PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Siciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the ring accompanied by . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Siciliano

185 cm
24
202 lbs
13 - 9 - 3

177 cm
26
192 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Siciliano!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siciliano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Siciliano swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Siciliano moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Siciliano doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Siciliano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Siciliano misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Fred Siciliano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siciliano scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Siciliano.
Siciliano tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.

Siciliano instigates a clinch.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Siciliano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siciliano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Marcelo Gracie has been cut.
Siciliano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie stalling against the ropes.
Gracie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Siciliano can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Gracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siciliano backwards.
Gracie looking to slow down the pace here.
Siciliano lands a knee to the body.
Siciliano lands an elbow inside.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Siciliano backwards.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Siciliano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Siciliano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siciliano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Siciliano.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siciliano lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Siciliano 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siciliano tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Siciliano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siciliano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Siciliano swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Siciliano.
A right handed body shot lands from Siciliano.
Siciliano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siciliano tries to stall but Gracie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Siciliano tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Siciliano trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Siciliano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Siciliano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working Siciliano over against the ropes.
Gracie stalling in the clinch but Siciliano improves position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Siciliano.
Siciliano lands a nice elbow.
Siciliano lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Siciliano displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gracie up against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Siciliano obliges.
Gracie avoids a wild elbow strike from Siciliano.
Siciliano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Siciliano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siciliano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Siciliano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siciliano lands a left hand.
Siciliano lands a damaging elbow.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
Siciliano trying to stall but Gracie improves his position.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Siciliano lands with a short shot to the head.
Siciliano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Siciliano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Siciliano missing with knees to the body.
Siciliano lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Siciliano lands an elbow inside.
Gracie lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Siciliano throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Siciliano fails to land.
Gracie avoiding damage as Siciliano throws knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Siciliano blocks a body shot from Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Siciliano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Siciliano wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Siciliano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Siciliano throws a head kick that Gracie semi-blocks.
Siciliano misses with a jab, cross combination.

Siciliano gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Siciliano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Siciliano uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Gracie lunges at Siciliano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Siciliano's hand.
Siciliano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Siciliano forces Gracie back against the ropes and clinches.
Fred Siciliano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Siciliano looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Siciliano.
Siciliano scores with a hook to the body.
Siciliano presses Gracie against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gracie has Siciliano pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Siciliano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siciliano working aggressively here.
Siciliano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Siciliano lands a body punch.
Siciliano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Siciliano lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siciliano tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siciliano tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Siciliano trying to land knees to the body.
Siciliano misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Siciliano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siciliano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Siciliano looking to slow down the pace here.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gracie tries to work over Siciliano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Siciliano tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Siciliano trying to land knees to the body.
Siciliano misses with a body punch.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Siciliano controls his hands.
Siciliano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siciliano has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Siciliano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Siciliano misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Siciliano.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siciliano tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Siciliano back against the ropes.
Gracie avoiding damage as Siciliano throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Siciliano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Siciliano tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie tries a body shot but Siciliano blocks it.
Siciliano prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siciliano.
Siciliano blocks an uppercut.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Siciliano trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siciliano misses with some punches.
Siciliano blocking some punches.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siciliano swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Siciliano backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Siciliano lands a nice knee to the body.
Siciliano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siciliano missing with knees to the body.
Gracie lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracie.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siciliano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Siciliano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Siciliano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Siciliano wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side

and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Siciliano didn't expect that.
Siciliano is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie advances position into side control!
Siciliano is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gracie is controlling him well.

Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Siciliano is defending well.
Siciliano is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Siciliano is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Siciliano keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Siciliano tries to escape but Gracie is in control.
Gracie trying to control the action but Siciliano is working from the bottom.
Siciliano tries to escape but Gracie is in control.

Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Siciliano knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Siciliano wants to get back to his feet but Gracie drags him back down.
Marcelo Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fred Siciliano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Siciliano keeps working.

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Siciliano is defending well.
Siciliano is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie trying to control the position but Siciliano is working away.
Gracie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Siciliano is avoiding damage well.
Siciliano pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gracie lands a nice forearm strike.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Siciliano, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Siciliano, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano wants to get back to his feet.
Marcelo Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Siciliano is defending well.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Siciliano is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Siciliano has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Siciliano!
Fred Siciliano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.