PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Murat Orgun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen 50 Cent - In Da Club 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.

Orgun
vs
Gracie

170 cm
39
155 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

170 cm
28
155 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Master Lee's One Stop
Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murat Orgun!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie goes for a double leg but Orgun avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Orgun continues to drive forward.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from Orgun, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Orgun.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Orgun.
Orgun putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orgun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orgun tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orgun is struggling to control the position.
A hook to the body from Orgun.
Orgun connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orgun tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orgun lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Orgun misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Orgun scores with a hook to the body.
Orgun tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie is trying to drag Orgun to the mat but Orgun just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Murat Orgun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Gracie.
Orgun is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Orgun utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Orgun stalls.
Orgun can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Orgun tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Orgun digs a right hand underneath Gracie's ribcage. Gracie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orgun lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Orgun lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gracie.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Orgun is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gracie looks winded!
Orgun stalling in the clinch.
Orgun misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Orgun.
Orgun misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has Orgun pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orgun manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Orgun is stalling here.
Orgun misses with a knee strike.
Gracie avoiding damage as Orgun throws knees to the body.
Orgun trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Orgun gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Orgun lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Orgun lands a hook to the side of the head.
Orgun unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
Orgun misses with a body punch.
Gracie avoiding damage as Orgun throws knees to the body.
Orgun trying to land knees to the body.
Orgun missing with knees to the body.
Orgun misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie has Orgun pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orgun manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knees in the clinch landing for Orgun.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Orgun.
Orgun pressing his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Orgun misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Orgun lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Orgun throws out a powerful jab.
Orgun scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Orgun gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
Orgun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Orgun.
Orgun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Orgun trying to land knees to the body.
Orgun struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Orgun misses with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Orgun.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Orgun back against the cage.
Gracie has Orgun pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Orgun manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Orgun trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Murat Orgun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Gracie.
Orgun just leaning against Gracie, taking a breather.
Orgun tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Orgun scores a nice knee to the body.
Orgun is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie avoiding damage as Orgun throws knees to the body.
Orgun gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Orgun tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie is trying to drag Orgun to the mat but Orgun just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gracie is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Orgun is defending well.
Orgun tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Orgun tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie avoiding damage as Orgun throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Orgun avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Come on Orgun - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Orgun for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Orgun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orgun lands a nice uppercut.
Orgun unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Orgun misses with a knee to the head.
Orgun lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Orgun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie avoiding damage as Orgun throws knees to the body.
Orgun misses with a knee to the head.
Orgun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Orgun shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A bit of stalling here from Orgun.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Gracie gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Orgun does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
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 prevents Orgun from improving his position.

Orgun is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gracie pulls his head out easily.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Orgun is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Orgun wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Orgun throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murat Orgun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orgun throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Orgun.
Orgun tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Good exchange - Orgun coming out on top.
Orgun is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Orgun is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
A nice combination there by Orgun.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orgun lands a lovely overhand right.
Orgun tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Orgun scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murat Orgun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun throws a right and a left that both miss.
Orgun lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Orgun throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.

Orgun drops Gracie with a beautiful combination! Gracie stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Orgun is looking for the KO!

Gracie is rocked!
Murat Orgun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orgun keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Orgun finish him?
Orgun darts in trying to clinch

and Gracie counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.
Orgun looking for a sweep. Not yet Orgun, not yet.

Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Orgun keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Orgun haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Orgun tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie trying to control but Orgun is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bruce Gracie.
Orgun misses with a right hand

and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Orgun didn't expect that.
Orgun is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Orgun has control of the leg.
Orgun wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Orgun.
Orgun trying to advance position but Gracie counters by regaining guard.

Gracie working for a triangle but Orgun defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Orgun's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Orgun wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orgun passes Gracie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Orgun is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Orgun is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Gracie reverses the position - he's now on top in Orgun's guard.
Orgun is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie trying to control but Orgun is working from the bottom.
Gracie is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Orgun throws an off balance right hand

so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gracie trying to control but Orgun is working from the bottom.
Orgun tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Orgun keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Orgun is on top in guard.
Orgun scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orgun with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gracie drops back, looking for a kneebar! Orgun looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Orgun looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Orgun!
Orgun tries to advance to mount but can't.
Bruce Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Orgun in side control, throwing shots but Gracie defends.
Orgun working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Orgun wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun tries to advance to mount but Gracie denies him.
Orgun looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gracie is avoiding damage well.
Gracie regains half guard.
Orgun is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Orgun is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Orgun throws an elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Orgun's guard. Nice move by Gracie!
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 trying to control the position from guard on top but Orgun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Orgun looking for a sweep. Not yet Orgun, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orgun is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Gracie postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Orgun is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Gracie, into his guard.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.

Orgun is sitting in close to Gracie's body. Gracie has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Orgun is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Orgun is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gracie.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bruce Gracie!
Bruce Gracie is the new featherweight champion!
After winning the bout, Bruce Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.