PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbert Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is orion. Royce Gracie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Gracie
vs
Dean

185 cm
24
194 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
192 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herbert Dean!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dean scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie is looking to chop away at Dean's legs.
Dean scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dean lands a slapping body shot.
Dean misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gracie shoots in but Dean avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dean throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Dean throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Dean saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dean fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dean scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dean sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gracie somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dean looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dean throws and low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Dean lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Dean.
Dean throws a nice inside leg kick.

Dean feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dean is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Dean 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.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dean doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dean manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Dean 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.
Dean has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie working a defensive guard but Dean passes into half guard.
Dean controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dean tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gracie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dean is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dean working Gracie over with strikes.
Dean performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dean's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie trying to hold on to Dean's head to control him but Dean postures up.
Well, if Dean 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dean winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Dean is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Dean slips a nice elbow through Gracie's hands, connecting with Gracie's forehead.
Dean is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dean working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dean is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dean content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Dean has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.

Dean looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Dean looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dean controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is bucking up trying to escape but Dean cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herbert Dean dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A combination from Dean does no damage.
Dean turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dean tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Royce Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dean's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Dean duly obliges.
A good leg kick by Dean.
Royce Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dean cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.

Dean shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gracie napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dean is putting a hurting on Gracie here, landing some big shots from side control.

Dean is trying to get an arm triangle but Gracie is defending well.

Dean tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dean lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dean tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dean passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Gracie!
Dean in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dean landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!
Dean controlling the position easily from mount.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Herbert Dean!
Herbert Dean is the new middleweight champion!