PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad The Impaler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Impaler comes to the cage accompanied by Jess and the Ancient Ones - Sulfur Giants . The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Metallica Enter Sandman. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Impaler
vs
Gracie

178 cm
25
178 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

190 cm
24
179 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Vlad The Impaler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie wants to clinch.
The Impaler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps The Impaler's head back.
The Impaler throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
The Impaler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Impaler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Impaler.
Gracie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but The Impaler pushes him off.
Gracie cracks the inside of The Impaler's front leg.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Impaler throws an off balance right hand
and The Impaler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Impaler misses with a hook to the body
and Gracie counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Impaler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Impaler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Impaler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Impaler throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Impaler.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but The Impaler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Gracie. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Impaler.
The Impaler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A lazy body kick from The Impaler
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Impaler circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A slow jab from The Impaler misses its intended target.
The Impaler avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Impaler misses with a hook to the body
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
The Impaler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gracie avoids the body shot from The Impaler.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Nice cross by Gracie.
The Impaler is looking to land body kicks.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Impaler lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Impaler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. The Impaler moves away and avoids it.
A lazy left from The Impaler finds it's target.

It looks like Holden Gracie has been cut.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie wants to clinch.
The Impaler throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie counters with a good low kick that The Impaler was not able to check.
Gracie connects with a body shot.
The Impaler looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
The Impaler avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie wants to clinch but The Impaler slips to the side
and The Impaler counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Impaler throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Impaler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a low kick.

Gracie gets a clinch.

The Impaler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Gracie tries to clinch up but The Impaler circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. The Impaler saw that one coming.
The Impaler dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
The Impaler throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Impaler.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gracie tries to bum rush The Impaler with a series of wild strikes but The Impaler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An inside leg kick from The Impaler misses.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Impaler doesn't seem phased though.
The Impaler is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Impaler.
The Impaler looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
The Impaler scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Impaler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Impaler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Impaler throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Impaler.
The Impaler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Impaler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.
A thudding body kick lands there by The Impaler!
Holden Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Impaler tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Impaler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Impaler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Impaler throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Impaler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but The Impaler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Impaler stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Impaler thows a leg kick but Gracie checks it
and Gracie counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but The Impaler saw it coming and moves away.
Gracie connects with a single shot there.
Gracie tries to clinch up but The Impaler circles away and keeps his distance.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Impaler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. The Impaler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Impaler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Impaler throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on The Impaler's shoulder, as The Impaler tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Impaler, right into the meat.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Impaler swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler misses with a leg kick.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Impaler throws out the jab.
The Impaler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Impaler's head.

Gracie moves into the clinch.
The Impaler wants to get back to striking at distance but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Impaler's elbow.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Impaler scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
The Impaler wants to stall.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie tries a body shot but The Impaler blocks it.
Gracie has The Impaler pressed against the cage, preventing The Impaler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gracie pushes The Impaler back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie leaning against his opponent.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as The Impaler controls the action.
The Impaler blocks an uppercut.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but The Impaler avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Gracie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gracie effectively controlling the action here.
The Impaler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie trying to control the position but instead, The Impaler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gracie into the cage.
The Impaler is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Holden Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The Impaler lands with a kick to the temple. Gracie shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
The Impaler lands with a nice body kick.
The Impaler walks into a left hand.
Gracie tries to clinch there but The Impaler circles away.
The Impaler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Impaler avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Impaler walks into a left hand.
The Impaler throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and The Impaler counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gracie's knee momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Impaler throws a poor cross that misses
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
The Impaler connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Impaler takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie lunges at The Impaler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Impaler's hand.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Impaler.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The Impaler misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Impaler just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie scores with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gracie.
The Impaler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling The Impaler to counter with a crisp jab.

That has opened up Holden Gracie's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Impaler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Impaler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie connects with the punch.
The Impaler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A clash of legs there as The Impaler blocks the low kick.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie with a jab.
Gracie throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie lands a jab.
The Impaler thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
The Impaler tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
The Impaler just misses with a punch to the body.
The Impaler scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracie throws the left hand but The Impaler avoids the punch easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Impaler.
The Impaler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Impaler thows a body kick. Gracie tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vlad The Impaler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Impaler circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Impaler looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie takes a swing at The Impaler's ribcage but misses.
The Impaler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
The Impaler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from The Impaler.
Holden Gracie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Impaler misses with the combination.
The crowd cheers as The Impaler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
The Impaler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Impaler ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
The Impaler throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad The Impaler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Gracie!
Our winner, Holden Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.