PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gomi Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryo Chonin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Wait and Bleed. A fine choice. Ryo Chonin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gracie
vs
Chonin

190 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gomi Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Chonin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chonin misses with a series of wild punches.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Chonin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gracie taking a breather here.
Chonin tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position.
Chonin gets back to half guard.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Chonin is having none of it.
Chonin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gracie trying to control but Chonin is working from the bottom.
Chonin wants to improve his position but instead Gracie has moved into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chonin trying to get back to full guard but Gracie takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gracie unloads with some shots from mount but Chonin bucks and avoids them well.
Chonin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gracie tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Chonin.
Chonin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Chonin.

Gracie decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chonin's guard.
Gracie trying to control but Chonin is working from the bottom.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chonin keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Chonin working a defensive guard here.

Chonin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gracie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Chonin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Chonin.
Gracie wants to stand but Chonin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Chonin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chonin wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Chonin is working away.
Chonin wants to get back to full guard.

Chonin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chonin wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie trying to control the action but Chonin is working from the bottom.

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

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Chonin misses with a double jab.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chonin as he avoids it easily.
Gracie throws out a leg kick but Chonin moves out of range and Gracie only half commits.
Chonin throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chonin.
Chonin swinging wilding here.
Chonin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chonin throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but Chonin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie moves forwards but Chonin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Chonin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chonin checks a leg kick.
Ryo Chonin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chonin throws a one two combo.
Chonin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chonin looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chonin throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chonin scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Chonin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chonin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Chonin misses.
Chonin keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Chonin.

Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chonin's guard.
Chonin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Chonin keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

Chonin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chonin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie wants to stand but Chonin is controlling his posture from full guard.
Chonin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Chonin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chonin wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chonin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chonin.

Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Chonin.

That's six 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.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chonin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomi Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chonin prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chonin smiles and moves away.
Chonin cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chonin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chonin cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Chonin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Gracie decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Chonin misses with a wild combination.
Chonin stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Chonin misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chonin circles away.
Chonin throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Chonin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Ryo Chonin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Chonin.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Chonin.
Chonin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Chonin pushes him off.
Chonin throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chonin throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Chonin misses with a wild combination.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Chonin which made him look bad.
Chonin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chonin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chonin clobbers Gracie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
Gracie thows a big elbow that misses.
Chonin wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Chonin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie thows a big elbow that misses.
Chonin keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

Chonin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Chonin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chonin wants to sweep but no luck.

Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Chonin looking for a sweep. Not yet Chonin, not yet.
Chonin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Chonin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Chonin is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Chonin.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Chonin keeps moving.
Chonin wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Chonin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chonin wants to sweep but no luck.
Chonin looking to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Chonin misses with a two punch combination.
Chonin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chonin is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Chonin 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chonin keeps the fight on the outside.

Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Chonin trying to control here.
Gomi Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chonin wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gracie in particular looking to stall.
Gracie has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Chonin tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chonin can't escape the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking to isolate an arm here. Chonin doesn't see it coming and as Gracie extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gomi Gracie!