PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between He Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Me might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hate Me Now. He Me had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Me
vs
Gracie

178 cm
25
175 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, He Me!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Me sees it coming and defends easily.
Me is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Me doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Me has managed to free his arm - good work.
Me on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Me tries to get out of the position.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

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.
Me trying to control from the bottom.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Me still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Me has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Me asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's four 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.

Me decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gracie to his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Me.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Me sprawls well. Me wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Me scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Me swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that He Me will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Me moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Me.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Me.
Me landing knees to the head.
Me landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Me.
Me lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Me with a knee to the head.
Me landing knees to the head.
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me connects with a knee to the head.
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Me lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Me is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Me shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Me lands a knee to the body.
Me tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Me gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Me throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie is working for takedown but Me is calmly controlling the position for now.
He Me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Me.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Me pulls his leg out and moves away.
Me fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Me, right into the meat.

Me rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me scores a nice knee to the body.
Me with a knee to the head.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Me connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Me pulls his leg out and moves away.

Me closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Me pulls his leg out and moves away.
He Me is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Me cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Me defends it nicely.
Me lands a jab-cross combination.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Me.
Me dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Me.
Me moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Me throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Me throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Me, right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Me throws a nice head kick!
Me fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Me lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Me lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Me dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Me!
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Me dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
He Me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Me has managed to clinch.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me landing knees to the body.
Me lands a nice elbow.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Me lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Me obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Me connects with a knee to the head.
Me working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Me.
Me misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Me stalls.
Me with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
He Me has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Me pulls him back up using the underhooks.
He Me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Me lands an elbow inside.
Me tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Me trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Me gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Me is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Me is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Me prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Me gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Me tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Me prevents it.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Me utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Me with a knee to the head.
Me connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Me is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Me down to the mat. Me avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick from Me lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Me has taken the fight into the clinch.
Me landing knees to the head.
Gracie has Me pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Me manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Me lands a damaging elbow.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Me gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Me scores a nice knee to the body.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me scores a nice knee to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie avoiding damage as Me throws knees to the body.
Gracie wants a takedown but no success here.
Me working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Me misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Me landing knees to the head.
The referee calls for Me to work.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Me clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Me stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Me wants it to stay on the feet.
Me stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Me moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Me sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
He Me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Me. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Me.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Me.

Me clinches with his opponent.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Me connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Me stalls.
Me lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Me connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Me.
Me using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Me.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Me with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Me gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Knees to the body from Me.
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Me is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Me misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Me is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Me avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Me gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Me connects with a knee to the head.
Me lands a nice knee to the body.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Me stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Me lands a knee to the body.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Me avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me has Gracie pushed against the cage.
Gracie is trying to drag Me to the mat but Me just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Me is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Me down to the mat. Me avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That kick from Me tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Me looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Me scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Me.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Me cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Me gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Me.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Me scores a nice knee to the body.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me lands a nice elbow.
Gracie has Me pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Me manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Me effectively controlling the action here.
Me working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Me pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Me gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

He Me had his way with Royce Gracie in that round.
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 closes this distance looking for a takedown but Me circles away.
Gracie closes this distance looking for a takedown but Me circles away.
Me chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Me has taken the fight into the clinch.
Me effectively controlling the action here.
Me tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me connects with a knee to the head.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Me lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Me manages to get underhooks.
He Me has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Me lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Me gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Me prevents it.
Me landing knees to the body.
Me scores with a knee to the head.
Me scores a nice knee to the body.
Me landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Me takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie is trying to drag Me to the mat but Me just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Me with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Me landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Me with a knee to the head.
Me throws a knee to the head but misses.
Me lands a knee to the head.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Me trying to land knees to the body.
Me tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
He Me is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Me pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Me instigates a clinch.
Me stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Knees to the body from Me.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Me obliges.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Me crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Me unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Me lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Me creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
A knee to the head by Me.
Me landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Me.
Me with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Royce Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Me landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
He Me showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Me, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 50:43
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 50:43
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 50:41

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... He Me!
He Me retains his welterweight title!