PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Serizawa Tamao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serizawa Tamao has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tamao
vs
Gracie

182 cm
23
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 Hilo, Serizawa Tamao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nigel Gracie!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Tamao shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tamao circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tamao moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Gracie has Tamao pushed against the cage.
Tamao landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Tamao is controlling him.
Tamao tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tamao utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gracie is trying to drag Tamao to the mat but Tamao just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tamao keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Tamao.

It looks like Nigel Gracie has been cut.
Tamao with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tamao lands a damaging elbow.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tamao lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie missing with knees to the body.
Tamao lands with a left to the head.
Tamao presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tamao prevents the takedown attempt.
Serizawa Tamao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nigel Gracie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tamao lands a knee to the head.
Tamao putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tamao unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tamao.
Tamao lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Tamao lands a nice knee to the body.
Tamao putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tamao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tamao lands a knee to the head.
Tamao landing knees to the body.
Tamao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Tamao keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie avoiding damage as Tamao throws knees to the body.
Tamao with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie wants to stall.
Gracie wants a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tamao.
Gracie tries to circle away but Tamao has him pinned against the cage.
Tamao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie is working for takedown but Tamao is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tamao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tamao misses with a knee to the head.
Tamao with a knee to the head.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Tamao has the dominant position.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Tamao won't allow it.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Tamao is controlling the position.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tamao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tamao walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Tamao can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamao on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tamao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamao is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gracie is controlling him well.
Tamao avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gracie.
Gracie is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Tamao will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's four 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.
Tamao dodges the ground and pound from Gracie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie slows the pace down.
Gracie misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tamao trying to remain calm as Gracie controls from the top position.
Gracie throws a strike aimed at the side of Tamao's head but Tamao avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serizawa Tamao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nigel Gracie's cut.
That's time! Tamao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gracie scores a takedown into full mount!
Gracie wants to take Tamao's back but he can't do it this time.
Gracie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gracie tries to control but Tamao wriggling away.
Gracie thowing shots but they're missing.
Tamao holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tamao wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie looking to finish with strikes here!
Gracie unloads with some shots from mount but Tamao bucks and avoids them well.

Gracie gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Tamao tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie tries to clinch there but Tamao circles away.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Serizawa Tamao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tamao gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Tamao has wrist control.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Tamao is keeping the position.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Gracie gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamao throws a head kick that misses.

Tamao gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Gracie gets to his feet - Tamao follows without any prompting.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tamao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gracie swivels and escapes.

Gracie feints and as Tamao raises his hands in defense, Gracie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie controls the position from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nigel Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nigel Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gracie tries to clinch but Tamao moves out of range.

Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tamao is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.

Gracie stands up.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Tamao doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Tamao sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Gracie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to control. Tamao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tamao knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gracie not doing much here.

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.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves into full mount! Tamao won't be happy about that!
Gracie controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tamao working to try and regain half guard.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie controlling from mount.
Tamao holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nigel Gracie!