PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Matanza - Meio Psicopata. Rock has chosen Children Of Bodom - Living Dead Beat as his entrance music. Chuck Gracie has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gracie
vs
Rock

192 cm
22
225 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
19
249 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henry Rock!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie throws a head kick that half lands.
A right-left combo lands from Gracie.

Gracie has Rock up against the cage in a clinch.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie looking to stall.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Rock in his tracks for a moment.
Rock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rock is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Rock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rock.
Gracie leaning against his opponent.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.
Rock tries to pull guard but Gracie won't allow it.
Rock is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracie pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a knee to the body.
Rock looks gassed!
Rock wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Rock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Gracie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rock misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gracie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Rock's head.
A short uppercut from Gracie.
Stalling in the clinch from Gracie.
Rock takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gracie leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Gracie.
Rock takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to avoid it but Rock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gracie to the ground. Gracie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chuck Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Rock.
Gracie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Chuck Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rock 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 throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Gracie gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie has Rock pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
Gracie with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Rock 's eye.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Rock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie with a knee to the head.

Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Rock.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rock backwards.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie crunches a lovely knee into Rock's ribcage.

Rock jumps guard and drags Gracie to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rock manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Poor strikes thrown by Rock there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Rock controlling from mount.
Rock wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rock is keeping busy.
Rock is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gracie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rock's face.
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rock's face.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.
Rock is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rock's face.
Gracie avoiding damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rock wants to get back to striking at distance but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gracie trying to stall but Rock improves his position.
Gracie is stalling here.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Gracie.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Gracie landing knees to the head.

Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The referee calls for Gracie to work.
A short right from Gracie.
Gracie is looking to control Rock's arms but Rock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Gracie keeps control of Rock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but Rock blocks it.
Rock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rock manages to break the clinch.
Henry Rock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Chuck Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Rock.
Rock throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rock, pushing him back against the cage.
Rock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie stops a takedown attempt from Rock.
Rock wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rock backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Rock fails to land.
Gracie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rock tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie scores a nice knee to the body.
Gracie stalling.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.

Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock shoots in but no luck this time.

Rock closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie is looking to control Rock's arms but Rock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.

Rock gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Rock wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Rock is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rock wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Rock is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Rock looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Rock bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rock 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.

A close second round but Henry Rock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rock takes a kick to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Rock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gracie stuns Rock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gracie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rock looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chuck Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rock.
Rock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gracie finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rock shoots in but Gracie avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Gracie forces Rock back against the cage and clinches.
Gracie looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Gracie.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Gracie for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Gracie with a knee to the head.
Gracie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gracie lands with a left to the head.
Gracie avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Gracie.
Rock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie scores with a leg kick.

Gracie clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rock's face.
Gracie keeps control of Rock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
Gracie with a knee to the head.
Rock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Rock 's eye.
Rock is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Chuck Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Rock.
Rock wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Rock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Gracie.
Gracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie misses with an elbow strike.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock can't break the clinch.
Rock is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks.

Rock manages to break the clinch.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Rock lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Rock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Rock breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gracie. Rock shrugs it off though.
Gracie throws a one two combo.
Rock swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Rock is out of range.
Rock closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Rock wants to clinch.
Rock shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gracie pinned against the cage. Gracie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gracie is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rock shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Gracie clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gracie crunches a lovely knee into Rock's ribcage.
Gracie lands an elbow inside that Rock shrugs off.
Gracie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gracie lands an elbow inside.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chuck Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gracie with a knee to the head.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rock lands with a short shot to the head.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Gracie looking to slow down the pace here.
Gracie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rock's face.
The is referee keeping an eye on Gracie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Rock is trying to break free.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Rock gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Rock trying to stall but Gracie improves his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Gracie!