PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Peleus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peleus comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Mask Alexander The Great . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Peleus
vs
Gracie

194 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Deadly Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Peleus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Peleus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Peleus lands a left and a right that send Gracie crashing to the mat, dazed. Peleus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Michael Gracie has been cut.
Peleus misses with the combination.
Peleus fails to land with a series of punches.
Peleus throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Peleus misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Peleus tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peleus lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peleus lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gracie backs up against the cage.
Peleus takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Peleus keeps it at a distance.
Peleus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peleus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Peleus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie keeps Peleus at a distance using the push kick.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peleus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Peleus circles away and keeps his distance.
Peleus thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Peleus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie tries to clinch but Peleus is having none of it.
Peleus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie throws a jab when Peleus was well out of range.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Peleus is looking to wear down Gracie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Peleus blocks the body kick.
Peleus throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Peleus swats away the attempt to clinch by Gracie.
Peleus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Peleus.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Peleus defends it nicely.
Peleus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gracie counters by moving into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Peleus's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peleus misses with a body shot.

Gracie has Peleus up against the cage in a clinch.
Peleus is trying to break the clinch but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peleus can't break the clinch.
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Peleus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Peleus is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks.
Peleus is trying to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling him.
Peleus tries to circle away but Gracie has him pinned against the cage.
Peleus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Peleus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peleus moves out of range of the body kick.
Peleus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peleus tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Peleus.
Peleus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peleus misses with a wild combination.
Peleus misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peleus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Peleus.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Peleus if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Peleus.
Peleus is breathing heavily.
Gracie misses the jab.
A punch combination from Peleus misses.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Peleus but Peleus pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alexander Peleus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Gracie.
Peleus stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Peleus displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peleus misses the jab.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peleus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Peleus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Gracie's cut.
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.

Peleus throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Peleus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gracie counters with a nice body kick.
Peleus misses with a series of wild punches.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Peleus.
Peleus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peleus blocks a jab.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peleus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Peleus lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peleus lands with a shot to the body.
Peleus lands with a right hand.
Alexander Peleus is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peleus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Peleus throws a combination that misses
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Peleus looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Peleus with a jab.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Peleus misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Peleus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alexander Peleus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peleus misses with a series of wild punches.
Peleus misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Peleus scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Peleus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peleus misses with the combination.
Peleus misses with a series of wild punches.
Peleus misses with a double jab

and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peleus!
Gracie won't let Peleus get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gracie tries to control but Peleus wriggling away.

Gracie is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Peleus to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Peleus shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peleus is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Gracie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Peleus manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peleus dodges the ground and pound from Gracie.
Gracie wants to control but Peleus is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Peleus.
Peleus lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peleus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Peleus is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Peleus had a free shot at his head there.
Peleus fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Peleus listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Peleus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peleus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Peleus misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peleus throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie misses with a body shot
enabling Peleus to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Peleus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Peleus.
Peleus lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peleus throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Peleus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Peleus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Peleus fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Peleus takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peleus lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Peleus slips the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Gracie moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peleus tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Peleus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peleus is trying to break free.
Peleus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Peleus has double underhooks.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Peleus has him pressed against the cage.
Peleus keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peleus working hard to break the clinch.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peleus can't break the clinch.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Peleus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Peleus fights it but they end up in guard.
Peleus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Peleus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Peleus wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie advances position into side control!
Peleus is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Peleus misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peleus throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.

Peleus tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Peleus is trying to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie keeps control of Peleus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Peleus controls his hands.
Peleus can't break the clinch.
Gracie has Peleus pressed against the cage, preventing Peleus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Peleus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie has Peleus pressed against the cage, preventing Peleus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Gracie jumps into guard, dragging Peleus to the mat.
Michael Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Peleus squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie punching from mount but Peleus doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie working the ground and pound effectively.

Gracie working for a submission but Peleus is keeping him at bay.
Peleus is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gracie tries to control but Peleus wriggling away.
Peleus really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peleus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Peleus!