PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gracie (ranked 3969 p4p, 426 weight class) and Tan Han Tuong (ranked 5438 p4p, 540 weight class). Tan Han Tuong will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gracie
vs
Han Tuong

186 cm
19
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
271 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tan Han Tuong!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tuong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tuong jabs at Gracie's body.
Gracie throws a hook but Tuong blocks it.
Tuong looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Tuong displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Tuong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tuong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tuong keeps the fight on the outside.

Tuong feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gracie sprawling to the canvas! Gracie rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tuong finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tuong looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Tuong has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gracie is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Tuong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tuong throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tuong throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Tuong works Gracie's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Tuong.
Tuong keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Tuong misses with a straight right.
Tuong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tuong misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Tan Han Tuong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tuong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tuong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Tuong pushes him off.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tuong.
Tuong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie slips a straight right by Tuong.
Tuong misses the shot to the body.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Tuong.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tuong.

Gracie takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tuong gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tuong prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Tuong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tuong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Gracie breaks the clinch.

Tuong gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.
Tuong blocking some punches.

Tuong drops Gracie onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Gracie is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Gracie is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tuong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tuong breaks from the clinch.
Gracie wants to clinch.
Tuong steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuong looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Tan Han Tuong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gracie closes the distance and pushes Tuong back into the cage.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Tuong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.

Tuong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Tuong misses its intended target.
Tuong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Gracie wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gracie throws a hook but Tuong blocks it.

Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Tuong manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tuong.

Tuong drops Gracie with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Gracie looks back up at him and smiles so Tuong waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

It looks like Ricardo Gracie has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuong connects with a nice cross there... Gracie is looking wobbly and Tuong recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Gracie to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Tuong jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tan Han Tuong!
Our winner, Tan Han Tuong, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.