PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rail Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Arroyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rail Gracie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Javier Arroyo's chin.

Gracie
vs
Arroyo

200 cm
19
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
20
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rail Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Javier Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Gracie.
Arroyo is looking to land body kicks.
Arroyo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arroyo misses with a takedown attempt

and Gracie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gracie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Arroyo can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Arroyo wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Arroyo letting Gracie take a breather here.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but Arroyo blocks with his arms.
Gracie lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Gracie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Arroyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arroyo managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Arroyo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
A short uppercut from Gracie.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Arroyo.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arroyo is trying to push Gracie away but Gracie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie crunches a lovely knee into Arroyo's ribcage.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Arroyo avoids the damage to the body.
Arroyo is trying to force a seperation but Gracie has the dominant position.
Gracie misses with a knee strike.
Gracie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Arroyo looks winded!
Arroyo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arroyo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arroyo tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Arroyo back against the cage.
Gracie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Arroyo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Arroyo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Arroyo up against the cage.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arroyo walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Arroyo shoots in and drives through. Gracie sprawls well.

Gracie gets a clinch.
Arroyo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie presses Arroyo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
Good body shot from Gracie.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arroyo is defending well for now.
Arroyo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.
Arroyo tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie crunches a lovely knee into Arroyo's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gracie obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gracie obliges.
Gracie trying to land knees to the body.
Arroyo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arroyo managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
Arroyo tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie keeps control of Arroyo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arroyo blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie gets through Arroyo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arroyo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arroyo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arroyo.
Gracie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arroyo blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arroyo can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Gracie taking a breather.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Arroyo avoids the damage to the body.

Arroyo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arroyo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arroyo throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Arroyo fails to land the takedown.
Rail Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Arroyo.

Gracie cracks Arroyo with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gracie has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Arroyo to stand back up!

Arroyo is rocked!
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Arroyo is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Arroyo takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gracie.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
That kick from Gracie tenderised Arroyo's leg. Arroyo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Arroyo seems to have recovered his senses.
Arroyo misses with a body kick.
Arroyo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Gracie shuts the power down on Arroyo. Lights out, game over! Gracie is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rail Gracie!
Rail Gracie decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.