PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Braylon Beswicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beswicke kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kick in the teeth. Gracie has chosen Metallica Enter Sandman as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Beswicke
vs
Gracie

186 cm
33
182 lbs
28 - 18 - 1

190 cm
31
179 lbs
27 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Braylon Beswicke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beswicke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Nice jab there from Beswicke.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Beswicke moved out of range nicely.
Beswicke tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie slips a straight right by Beswicke.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Gracie has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Beswicke misses with a wild body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beswicke misses with a body kick.
Beswicke misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Beswicke misses its intended target.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gracie misses with a hook. Beswicke ducked under it nicely.
Gracie delivers a nice body kick.
Beswicke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beswicke throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beswicke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beswicke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beswicke cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Beswicke takes a step back to recover.
Beswicke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beswicke tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Beswicke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie works Beswicke's body with a nice hook.
Beswicke throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Beswicke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie stuns Beswicke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beswicke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beswicke.
Beswicke avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Beswicke misses with a wild body shot.
Beswicke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Beswicke throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beswicke throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beswicke misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Beswicke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beswicke scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Beswicke throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beswicke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beswicke misses with a looping right.

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Beswicke swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beswicke working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beswicke.
Gracie tries to work over Beswicke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beswicke tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie is looking to control Beswicke's arms but Beswicke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Beswicke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gracie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Beswicke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie wants to break free but Beswicke has control.
Beswicke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Beswicke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Beswicke avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Beswicke swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beswicke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Beswicke.
Beswicke lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Holden Gracie has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Beswicke throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Beswicke lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beswicke tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Beswicke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Beswicke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beswicke rather than just go for the knockout.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beswicke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Beswicke throws a body kick that misses.
Beswicke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A cross from Gracie lands.
Beswicke moves forwards but Gracie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beswicke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Braylon Beswicke will probably get the nod.
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 works the jab nicely.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beswicke.
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from Beswicke.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Beswicke takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Beswicke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie throws a head kick that half lands.
Beswicke scoring well with a low kick there.
Beswicke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Beswicke is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Beswicke. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beswicke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beswicke on the side of the head.
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Beswicke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick misses from Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Braylon Beswicke is winning the standup battle so far.
Beswicke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beswicke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beswicke throws a chopping leg kick but Gracie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Beswicke lands a nice looking body shot.
Beswicke stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie throws a head kick that Beswicke semi-blocks.
Beswicke takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Beswicke misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Beswicke.
Beswicke takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Beswicke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gracie scores with the left hand. Beswicke knows he should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Beswicke does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie lands a nice looking body kick.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
Beswicke throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Beswicke moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
A jab from Beswicke does it's job there.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beswicke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Beswicke if he has to take too many more of those.
Beswicke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Beswicke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beswicke scores with a punch to the head.
Beswicke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. Beswicke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Beswicke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beswicke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beswicke.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Beswicke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie throws a good cross that connects.
Beswicke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beswicke misses with a body shot.
Beswicke tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Beswicke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beswicke throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beswicke misses with a low kick.
Beswicke throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Beswicke scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Beswicke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Beswicke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Beswicke sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Gracie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beswicke.
A right hand to the body from Gracie.
Gracie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Beswicke as Gracie tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beswicke stalling in the clinch but Gracie improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Holden Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Beswicke throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Beswicke.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beswickes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Beswicke tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Beswicke struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Beswicke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beswicke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gracie up against the cage.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Beswicke controls his hands.
Beswicke'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.
Beswicke misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.
Holden Gracie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beswicke's elbow.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beswicke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Beswicke gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beswicke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Beswicke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Beswicke.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beswicke.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beswicke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Beswicke has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Beswicke gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Beswicke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Beswicke.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Beswicke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beswicke.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Beswicke is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Gracie.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Beswicke controls the action.
Gracie tries to stall but Beswicke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beswicke's elbow.
Beswicke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beswicke taking a breather.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beswicke tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Beswicke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beswicke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beswicke's efforts to push away.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beswicke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beswicke blocks a body shot from Gracie.

Beswicke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Beswicke misses with a hook.
Beswicke throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Beswicke throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Beswicke.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Beswicke throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Beswicke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beswicke throws a leg kick that misses.
Beswicke misses with a straight left.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but Beswicke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Holden Gracie.
I think Gracie 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29

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