PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinuhe Egyptian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egyptian comes to the cage accompanied by Egyptian Entrance Song. Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sinuhe Egyptian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Egyptian
vs
Gracie

182 cm
30
177 lbs
30 - 8 - 2

190 cm
25
179 lbs
14 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinuhe Egyptian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Gracie.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egyptian.
Gracie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks.
Egyptian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Egyptian scores with a body shot.
Egyptian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
Egyptian connects with a looping right hand.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Egyptian looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Egyptian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Egyptian looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Egyptian throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Egyptian scores with a leg kick.
Gracie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian tries a head kick but it misses.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Egyptian.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Egyptian throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Egyptian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.

It looks like Holden Gracie has been cut.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Egyptians jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gracie throws a right and a left that Egyptian avoids nicely.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Egyptian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Egyptian misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Egyptian manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Egyptian.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie slips under a jab from Egyptian.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Egyptian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Egyptian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Egyptian is just out of range.
Egyptian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Egyptian.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Gracie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Egyptian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Egyptian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Egyptian misses the target.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Egyptian avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Egyptian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Egyptian swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Egyptian throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Egyptian throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Egyptian moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Egyptian walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sinuhe Egyptian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egyptian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Egyptian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie checks a low kick from Egyptian.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Egyptian checks it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Egyptian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Egyptian connects with a looping right hand.
Egyptian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinuhe Egyptian 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 just misses with a punch to the body.
Egyptian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie blocks a low kick nicely.
Egyptian misses with a head kick.
Egyptian wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Egyptian scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Egyptian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Egyptian blocks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Egyptian misses the target.
Egyptian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egyptian takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Egyptian misses
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Egyptian cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Egyptian moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egyptian moves away.
Egyptian throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Egyptian takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Egyptian throws out a leg kick but Gracie moves out of range and Egyptian only half commits.
Egyptian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Egyptian misses with a double jab.
Gracie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Egyptian rather than just go for the knockout.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gracie.
Egyptian looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Egyptian moves into the clinch successfully.
Gracie letting Egyptian take a breather here.
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!
Egyptian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Gracie trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egyptian.
Gracie is looking to control Egyptian's arms but Egyptian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Egyptian takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Egyptian is controlling him.
A short right from Egyptian.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
Egyptian will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Egyptian dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian landing knees to the body.
Egyptian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Egyptian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gracie tries to work over Egyptian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egyptian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Egyptian.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egyptian.
Egyptian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Egyptian managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
Egyptian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Egyptian avoids a wild elbow strike from Gracie.
Egyptian is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Egyptian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries a body shot but Egyptian blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egyptian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Egyptian has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Egyptian.
Gracie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Egyptian.
Egyptian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Egyptian misses with a punch on the inside.
Egyptian wants to stall.
Gracie trying to control the position but instead, Egyptian has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gracie into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Egyptian pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinuhe Egyptian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Egyptian crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gracie - the referee stops the clock and Egyptian gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gracie. Egyptian manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Egyptian dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Egyptian.
Egyptian looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Egyptian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Egyptian sees coming a mile off.
Gracie thows a leg kick but Egyptian checks it
letting Egyptian counter with a right hand.
Egyptian throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Nice body punch from Egyptian.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.

Egyptian has managed to clinch.
Gracie avoiding damage as Egyptian throws knees to the body.
Egyptian swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gracie.
Egyptian wants to stall.
Egyptian scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie tries to work over Egyptian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egyptian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Egyptian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Egyptian scores a nice knee to the body.
Egyptian has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Egyptian.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egyptian tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Egyptian is trying to break the clinch but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Egyptian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian misses with a body punch.
Egyptian blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egyptian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Egyptian throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Egyptian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Egyptian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Egyptian throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie throws a body punch but Egyptian moves out of range.
Egyptian misses with a straight left.
Egyptian scores with a jab.
Egyptian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Egyptian looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Egyptian misses with an uppercut
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Egyptian's knee momentarily.
Egyptian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Egyptian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Egyptian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Egyptian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Egyptian throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sinuhe Egyptian is winning the standup battle so far.
Egyptian lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big right from Egyptian misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Egyptian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Egyptian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gracie if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinuhe Egyptian clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Egyptian throws a front kick aimed at Gracie's knee but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Egyptian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Gracie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gracie thumps Egyptian with a low kick.
Egyptian throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Egyptian looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Egyptian walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Egyptian takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Egyptian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Egyptian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Egyptian moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Egyptian scores with a punch to the head.
Egyptian has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gracie.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gracie works Egyptian's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a push kick but Egyptian slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Egyptian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Egyptian thows a leg kick but Gracie checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egyptian tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Egyptian scores with a leg kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie works Egyptian's body with a nice hook.
Egyptian misses the shot to the body.
Egyptian moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Egyptian.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Egyptian.
Egyptian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Egyptian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie throws a low kick, looking for Egyptian's leg but Egyptian calmly moves out of range.
Gracie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Egyptian.
Egyptian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gracie. That one must have hurt.
Egyptian lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Egyptian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.

Egyptian gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Egyptian is looking to control Gracie's arms but Gracie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Egyptian has his back to the cage.
Egyptian lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Egyptian avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Egyptian presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Egyptian.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Egyptian.
Egyptian lands with a right to the head.
Egyptian stalling in the clinch but Gracie improves position.
Egyptian misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Egyptian avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Egyptian avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Gracie.
Egyptian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gracie up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth 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.

Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Egyptian.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Egyptian moved away.
Egyptian blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Gracie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Egyptian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Egyptian looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie moves out of range as Egyptian strikes.
Egyptian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Egyptian throws a leg kick that misses.
Egyptian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Egyptian misses with a leg kick
and Gracie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie slips under a jab from Egyptian.

Egyptian has managed to clinch.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gracie.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Egyptian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Egyptian misses with an uppercut.
Egyptian tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Egyptian looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Egyptian misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Egyptian pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Egyptian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Egyptian has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Egyptian misses with the head strike.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Egyptian has double underhooks.
Holden Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Egyptian.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Egyptian tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egyptian looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Egyptian managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Egyptian leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sinuhe Egyptian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Egyptian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Egyptian pushes Gracie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Egyptian scores with a nice short uppercut.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sinuhe Egyptian.
Well Egyptian 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinuhe Egyptian!
Sinuhe Egyptian retains his welterweight title!
Sinuhe Egyptian seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.