PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Da Ruckus. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Gracie
vs
Hossein

170 cm
40
158 lbs
34 - 22 - 0

170 cm
31
152 lbs
20 - 12 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KO Clothing

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 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 3, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
Hossein throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A shot to the liver by Gracie. Beautiful body shot.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Gracie moved away.
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hossein jabs at Gracie's body.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hossein throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
Gracie slips under a jab from Hossein.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Hossein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hossein tried to score with a low kick but Gracie checks it.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Hossein lands a jab to the head.
Hossein misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Hossein misses the jab.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
Hossein bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein motions for Gracie to come forward. Hossein throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
Hossein jabs at Gracie's body.
Hossein lands with a right hand.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Gracie misses.
Hossein changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Hossein misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a low kick but Hossein avoids it.
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie feints and then cracks Hossein's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hossein down.
Hossein misses with an uppercut
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hossein missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie tries to move into range but Hossein moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hossein clobbers Gracie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hossein misses with an uppercut.
Hossein fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Hossein as he connects with a hook.
Hossein lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Gracie lands with a kick to the temple. Hossein shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hossein misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hossein takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Hossein takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Hossein manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hossein staying out of range there.
Hossein takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Gracie lunges at Hossein with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hossein's hand.
Hossein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Gracie throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Gracie scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hossein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
Hossein takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Hossein misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big left from Hossein misses.
Gracie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hossein takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hossein throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hossein throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hossein.
Hossein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hossein throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
Hossein checks a leg kick.
Hossein dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
Hossein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hossein cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Gracie as he connects with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Hossein blocks the low kick.
Hossein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hossein. That did some damage!
Hossein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie defending well as Hossein loads up on a big left hand.
Hossein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Hossein is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein'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. This is the final round!

Hossein throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie misses with a combination
and Hossein counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot by Hossein.
Gracie slips under a jab from Hossein.
Hossein scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hossein moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie stuns Hossein with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hossein throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Hossein throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Hossein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hossein.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gracie.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hossein can pounce on him.
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hossein misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie tries to score with a low kick but Hossein moves his leg out of the way.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Gracie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gracie lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie missing with knees to the body.
Hossein blocks an uppercut.
Hossein blocks a body shot from Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Hossein avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Hossein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
Hossein blocks an elbow strike.

Hossein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Hossein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hossein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Hossein throws a leg kick
and Gracie counters with a big head kick but Hossein shrugs it off.
Hossein throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Hossein.
Hossein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Hossein misses the body punch
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hossein connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Hossein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Hossein throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Gracie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters circling - Hossein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein misses with a body punch
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Hossein does it's job there.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Hossein moved out of range.
A slow jab from Hossein misses its intended target.
Hossein misses with a hook.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie defending well as Hossein 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.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hossein pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Hossein settles back down.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sadiq Hossein.
I think Hossein has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sadiq Hossein!
A victorious Sadiq Hossein thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.