PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luki Puki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luki Puki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gracie
vs
Puki

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomasz Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luki Puki!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots and misses

and Puki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Puki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Puki drops an elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Puki lands strikes from half guard.
Gracie tries to roll over but Puki keeps him under control.
Gracie pushes Puki off looking to stand but Puki dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Puki there.
Nice strikes from Puki there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puki working Gracie over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puki lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Puki lands a nice short elbow.
Puki throwing shots but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Puki thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.
Puki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Puki drops an elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is not content to let Puki control the position.
Puki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Puki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Puki seems content to control.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Puki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie trying to control but Puki postures up.
Puki is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Puki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Puki lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puki 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.
Ground and pound from Puki.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Puki is working away from the top position though.
Puki working Gracie over with strikes.
Puki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Puki stalling.
Puki scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puki 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 slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Puki wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Puki is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puki is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luki Puki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Puki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Puki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puki trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gracie holds on and takes a little breather.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Puki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Puki postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puki looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Puki striking from the bottom.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Puki is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Puki throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Puki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Puki looking for a triangle here. Gracie is fighting it but it looks tight! Puki pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Gracie is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Luki Puki!