PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Whitelaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Throat!. Joey Whitelaw could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Royce Gracie's chin.

Whitelaw
vs
Gracie

200 cm
25
269 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

208 cm
26
287 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Vodka Rags

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™
Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joey Whitelaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitelaw throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Whitelaw gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Gracie has gone for a leg lock! Whitelaw slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gracie's guard.
Gracie being controlled here, momentarily.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Whitelaw!
Whitelaw tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitelaw tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Gracie prevents Whitelaw from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie prevents Whitelaw from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitelaw wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Whitelaw is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie punching from mount but Whitelaw doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Whitelaw is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Whitelaw because Gracie loaded up on that one.
Whitelaw prevents Gracie from taking his back.
Whitelaw holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie working for a guillotine from mount but Whitelaw is in no mood to give up.
Whitelaw holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Gracie goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Whitelaw turns into him and now he's in Gracie's guard.

Whitelaw stands and steps away. Gracie gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitelaw lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whitelaw misses with an uppercut.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Whitelaw.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whitelaw explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Good leg kick by Whitelaw there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch lands to the side of Whitelaw 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whitelaw turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Whitelaw lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitelaw misses with a body kick.
Whitelaw scores with a push kick.
Gracie looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitelaw lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whitelaw.
Whitelaw scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Whitelaw dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Whitelaw throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Royce Gracie has been cut.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Whitelaw.
Nice body kick from Whitelaw.
Whitelaw lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Good leg kick by Whitelaw there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Left hook, right uppercut from Whitelaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitelaw scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.

Gracie is rocked!
Whitelaw drops Gracie with a huge uppercut! Gracie drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Whitelaw is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Whitelaw!