PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raul Ewing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ewing comes to the cage accompanied by B.o.B. - Created A Monster. Gracie has chosen Shook Ones II as his entrance music. Gustavo Gracie will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ewing
vs
Gracie

193 cm
24
245 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

192 cm
25
247 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raul Ewing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustavo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ewing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ewing.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ewing.
Ewing misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ewing fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Ewing scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ewing misses with a jab, cross combination.

Ewing closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ewing stalling the fight.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Ewing has him pressed against the cage.
Ewing lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ewing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ewing feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Ewing sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Ewing tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ewing manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ewing throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Ewing scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ewing connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ewing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses

so Ewing counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Ewing looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ewing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ewing wants to get up but he can't break Gracie's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is thwarting Ewing's attempts to control the position.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Ewing is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ewing wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.

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.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Ewing is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Ewing is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ewing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ewing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ewing.

Ewing instigates a clinch.
Ewing looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Ewing works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Ewing manages to break the clinch.
Ewing doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Ewing lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ewing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ewing.
Ewing scores with a head kick.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Ewing counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Ewing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ewing controlling the action here.
Ewing prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ewing 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.
Gracie is looking to control Ewing's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Gracie wants to improve his position but Ewing is controlling well.
Ewing sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ewing. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ewing throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thows a leg kick but Ewing checks it
and Ewing counters with a leg kick.
Ewing throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Ewing slips a jab and a cross from Gracie.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ewing counters by clinching up.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raul Ewing has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustavo Gracie.
Ewing unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ewing crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewing drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Ewing pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ewing tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Ewing.
Ewing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Ewing dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ewing.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie tries to clinch but Ewing moves out of range.
Ewing throws a head kick that misses.
Ewing misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Ewing.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ewing moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Raul Ewing is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Ewing tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ewing manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ewing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Ewing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Raul Ewing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Ewing moves into the clinch.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Ewing pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gustavo Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raul Ewing has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustavo Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ewing was covering up waiting for the punch and Gracie finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ewing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ewing manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Ewing in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewing wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Ewing postures up.

Gracie working for a triangle but Ewing defends it easily.
Raul Ewing is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ewing trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ewing is aware though and is defending well.

Gracie has his foot on Ewing's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ewing works his way back into a safe position though.

Ewing stands up from Gracie's guard - Ewing perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ewing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ewing has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raul Ewing!