PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael McCready (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
McCready

180 cm
29
181 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

165 cm
27
180 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael McCready!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCready moves out of range of the strikes.
McCready tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roberto Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCready takes a shot to the body in his stride.

McCready shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
McCready not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as McCready holds on and takes a little breather.

Gracie stands up from McCready's guard - Gracie perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCready blocks a low kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCready moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie clobbers McCready with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

McCready dives in and scores a takedown into Gracie's guard.
McCready stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
McCready is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McCready accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
McCready throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
McCready tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie working for a guillotine from mount but McCready is in no mood to give up.
Gracie misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
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!
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
McCready keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie thowing shots but they're missing.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McCready keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McCready holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCready 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 lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and McCready is in trouble!
McCready is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
McCready wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCready can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McCready tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
McCready keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie looking to control but McCready is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCready wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dominating with strikes here.
Gracie looking to finish with strikes here!
McCready working to try and regain half guard.
McCready is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McCready is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gracie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gracie is in the full mount, landing strikes.

McCready is rocked!
McCready tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McCready is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie controlling his opponent.

Gracie wants to finish this one by submission but McCready is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracie.

Gracie has control of McCready's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and McCready regains control of the situation pretty easily.
McCready seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Gracie dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McCready moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCready.
McCready throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
McCready takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
McCready dives in and grabs Gracie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes down on McCready's head and hops out.
Roberto Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCready checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McCready counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCready.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCready fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a nice looking jab.

McCready shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gracie is trying to defend but McCready finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gracie makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gracie.
Roberto Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Gracie pushes McCready off and scrambles back to his feet.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but McCready pushes him off.
McCready shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gracie pinned against the cage. Gracie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Roberto Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael McCready.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but McCready is just out of range.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCready manages to avoid it.

Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCready drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie digs a right hand underneath McCready's ribcage. McCready let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie stalls.
Gracie is looking to control McCready's arms but McCready gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
Gracie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCready or not.
McCready has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gracie avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short right from Gracie.
Gracie lands a shot to the body.

Gracie jumps guard.
Gracie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McCready is controlling him.
Gracie tries to strike from the bottom.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but McCready is one step ahead there.

Gracie pushes McCready off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McCready at a distance.
McCready shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracie as he avoids it easily.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCready can do to turn this around?
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie wants to clinch.
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!
McCready defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McCready is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Gracie dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Gracie scores with a nice right hand.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
McCready has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie throws a combination that misses

and McCready counters with a shoot takedown. Gracie fights it but they end up in guard.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
McCready tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McCready is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McCready tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McCready?
Gracie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McCready is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie lands with some strikes.
McCready tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
McCready holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gracie prevents McCready from getting the reversal.
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
McCready avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gracie.
McCready tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but McCready is blocking nicely.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCready is looking to escape.
McCready takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
McCready wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
McCready can't escape the position.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McCready is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCready tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
McCready tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McCready is in a horrible position here. Gracie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Gracie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
McCready is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McCready can do anything to dispel that myth.
McCready wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie raining down hammerfists from mount.
McCready is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
McCready keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Michael McCready has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but McCready is having none of it.
McCready is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Roberto Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
McCready is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Gracie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McCready is looking to escape.
Gracie with good strikes from the mount here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

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