PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Goryachev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimir Goryachev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Goryachev
vs
Gracie

180 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

184 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Goryachev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goryachev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Goryachev catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Goryachev, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Goryachev against the cage but Goryachev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Goryachev gets a clinch.
Goryachev leaning against his opponent.
Gracie has Goryachev pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Goryachev manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Goryachev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Goryachev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Goryachev connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.

It looks like Rafael Gracie has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.
Vladimir Goryachev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Gracie.
Goryachev stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Come on Goryachev - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goryachev with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Goryachev lands a nice uppercut.
Goryachev is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Goryachev down to the mat. Goryachev avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Goryachev.
Gracie looks gassed!
Goryachev circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Gracie drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Goryachev follows Gracie to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Goryachev!