PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Broqui Lesmar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Matanza - Meio Psicopata. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Lesmar

192 cm
23
225 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
230 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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 5 - 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Broqui Lesmar!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie connects with the punch.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from Lesmar. Lesmar gets slowly back to his feet.
Lesmar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Lesmar shoots in but Gracie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chuck Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Broqui Lesmar.

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie is stalling here.
Gracie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Broqui Lesmar has been cut.
Gracie is looking to control Lesmar's arms but Lesmar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Lesmar looking for a takedown.
Lesmar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Lesmar backwards.
Lesmar looking for a takedown.
Gracie is looking to control Lesmar's arms but Lesmar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Lesmar is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.

Lesmar is trying to trip Gracie. He has hold of a leg but Gracie is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lesmar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lesmar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lesmar looks gassed!
Lesmar postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Lesmar stops Gracie from standing up.
Lesmar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lesmar postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Lesmar slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesmar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Lesmar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lesmar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lesmar momentarily.
Lesmar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gracie keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie tries to clinch but Lesmar moves out of range.

Gracie instigates a clinch.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lesmar is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Lesmar is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lesmar.
Lesmar is trying to drag Gracie to the mat but Gracie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Lesmar avoids the damage to the body.
Lesmar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gracie is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gracie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lesmar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short body shot lands from Gracie as the two fighters clinch.
Gracie lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Gracie.
Gracie content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie controlling the action here for a moment.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but Lesmar blocks with his arms.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie misses with a knee to the head.
Lesmar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gracie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie landing knees to the head.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Broqui Lesmar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lesmar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lesmar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gracie is avoiding damage well.
Gracie wants to control but Lesmar postures up.
Lesmar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gracie is trying to escape the position but Lesmar is controlling the position.
Lesmar wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lesmar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesmar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gracie is avoiding damage well.
Gracie looks to move to half guard but instead Lesmar has passed into mount! Damn!
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Lesmar isn't that keen on the idea.
Lesmar landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!
Lesmar with shots to the head and body - Gracie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lesmar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesmar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lesmar landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!
Lesmar misses with a head shot.
Lesmar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lesmar throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lesmar.
Lesmar breaks from Gracie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lesmar scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Lesmar has a good base and remains in mount.
Lesmar sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lesmar throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gracie squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Lesmar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lesmar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lesmar landing shots from mount.
Lesmar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lesmar with shots to the head and body - Gracie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lesmar dominating with strikes here.
Gracie is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lesmar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gracie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lesmar tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lesmar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesmar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Broqui Lesmar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Broqui Lesmar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Gracie clinches up with Lesmar and pushes him back against the cage.
Lesmar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gracie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lesmar managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
Gracie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lesmar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lesmar tries for a takedown but Gracie manages to get underhooks.
Lesmar goes for a takedown attempt but Gracie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gracie gets caught flat footed, as Lesmar shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lesmar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lesmar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet but Lesmar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Lesmar from controlling successfully.
Lesmar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lesmar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two 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.
Lesmar preventing the sweep.
Gracie is trying to keep Lesmar in close.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie cracks the inside of Lesmar's front leg.
Lesmar looks for a takedown but Gracie sprawls well.
Chuck Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Broqui Lesmar.
Gracie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lesmar's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gracie!
Chuck Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie cracks Lesmar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie lands a head kick!

Lesmar gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesmar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lesmar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lesmar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lesmar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lesmar thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.
Lesmar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lesmar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gracie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lesmar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Lesmar keeps it at a distance.
Lesmar fails with the takedown.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Broqui Lesmar.
I think Lesmar 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Broqui Lesmar!