with a takedown into Laranja's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Freire might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Laranja has momentary wrist control but Freire slips an elbow through the middle.
Freire pushing down on Laranja's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Laranja throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Freire passes to full mount!
Laranja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Freire controlling from mount.
Freire prevents Laranja from getting the reversal.
Freire controlling the pace for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Freire is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Freire!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Patricio Freire!
After the fight, Patricio Freire was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sakuraba Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter. Emerson Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gracie
vs
Silva

180 cm
34
182 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

194 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Mango Nutrition (158 - $45)

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 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sakuraba Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emerson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva tries to clinch but Gracie moves away
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Silva looking to score a takedown here. Gracie is defending well but Silva drives through and ends up in Gracie's guard.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Gracie with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gracie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie 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.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.

Gracie seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Silva has recovered full guard.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looking to control.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.

Gracie in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Silva tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sakuraba Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Sakuraba Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
58%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Furuichi Takayuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brandao
vs
Takayuki

169 cm
27
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
135 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition (158 - $45)

Mango Nutrition (158 - $45)
RMC - $ 9 Shorts!!!

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Furuichi Takayuki!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandao misses with an uppercut.

Takayuki scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brandao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Takayuki is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Brandao doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Takayuki.
Brandao is looking to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Takayuki is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Brandao is just riding it out for now. Takayuki eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Takayuki is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Brandao sees it coming and defends easily.
Brandao is looking to escape.

Brandao is defending against the submission attempts here by Takayuki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brandao pushes Takayuki off looking to stand but Takayuki dives back in and keeps control.
Takayuki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Takayuki is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Brandao is just riding it out for now. Takayuki eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Takayuki is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Takayuki seems to be working for a kimura but Brandao defends the submission attempt.

Takayuki is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Takayuki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brandao has managed to free his arm - good work.
Brandao is trying to stand up here but Takayuki is controlling him well.

Takayuki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brandao defends it well.
Brandao wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Takayuki 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.
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!
Brandao is trying to stand.
Brandao is breathing heavily.

Takayuki has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Brandao defend it? Takayuki steps over the head and cranks it - Brandao is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Takayuki!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Furuichi Takayuki!