PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro Gracielo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvaro Gracielo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracielo
vs
Marques

225 cm
24
303 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

195 cm
25
290 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alvaro Gracielo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Marques!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracielo. Gracielo gets slowly back to his feet.
Marques misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marques digs a good body shot into Gracielo's ribs.
A big right from Marques misses.

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

It looks like Alvaro Gracielo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracielo.
Gracielo avoids the body shot from Marques.
Marques throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracielo is defended easily by Marques.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro Gracielo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marques misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marques misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Marques.
Marques misses with a wild combination.
Marques tries to bum rush Gracielo with a series of wild strikes but Gracielo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marques will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracielo fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gracielo takes a swing at Marques's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Marques. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marques.
Gracielo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marques swivels and escapes.
Marques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracielo slips a jab and a cross from Marques.
Gracielo blocks a head kick by Marques.
Gracielo has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracielo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Marques sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gracielo somewhat.
Gracielo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marques tries to avoid it but Gracielo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marques to the ground. Marques escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Victor Marques is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marques lands with an uppercut that bounces Gracielo off the cage and back into rage.
Gracielo dodges the punch combination from Marques.
Gracielo looks to score with a jab to the body but Marques is just out of range.
Gracielo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marques throws a series of punches but Gracielo moves out of range.
Gracielo dodges the punch combination from Marques.
Gracielo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No joy there for Marques, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marques looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Marques.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracielo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Marques dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Gracielo'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.

Gracielo shoots in but Marques avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marques misses with an uppercut. Gracielo saw that one coming.
Victor Marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracielo.

Gracielo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracielo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Gracielo in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Marques tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracielo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alvaro Gracielo!