PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Commodore Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Born To Win as his entrance music. Perry has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Perry
vs
Gracie

185 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
26 - 33 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Commodore Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Perry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Perry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perry throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
and Perry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perry leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand

and Perry holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Perry lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Ryan Gracie has been cut.

Perry manages to break the clinch.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Perry counters with an outside leg kick.
Gracie lands with an uppercut that bounces Perry off the cage and back into rage.

It looks like Commodore Perry has been cut.
Perry is breathing heavily.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perry pinned against the cage. Perry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Commodore Perry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick by Gracie misses

and Perry moves into the clinch.

Perry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Perry counters with a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Perry lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Perry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a double jab
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Perry lands.
Perry scores with a decent looking hook.
Perry connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Perry is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Perry lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perry thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Perry cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Ryan Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Perry.
Perry lands with an uppercut that bounces Gracie off the cage and back into rage.
Perry throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Perry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Perry. Perry maintains the clinch.
Perry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Perry crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Perry - that landed with a thud.
Perry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Perry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Gracie jumps guard but Perry stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Perry.
Nice elbow from Perry.

Perry breaks the clinch.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Perry to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Perry. Perry maintains the clinch.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Perry manages to break the clinch.
Perry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Gracie throws a sloppy body shot
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Perry scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Perry to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Perry counters with a slapping leg kick.

Perry clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.

Perry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Commodore Perry dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gracie misses with a jab to the body
and Perry counters with a right hand to the body.
Perry misses with an uppercut
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand

and Perry counters by clinching up.

Perry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a right hand that Perry ducks under and follows up with a left that Perry also avoids with ease.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perry.
Gracie takes a swing at Perry's ribcage but misses.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Perry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perry digs a good hook to Gracie's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie throws a body punch but Perry moves out of range.
That kick from Perry tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Perry to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Perry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perry pinned against the cage. Perry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice shot by Perry.

Perry moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Perry is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Perry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Perry.
Perry tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Perry.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perry connects with a body shot.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Perry shows good takedown defense.
Ryan Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perry scores with a jab.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Perry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gracie misses with a combination
and Perry counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Perry counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry throws a nice outside leg kick.

Perry rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Perry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Perry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Perry.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Perry has the dominant position.
Perry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Perry scores with a hook to the body.
Gracie is trying to break free.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perry.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Perry.
A short uppercut from Perry.

That's four 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.

Perry manages to break the clinch.
Perry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Commodore Perry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Perry with a jab.
Commodore Perry is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Perry.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Perry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Perry counters with a slapping leg kick.

Perry closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
Perry trying to land knees to the body.
Perry lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Perry won't allow it.
Perry stalling in the clinch.
Gracie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Perry is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gracie.
Gracie tries to circle away but Perry has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Commodore Perry dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Perry takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Perry.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Perry is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Perry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry lands a slapping body shot.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Perry counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Perry bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Perry to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perry. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Gracie misses with a double jab
and Perry counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Perry counters with a straight right hand.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
Perry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Perry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Perry punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Perry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Gracie takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perry to score with a decent uppercut.
Perry lands with a good body shot.

Perry forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Perry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie tries to break free but Perry pushes him back against the cage.
Perry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Nice elbow from Perry.
Still in the clinch, Perry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Perry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Perry with a knee to the head.
Perry lands a shoulder strike.

Perry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Perry avoids them all with ease.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Perry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gracie throws a leg kick that is checked
and Perry counters with a solid body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perry.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Perry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Perry!
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Perry counters by clinching up.
Perry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Perry lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Perry.
Perry lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie is trying to push Perry away but Perry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four 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.
Perry lands a body shot.
Ryan Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Perry lands a damaging elbow.
Perry misses with an elbow strike.
Perry lands a knee to the head.
Perry is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Perry tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Perry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perry throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Commodore Perry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perry 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Commodore Perry!