PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between jon grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrik Berisha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Enrik Berisha is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

grace
vs
Berisha

177 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, jon grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enrik Berisha!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berisha stuffs the takedown attempt from grace. grace gets slowly back to his feet.
Berisha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from grace.
grace shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jon grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from grace.
Nice sprawl there from Berisha as grace shoots in.
Berisha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
grace walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from grace.
grace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Berisha lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
grace fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grace fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by grace or perhaps it was just good defense by Berisha which made him look bad.
grace is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by grace.
grace changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Berisha tries to avoid it but grace manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Berisha to the ground. Berisha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Berisha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
grace looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berisha is fending him off so far but grace persists. Nope, Berisha circles away and we're back to standing.
grace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
jon grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berisha connects with a good right hand that stumbles grace. grace circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Berisha. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Berisha.
Berisha lands a head shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Berisha as he connects with a hook.
Berisha scores with a jab. grace acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
grace moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Berisha scores with a nice strike.
Berisha scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berisha throws a hook but grace avoids it easily.
grace slips a jab from Berisha.
Berisha throws out a powerful jab.
Enrik Berisha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berisha lands a jab.
Berisha lands a head shot.
grace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for grace. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Berisha connects with a single shot there.
Berisha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Berisha, as that shot connected.
Berisha lands a head shot.
grace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Berisha fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
grace looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
grace takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
grace drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Berisha does it's job there.
Berisha's corner calls for a 1-2. Berisha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
grace gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
grace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Berisha catches grace with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
grace takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
grace looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
grace shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Berisha pinned against the cage. Berisha gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Good standup being displayed there by Berisha as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrik Berisha dominated that 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.

Berisha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from grace.
grace tries to close the distance and clinch but Berisha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
grace shoots in but no luck this time.
grace moves out of range as Berisha strikes.
Berisha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
grace tries to close the distance and clinch up but Berisha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berisha lands a body shot.
grace tries to clinch up but Berisha circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheers as Berisha lands an impressive looking overhand right. grace doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grace shoots in for a takedown but Berisha shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jon grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Berisha scores with a nice right hand.
Jab, jab by Berisha - just one landing.
A big right from Berisha misses.
Berisha moves into range and connects with a jab.
Berisha misses the jab.
Berisha connects with a crisp jab.
grace shoots in for a double leg but Berisha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Berisha lands a with a good body shot.
Berisha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circle momentarily. Berisha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berisha throws a shot from downtown. grace moves away and avoids it.
Berisha moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Berisha scores with a nice strike.
Berisha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Berisha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
jon grace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berisha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
grace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
grace looks for a takedown but Berisha sprawls well.
Berisha jabs grace right on the nose. grace blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berisha sizes up grace with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Berisha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
grace fails with a takedown attempt.
Berisha misses with a straight right.
Berisha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
grace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Berisha.
Nice defenses there by grace.
Berisha scores with a sloppy right hand. grace should have avoided that one.
grace changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Berisha tries to avoid it but grace manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Berisha to the ground. Berisha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Berisha might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Berisha takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berisha lands a jab to the head.
grace takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
grace tries to move into range but Berisha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Enrik Berisha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
grace fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Berisha avoids it really well and circles away.
grace walks into a straight right hand from Berisha.
grace gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Berisha throws a jab when grace was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrik Berisha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Berisha. No joy for grace on that attempt.
grace fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Berisha avoids it really well and circles away.
grace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jon grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
grace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Berisha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Berisha jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Berisha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
grace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berisha cracks grace with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berisha stuffs the takedown attempt from grace. grace gets slowly back to his feet.
Berisha waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract grace.
A jab from Berisha finds it's way through grace's defenses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether grace might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
grace shoots for a takedown but Berisha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
grace takes one to the side of the head.
grace slips under a jab from Berisha.
Good shot there by Berisha.
grace moves away from the strike by Berisha.
grace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berisha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Berisha scores with a nice head shot.
Berisha misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of grace 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Berisha lands with a right hand.
grace shoots in but no luck this time.
grace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Berisha finds it's way round the side to connect with grace's head.
A lazy left from Berisha finds it's target.
grace takes one on the chin but seems OK.
grace on the wrong end of a nice jab.
grace shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Berisha as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
grace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Berisha lands with an uppercut that bounces grace off the cage and back into rage.
grace drops his hands momentarily and Berisha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Berisha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot by Berisha.
Berisha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Berisha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Berisha cracks grace with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Berisha throws a lazy right hand but grace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Berisha scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Berisha looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for grace!
grace tries to reverse the position but Berisha maintains control.

Berisha is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Berisha misses with an uppercut. grace saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Berisha there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Berisha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berisha lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
grace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
grace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrik Berisha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Berisha has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 24:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 24:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrik Berisha!