PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spanky Stewart (ranked 4636 p4p, 4600 weight class) and Lex Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stewart
vs
Gracie

185 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
200
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spanky Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lex Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stewart looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Stewart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Stewart.
Gracie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stewart. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Stewart is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gracie actively working from the bottom here.

Stewart 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.
Stewart wants to pass to mount but Gracie is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to control Stewart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Stewart with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Stewart is trying to work for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.

Stewart is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gracie doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stewart.
Gracie is looking to control Stewart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.

Stewart seems to be looking for submissions.

Stewart is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gracie defends it well.

Stewart is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Stewart is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gracie sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
Stewart trying to control the pace.

Stewart seems to be looking for submissions.

Stewart is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gracie has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gracie is positioning himself well to prevent Stewart advancing to mount.

Stewart is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stewart is working away from the top position though.

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.

Stewart seems to be working for a kimura but Gracie defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Stewart 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.
Stewart tries to pass to full mount but Gracie defends it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Stewart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spanky Stewart dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stewart.
Gracie is trying to control Stewart's posture but Stewart avoids it.
Stewart is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Stewart thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stewart tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is not content to let Stewart control the position.

Stewart tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Stewart has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Stewart is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gracie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.

Stewart swings around for an armbar but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Stewart's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Stewart manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.

Stewart thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Stewart from controlling successfully.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Stewart postures up.
Stewart is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stewart is pushing down on Gracie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gracie is fighting to maintain full guard but Stewart has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gracie trying to control but Stewart postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stewart is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gracie defends it well.
Gracie trying to control here.

Stewart is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Stewart seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gracie wants to control the action here but instead Stewart manages to pass to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stewart is working for a guillotine from mount but Gracie frees his head quite easily.
Stewart avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Stewart takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Stewart with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stewart avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Stewart is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gracie to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gracie shrugs it off.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spanky Stewart 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!

Stewart closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gracie quickly recovers to half guard.

Stewart is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.

Stewart 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 defending against the submission attempts here by Stewart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stewart is trying to work for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Gracie wants to control but Stewart is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stewart wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.

Stewart is working for a submission of some sort.

Stewart is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie wants to control but Stewart is keeping busy.

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.
Stewart takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Stewart is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gracie is just riding it out for now. Stewart eventually gives up the hold.
Stewart perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gracie trying to control here.
Gracie controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stewart is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gracie is just riding it out for now. Stewart eventually gives up the hold.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Stewart.

Stewart is looking for a kimura but Gracie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Stewart to get the leverage.

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.

Stewart is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gracie doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stewart.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stewart is working away from the top position though.

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stewart pulls his head out easily.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Stewart is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Stewart 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.
Lex Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie won't allow Stewart to pass to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spanky Stewart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stewart has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spanky Stewart!