QFC Tournament 712 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Pennino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pennino
vs
Gracie

175 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paulie Pennino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pennino gets a double leg takedown into Gracie's guard.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Pennino postures up.
Pennino is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.

Pennino is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pennino not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pennino lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Pennino slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pennino postures up and lands a big shot to Gracie's brow.
Pennino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennino trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Pennino slips an elbow through the middle.
Pennino is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Pennino chips away with some ground and pound.

Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pennino defends it easily.
Pennino has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two 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.
Pennino preventing the sweep.
Pennino is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Pennino pushes his legs off easily.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Pennino is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie seems keen to control Pennino's posture.
Pennino lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pennino wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennino wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pennino wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Pennino tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Pennino circles away and keeps his distance.
Royce Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie closes the distance looking to clinch

and Pennino counters with a nice double leg into guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Gracie manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennino slowing the pace effectively.

Pennino works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennino trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pennino looking to pass the guard.
Gracie will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Pennino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulie Pennino dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie tries to clinch there but Pennino circles away.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Pennino pushes him off.
Pennino fails to land with a series of punches.
Pennino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pennino manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Gracie clinches.
Pennino prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Pennino goes for a takedown attempt but Gracie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pennino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pennino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pennino darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennino working Gracie over with strikes.
Pennino looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pennino is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pennino stops Gracie from standing up.
Pennino throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie controlling the position.
Pennino wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Pennino is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie managing to control the position.
Pennino pushing down on Gracie's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gracie trying to control but Pennino postures up.
Pennino performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Pennino in his half guard.
Pennino scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pennino working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gracie is looking to improve his position.
Pennino looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pennino landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gracie tries to kick Pennino off in order to stand up. Pennino Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Gracie takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pennino tries to advance position but instead Gracie slips a leg back in to half guard.
Pennino lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennino trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Gracie has hold of Pennino's hands but Pennino slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Paulie Pennino overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie has hold of Pennino's hands but Pennino slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pennino is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Pennino stops Gracie from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie has hold of Pennino's hands but Pennino slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pennino trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulie Pennino dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gracie is looking to clinch.
Gracie tries to clinch but Pennino is having none of it.
Pennino drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gracie sprawls and moves away.
Pennino tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gracie defends well and Pennino ends up having to push Gracie into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Gracie steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pennino.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pennino half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pennino keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Pennino pushes him off.

Pennino looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!
Gracie bucks up and tries to throw Pennino off but instead Pennino has got his back!
Gracie tries to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Pennino scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennino cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie wants to hold on but Pennino pushes him away.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Pennino smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pennino dominating with strikes here.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie wants to hold on but Pennino pushes him away.
Gracie takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Pennino's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulie Pennino!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Remo Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bryan
vs
Gracie

190 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Remo Bryan !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bryan tries to pull guard but Gracie forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Bryan jumps guard but Gracie stands there with Bryan around his waist. Bryan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Bryan pulls guard successfully.

Bryan is looking to cinch up a triangle. Gracie throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Bryan 's body to avoid the submission. Bryan has instead reached around Gracie's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Bryan arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Remo Bryan !