PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gennady Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Golovkin
vs
Gracie

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gennady Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Ronald Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Golovkin misses with a wild combination.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Golovkin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Golovkin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Golovkin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Golovkin has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Golovkin has managed to clinch.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Golovkin gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Golovkin lands a left hand.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Golovkin stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but Golovkin blocks it.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Gracie wants to break free but Golovkin has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Golovkin won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Golovkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Golovkin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Golovkin has double underhooks.
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's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Golovkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike.
Gracie tries to break free but Golovkin pushes him back against the cage.
Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Gracie is rocked!
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Golovkin finish him?
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.
Golovkin gets underhooks to prevent Gracie's takedown attempt.
Gennady Golovkin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronald Gracie.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Golovkin keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Golovkin lands with a light punch inside.
Golovkin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Golovkin on the inside.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Golovkin misses with the combination.
Golovkin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Golovkin.

Golovkin clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Golovkin.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Golovkin has double underhooks.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Golovkin has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie breaks the clinch.

Golovkin instigates a clinch.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Golovkin has double underhooks.
Gracie looking to throw knees to the head but Golovkin is blocking nicely.
A short right from Golovkin on the inside.
Golovkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Golovkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gracie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gennady Golovkin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Golovkin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Golovkin is trying to stand.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Golovkin wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Gracie manages to move to mount!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Golovkin is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Gracie locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Golovkin is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ronald Gracie!