PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armando Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgy Brah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with America Fuck Yeah blaring out of the sound system. Brah has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gracie
vs
Brah

170 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
186 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Dauntless
RAGS of a RONIN

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Armando Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edgy Brah!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brah connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've been informed that Brah has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Brah works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Brah, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brah lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brah tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brah to the ground. Brah escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Brah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Brah smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie dives in and grabs Brah's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brah pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brah, as that shot connected.
Brah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Brah to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Brah stuffs the takedown.
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brah throws a series of strikes that have Gracie backpedaling.
Brah has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Brah sprawls well.
Brah is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brah scores with a jab.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Brah counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brah.
Gracie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brah lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Brah is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A lazy left from Brah finds it's target.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Brah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Brah lands.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Brah scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Brah lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Good standup being displayed there by Brah as he connects with a hook.
Gracie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Brah scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Armando Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Brah tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brah manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Edgy Brah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Brah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gracie's knee momentarily.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Brah to score with a decent uppercut.
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brah fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Brah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Brah scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Brah circles away easily
and Brah counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Brah circles away easily
and Brah counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Brah to acknowledge the strikes.
Brah connects with an inside leg kick.
Brah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brah lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie shoots and misses
enabling Brah to counter with a crisp jab.
Brah works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brah lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie dives in and grabs Brah's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brah pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Brah's corner calls for a 1-2. Brah obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice sprawl there from Brah as Gracie shoots in.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
A jab from Brah finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Good shot there by Brah.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brah, who protects the arm well.
Gracie tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brah's legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brah managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Brah wants to get back to his feet but Gracie drags him back down.
Gracie wants to control but Brah is keeping him busy.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brah is trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie wants to control but Brah is keeping him busy.
Brah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brah is trying to buck Gracie off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brah is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gracie asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Brah is trying to get back to his feet.

Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Brah pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brah, who protects the arm well.
Brah is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gracie is controlling him well.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Brah knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gracie passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Brah!

Gracie is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brah can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Brah really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.
Brah is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but Brah defends it well.
Brah really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.

Brah somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Brah leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Brah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brah cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Brah ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brah fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
A jab from Brah does it's job there.
Brah lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brah lands with a hook. Gracie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brah scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brah defends it nicely.
Brah is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgy Brah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Brah lands a jab to the head.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brah tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brah to the ground. Brah escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Brah scores with a jab.
Brah scores with a hook.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Brah sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brah throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
Brah bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Brah counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brah fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
A jab from Brah does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Brah there.
Armando Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brah lands with an overhand left.
Gracie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Brah as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brah pinned against the cage. Brah gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Brah throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Brah counters with a nice body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brah. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice cross by Brah.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brah connects with a single shot there.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brah sprawls well. Brah wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Brah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Brah to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie with a poor takedown
enabling Brah to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brah connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brah lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Brah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Edgy Brah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Nice body punch from Brah.
Brah slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brah connects with a single shot there.

Brah gets caught napping as Gracie dives in and scores a takedown. Brah manages to retain guard.
Brah keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brah wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie controlling from the top position.

Brah pushes Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Brah stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Brah wants it to stay on the feet.
Brah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gracie shoots and misses
letting Brah counter with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brah, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Brah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A cross from Brah lands.
Brah scores with a jab to the head.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Brah sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brah lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brah connects with the punch.
Good exchange - Brah coming out on top.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brah's waist but Brah gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
A little jabbing left from Brah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Armando Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brah digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgy Brah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brah winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgy Brah!
Post fight, Edgy Brah stared into the camera and said 'Armando Gracie go roll my blunt bum. '.
In defeat, Armando Gracie stepped up to the mic, saying 'You win you lose - God BLESS AMERICA'.