PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Barry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry comes to the ring accompanied by 3 AM. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barry
vs
Gracie

180 cm
22
190 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drake Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barry.

Gracie rushes Barry and presses him up against the ropes.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Barry pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Barry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Barry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Barry is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barry is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Barry wants to pass the guard but Gracie is defending well.
Barry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barry tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Barry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Barry is controlling well.
Barry working Gracie over with strikes.
Barry lands strikes from half guard.
Barry tries to pass to full mount but Gracie defends it.
Barry is working hard here to advance position.
Barry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Barry working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Barry in his half guard.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Barry has control of the leg.
Barry not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to improve his position.
Gracie gets back to full guard.
Barry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Barry tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.

Barry is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Barry looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Barry is breathing heavily.
Barry tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Barry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barry throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Barry trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Barry preventing the sweep.
Barry trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Barry moves out of range easily.

Barry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry with the ground and pound from mount.
Barry looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie can't escape the position.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Barry has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Barry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gracie tries to hold on but Barry pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Barry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Barry bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Drake Barry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barry grinds an elbow into Gracie's temple.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Barry keeps moving and retains side control.
Barry working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Barry working the ground and pound.
Barry wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Barry landing strikes.
Barry in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gracie tries to bench press Barry off him but Barry keeps the position.
Barry is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Barry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gracie has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ground and pound from Barry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Gracie parries the strikes from Barry easily there. Barry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Gracie to escape.
Gracie struggling a bit here.
Gracie pushes Barry away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Barry gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Barry looking to control but instead Gracie has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Gracie wants to control but Barry is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Barry scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gracie wants to control but Barry postures up.
Barry throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gracie regains half guard.
Barry lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie trying to control but Barry postures up.

Barry seems to be looking for submissions.
Barry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Barry wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Barry moved away.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Barry manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie preventing the sweep.

Barry looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Barry wants to hit a switch here but Gracie passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Barry there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barry tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gracie punching from mount but Barry doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barry is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie punching from mount but Barry doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Barry dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barry manages to avoid it.
Gracie with a poor takedown

and Barry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Barry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Barry is working for a submission of some sort.
Barry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Barry is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Barry is controlling him

Barry 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. Barry eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Barry is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Barry wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Barry checks the leg kick.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Barry is out of range.

Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barry's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barry tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Barry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie tries to stand but can't do so whilst Barry controls his leg.
Barry tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Barry is trying to control but can't.
Barry tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook but Barry blocks it.
Gracie fails with the takedown

and Barry counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gracie's guard now.
Barry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Barry is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Barry has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Royce Gracie!