PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rumble Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and punishment cruel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gracie
vs
cruel

178 cm
20
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Attliction

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rumble Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, punishment cruel!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by cruel which made him look bad.
Gracie looks for a takedown but cruel sprawls well.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumble Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from cruel.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
cruel scores with a shot to the body.
cruel tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
cruel misses with a body shot.
cruel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from cruel.
cruel throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Nice takedown defense from cruel. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

cruel has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.

cruel breaks from the clinch.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with cruel but cruel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but cruel sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
cruel misses with a head kick.

cruel drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
cruel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie fails to pull guard.
Gracie fails to pull guard.

cruel manages to break the clinch.
Oooh a lovely combination from cruel sends Gracie down but not out. cruel dives into side control looking to finish.

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Rumble Gracie has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruel wants to stand but Gracie has his arm trapped.
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

cruel has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.

Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
cruel is looking to escape.
cruel looks gassed!
cruel taking some punishment here, with Gracie in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie stops cruel from getting back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gracie drops an elbow to the side of cruel's head.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is keen to just control but cruel is a slippery customer.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. cruel defending well though.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but cruel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
cruel is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but cruel moved out of range nicely.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
cruel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
cruel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gracie prevents cruel from getting back to his feet.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. cruel is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but cruel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but cruel sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
cruel misses with a double jab.
Gracie fails with the takedown.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but punishment cruel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rumble Gracie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
cruel tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by cruel which made him look bad.
Gracie looks for a takedown but cruel sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumble Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for cruel!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie throwing strikes here but cruel is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
cruel is trying to stand up.
Gracie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
cruel is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
cruel is bucking up trying to escape but Gracie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
cruel is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Gracie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
cruel is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's two 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.
cruel is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
cruel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
cruel is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gracie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of cruel's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruel squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
cruel is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
cruel wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gracie cracks cruel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
cruel blocking the ground and pound.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
cruel trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
cruel is in a horrible position here. Gracie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gracie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
cruel really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.
Gracie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of cruel's face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
cruel's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. cruel looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rumble Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rumble Gracie's cut.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
Gracie stops cruel from getting back to his feet.
Gracie lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie moves nicely into side control.
cruel is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gracie connects with a decent elbow.
Gracie working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cruel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gracie has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Gracie's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gracie prevents cruel from escaping the position.
Gracie connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused cruel some visible discomfort.
cruel is trying to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
cruel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by cruel.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
cruel stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
cruel defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick misses from cruel.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Gracie wants to clinch.
cruel tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rumble Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie takes one to the chin there.
Gracie moves away from the strike by cruel.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts cruel as he jumps to the side.

cruel gets a clinch.

cruel breaks the clinch.

Gracie feints and as cruel raises his hands in defense, Gracie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of cruel's head.
Gracie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of cruel's head.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gracie is stalling in the full guard.
Gracie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed cruel's guard.
Gracie not doing much here.
Gracie working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rumble Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumble Gracie!