PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gracie
vs
Bear

200 cm
22
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Bear!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gracie pinned against the cage. Gracie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bear stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie tries to clinch but Bear moves out of range.

Bear gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bear drags the fight down to the ground.
Bear looking to control.

Bear is working an open guard so Gracie takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Gracie as Bear shoots in.
Gracie looks to clinch
and Bear counters with a series of strikes. Gracie will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Bear circles away.
Bear changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to avoid it but Bear manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gracie to the ground. Gracie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dick Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Bear.
Bear fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bear looks gassed!
Bear closes the distance and clinches up with Gracie, looking for a takedown. Bear pushes Gracie against the cage but Gracie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bear shoots in and bounces Gracie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gracie wants to stand but Bear is controlling the position.

Gracie kicks Bear off and gets to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Dick Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Bear on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bear tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gracie wants to clinch but Bear slips to the side

and Bear counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie prevents Bear from improving position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bear scoring with punches from side control.

Bear tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Gracie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bear on the ground.
Bear trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gracie tries to get out of the position.

Bear tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bear advances to full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear dominating with strikes here.
Gracie squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bear scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Bear punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bear lands with some strikes.
Gracie is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bear landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws some wild stikes that Gracie manages to avoid easily.
Bear working Gracie over with strikes here.
Bear cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bear misses with a head shot.
Bear has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gracie's face.
Bear with good strikes from the mount here!
Bear trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bear scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bear looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
You get the feeling that Gracie really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Bear dominated that round.
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 avoids the head kick by Bear.
Bear keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Bear is avoiding it.
Bear is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gracie.
Horrible takedown by Bear or perhaps it was just good defense by Gracie which made him look bad.
Bear fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bear tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Bear drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bear misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dick Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Bear.
Bear fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Max Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie tests Bear's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Bear is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bear bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Gracie comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Bear falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Bear was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dick Gracie!