PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arashi Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace has chosen Swagga Like Us as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Yamada
vs
Grace

178 cm
28
165 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

182 cm
23
163 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arashi Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Grace!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamada lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grace at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yamada.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick
and Yamada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamada checks the leg kick.
Yamada misses with an uppercut.
Grace is looking to chop away at Yamada's legs.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.

Grace forces Yamada back against the cage and clinches.
Grace being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamada lands with a short shot to the head.
Grace working hard to break the clinch.
Grace is trying to break free.

Grace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamada misses with a looping left.
Yamada moves out of range of the body kick.
Grace throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yamada.
Grace fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Yamada throws a low kick but Grace avoids it.
Grace moves out of range of the body kick.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grace.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yamada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grace was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamada.
Grace tries to clinch but Yamada is having none of it.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Grace.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Grace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Grace there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Grace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace lands with a nice body kick.
Grace lands a two punch combo.
Grace throws a wild body kick that Yamada sees coming a mile off.
Yamada looks to throw the jab but Grace is out of range.
Grace is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yamada. That's going to slow Grace down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamada manages to avoid it.
Chuck Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Grace throws a push kick but Yamada slaps the foot to one side.
Yamada looks to land a right hand but Grace moved out of range.
Yamada with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yamada tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Grace is able to avoid easily.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Yamada fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grace looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grace looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yamada works Grace's body with a nice hook.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.
Grace looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grace moves out of range of the body kick.
Grace misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yamada works over Grace's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamada.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yamada. Grace does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yamada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grace.

Grace closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grace is trying to force a seperation but Yamada has the dominant position.
The referee calls for Grace to work.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Grace manages to break the clinch.
Yamada connects with a leg kick. Grace looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab from Yamada.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Grace tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grace connects with a high kick.
Yamada fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grace moves away from the strike by Yamada.
A head kick by Grace misses
and Yamada cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamada swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yamada works over Grace's head and body with a nice combination.
Yamada throws a hook but Grace blocks it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Yamada misses its intended target.
Grace plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Yamada coming out on top.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamada changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grace staying out of range there.
Grace throws a wild body kick that Yamada sees coming a mile off.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yamada takes a swing at Grace's ribcage but misses.
Grace scores with a head kick. Yamada tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yamada lunges at Grace with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grace's hand.
Yamada throws a hook but Grace avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamada throws a leg kick that misses.
Yamada does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Grace dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Yamada throws a lazy right hand but Grace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grace throws a body kick that misses.
Grace throws a body kick that misses.
Grace takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grace shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grace throws out a leg kick but Yamada moves out of range and Grace only half commits.
Yamada blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grace.
Grace tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yamada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grace throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Grace.
Yamada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grace tries to clinch up but Yamada circles away and keeps his distance.
Grace lands a head kick!
Grace lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yamada tried to score with a low kick but Grace checks it.
Grace throws a nice head kick!
Chuck Grace seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yamada tries a low kick but Grace avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with a looping left.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Grace needs to keep his hands up - Yamada had a free shot at his head there.
Grace throws a nice head kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grace throws a push kick but Yamada slaps the foot to one side.
Grace blocks a jab.
Grace turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yamada lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamada throws a leg kick but Grace moved away.
Grace looks to throw a body kick
and Yamada counters with a straight right hand.
Yamada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grace.
Yamada is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yamada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grace - that will leave a mark!
Grace throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries to clinch but Yamada is having none of it.
Grace lands a head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Grace.
Yamada throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yamada avoids the head kick by Grace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.
Good work by Grace as he checks the leg kick.
Yamada throws a sloppy head kick and Grace moves out of range easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yamada takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grace doesn't manage to clinch there - Yamada circles away.
Grace throws a low kick but Yamada avoids it.
Grace chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yamada lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grace throws a low kick, looking for Yamada's leg but Yamada calmly moves out of range.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Grace misses with a head kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grace connects with a solid leg kick.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.
Grace misses with a low kick as Yamada jumps back.
Yamada lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grace throws a push kick but Yamada slaps the foot to one side.
Grace connects with a high kick.
Grace misses with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grace walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yamada checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grace looks for the body kick but Yamada saw that one coming.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yamada swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yamada with a nice cross.
Yamada lands a nice shot to the body.
Grace looks for the body kick but Yamada saw that one coming.
Grace looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Yamada lands a front kick.
Grace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yamada manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Grace.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Grace misses with a body kick.
Yamada lands with a hook. Grace tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yamada goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That kick from Grace tenderised Yamada's leg. Yamada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yamada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grace.
Grace moves in looking to clinch but Yamada pushes him off.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yamada moves out of range as Grace throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Yamada on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Grace looks to land a body kick but Yamada moved away.
A big right from Yamada misses.
Grace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yamada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Grace.
Grace misses with a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grace throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grace. That's going to slow Yamada down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Grace showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Yamada lands a really nice looking cross but Grace seems unphased.
Yamada does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grace throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yamada misses with a looping right.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.
Grace dodges the punch combination from Yamada.
Grace throws the kick towards the body but Yamada avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace throws a front kick that sends Yamada stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yamada misses with a straight left.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yamada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yamada throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Grace throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamada lands a nice looking body shot.
Yamada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from Yamada.
Yamada throws a push kick but Grace slaps the foot to one side.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamada misses with an uppercut.
Grace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yamada misses with a low kick.
Yamada will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Yamada throws a jab but it's blocked by Grace.
Grace throws a right hand that misses
and Yamada counters with a straight right hand.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Yamada throws out a loose jab but Grace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grace is looking to clinch.
Yamada walks forward, straight into a front kick from Grace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yamada's head.
Yamada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grace manages to avoid it.
Grace walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yamada checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grace checks a low kick from Yamada.
Yamada blocks a head kick by Grace.
Grace throws a head kick but Yamada moves out of range.
Yamada lands with an overhand left.
Grace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yamada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grace moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grace. That's going to slow Yamada down.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Yamada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grace lands a front kick.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Yamada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grace looks to land a body kick but Yamada moved away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yamada finds it's way round the side to connect with Grace's head.
The fighters circling - Yamada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yamada is looking to slow Grace down with leg kicks.
Yamada moves away from the strike by Grace.
Grace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamada.
A big right from Yamada misses.
Grace tries to land a front kick but Yamada steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yamada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yamada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Grace throws the kick towards the body but Yamada avoids it.
Grace throws a body kick that misses.
Grace misses with a leg kick
and Yamada counters with a series of strikes. Grace will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yamada misses with a double jab.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick and Yamada moves out of range easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Grace tries a head kick but it misses.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grace tries to clinch but Yamada is having none of it.
Grace throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamada misses with a body shot.
Arashi Yamada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grace is looking to clinch.
Yamada comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Grace throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yamada's head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yamada connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A head kick misses from Grace.
Grace takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yamada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Yamada throws a low kick but it's checked well by Grace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yamada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yamada scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chuck Grace.
Well Grace has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 for Chuck Grace!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Chuck Grace!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Chuck Grace!

Chuck Grace wins by unanimous decision!
Chuck Grace took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.