PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coalman Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hands Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hands Down will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gracie
vs
Down

219 cm
22
269 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

170 cm
25
280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coalman Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hands Down!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Down looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Down.
Coalman Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Gracie.

Gracie moves into the clinch successfully.
Down is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Down's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Down tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Down takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Down keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Down trying to control the position.
Down utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is stalling in the full guard.

Gracie stands and steps away. Down gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Down has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Down avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Down works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie postures up in Down's guard and throws a big left but Down blocks it.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Down keeps moving.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Down has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Down 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.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Down blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie postures up in Down's guard and throws a big left but Down blocks it.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie works over Down with some ground and pound from guard.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gracie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gracie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gracie trying to control but Down is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Down can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Down works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Gracie.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gracie throwing shots but Down is blocking nicely.
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.
Gracie is taking a breather. Down says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Down defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie slips a nice elbow through Down's hands, connecting with Down's forehead.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Down dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Coalman Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Down takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Down manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gracie trying to control but Down is working from the bottom.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Down utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Down can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is pushing down on Down's leg trying to pass to half guard. Down is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Down tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Down taking some punishment here, with Gracie in his half guard.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Down dodges it nicely.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Down is having none of it.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Down is bucking up trying to escape but Gracie cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns Down that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gracie dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Down that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Down is breathing heavily.
Gracie is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Down is in a horrible position here. Gracie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
Down takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Down is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Gracie.
Down is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Down goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Coalman Gracie!
Coalman Gracie spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.