PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gracie
vs
Hansen

181 cm
29
154 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

172 cm
29
153 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Brute

•• Beast Mode ••

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ken Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hansen wants to clinch.
Gracie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gracie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hansen doesn't seem bothered though.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hansen to the mat! Hansen manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Hansen blocks nicely.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hansen is keeping the position for now.
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.
Hansen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Hansen looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Hansen looking to control but Gracie passes into half guard.
Hansen holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
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 lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hansen.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hansen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hansen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hansen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Hansen has a good base and remains in mount.
Hansen raining down shots from the mount!
Gracie wants to control but Hansen is having none of it.
Hansen cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hansen with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie is bucking up trying to escape but Hansen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Hansen breaks from Gracie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hansen landing punches.
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hansen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hansen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hansen lands a heavy elbow.
Hansen lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Hansen maintains control.
Hansen wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gracie tries to lock up and control but Hansen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Hansen's attempts to control the action.
Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Hansen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Gracie has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Gracie!
Gracie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hansen's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie won't allow Hansen to sweep him here.

Hansen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hansen wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Gracie passes Hansen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Gracie.
Hansen is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hansen is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hansen avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Gracie there.
Hansen moves into full guard.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hansen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Hansen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hansen is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Hansen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hansen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hansen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hansen off to one side.
Gracie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hansen is out of range.
Hansen shoots in but no luck this time.
Hansen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
Hansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Hansen scores with a spinning back kick!
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie swings for the body but Hansen moves out of range.

Hansen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gracie did well to prevent Hansen getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hansen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is not content to let Hansen control the position.
Gracie trying to control but Hansen postures up.
Hansen prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Hansen.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ken Hansen has got the better of the ground game so far.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hansen defends well.
Hansen won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Hansen tries to pass.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Hansen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Gracie has his foot on Hansen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hansen works his way back into a safe position though.
Hansen trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Hansen tries to pass.
Hansen trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.

Gracie throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hansen uses it to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Hansen uses his free foot to push down on Gracie's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gracie.
Hansen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Hansen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Hansen maintains control.
Hansen landing shots from mount.
Hansen cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hansen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Gracie can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hansen scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hansen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hansen lands a nice shot to the head.
Hansen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hansen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Hansen.
Hansen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hansen lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gracie can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie regains half guard.
Hansen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hansen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Hansen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Hansen shoots in looking for a takedown but Gracie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hansen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hansen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gracie really felt that one!
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hansen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gracie digs a good hook to Hansen's body.
Hansen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie misses the body punch

and Hansen counters by clinching up.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen misses with a punch to the body.
Hansen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen jumps guard but Gracie stands there with Hansen around his waist. Hansen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hansen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hansen goes for a takedown attempt but Gracie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ralph Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Hansen.
Hansen moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Hansen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gracie avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Gracie. No joy for Hansen on that attempt.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hansen manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
A good leg kick by Hansen.
Ralph Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Gracie catches Hansen right on the button with a cross.
Hansen ducks right into an uppercut from Gracie.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen is looking to clinch.
Hansen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Hansen counters with an inside leg kick.
Hansen tries to clinch
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.

Hansen drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Hansen has double underhooks.
Hansen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Hansen controls his hands.
Hansen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hansen. That did some damage!
Ralph Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie catches Hansen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Hansen is rocked!
BOOM! Gracie lands a beautiful left hook that drops Hansen. Hansen tries to recover but Gracie is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Hansen lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralph Gracie!