PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricki Suckerpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Gracia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracia has chosen Cucurucucu Paloma as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Suckerpunch
vs
Gracia

210 cm
26
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

225 cm
27
207 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricki Suckerpunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luis Gracia!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Topper Green and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Suckerpunch moves into the clinch successfully.
Suckerpunch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gracia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Suckerpunch can't break the clinch.
Suckerpunch lands a body punch.
Suckerpunch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Suckerpunch - that landed with a thud.
Suckerpunch stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Suckerpunch content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suckerpunch is trying to push Gracia away but Gracia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A shot in the inside from Suckerpunch.

Gracia gets control of Suckerpunch's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gracia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Gracia has his feet on Suckerpunch's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gracia looks to land a right hand but Suckerpunch moved out of range.
Luis Gracia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suckerpunch scores with a one two! Gracia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ricki Suckerpunch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suckerpunch thuds a left hand into Gracia's body.
Gracia misses with an uppercut.
Suckerpunch seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A clash of legs there as Gracia blocks the low kick.
Suckerpunch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracia checks it well.

Suckerpunch instigates a clinch.
Suckerpunch misses with an elbow strike.
Suckerpunch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracia or not.
Suckerpunch gets through Gracia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracia is trying to pull guard but Suckerpunch has him pressed against the cage.
Suckerpunch lands a left hand.
Gracia fails to pull guard.
Ricki Suckerpunch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Gracia.
Suckerpunch managing to block the knees to the body from Gracia.
Suckerpunch prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suckerpunch can't break the clinch.
Gracia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Suckerpunch working hard to break the clinch.
Suckerpunch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gracia backwards.
Suckerpunch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracia avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Suckerpunch as the two fighters clinch.
Gracia looks winded!
Suckerpunch lands with a right to the head.

Gracia is rocked!
Suckerpunch trying to land knees to the body.
Gracia has Suckerpunch pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Suckerpunch manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Suckerpunch.
Suckerpunch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suckerpunch is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracia has double underhooks.
Suckerpunch has had enough of the clinch but Gracia keeps him there for the moment.
Suckerpunch digs a right hand underneath Gracia's ribcage. Gracia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricki Suckerpunch dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gracia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Suckerpunch to score with a decent uppercut.
Gracia is still on wobbly legs! Can Suckerpunch finish him?
Gracia misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Suckerpunch on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracia seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracia missing with a left hand there. Suckerpunch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Suckerpunch closes the distance and clinches.
Suckerpunch is working Gracia over against the cage.
Gracia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ricki Suckerpunch has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Suckerpunch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracia's brow.
Suckerpunch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Suckerpunch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Suckerpunch has had enough of the clinch but Gracia keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suckerpunch wants to break free but Gracia has control.
Suckerpunch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suckerpunch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gracia is breathing heavily.
Suckerpunch controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suckerpunch lands with a light punch inside.
We've been informed that Gracia has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Suckerpunch lands a shot to the body.
Gracia being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Suckerpunch.
Suckerpunch lands a nice uppercut.
Gracia drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Suckerpunch lands a big uppercut and Gracia is down! He's in big trouble - Suckerpunch follows him to the mat!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like Suckerpunch is going to stand back up.
Gracia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Suckerpunch tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gracia.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suckerpunch wants to stand up but Gracia manages to regain full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Suckerpunch knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracia on the ground.
Suckerpunch wants to stand but Gracia has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Suckerpunch gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricki Suckerpunch dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Suckerpunch lands a two punch combo.
Suckerpunch avoids the head kick by Gracia.
Suckerpunch connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Gracia to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Suckerpunch!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ricki Suckerpunch!
Ricki Suckerpunch bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.