PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eliz Gracie (ranked 1146 p4p, 5224 weight class) and Robert Lewandowski (ranked 171 p4p, 576 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cant be touched. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Lewandowski

180 cm
35
190
14 - 3 - 0

184 cm
27
199
7 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eliz Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Lewandowski!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Gracie goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Lewandowski rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gracie's guard! Nice work there by Lewandowski!
Lewandowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lewandowski's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lewandowski throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewandowski lands a couple of elbows.
Lewandowski distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lewandowski throws a big elbow that misses.
Lewandowski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewandowski.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Lewandowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Lewandowski scoring with punches to the head and body.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lewandowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lewandowski.
Lewandowski cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lewandowski won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
Lewandowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lewandowski works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lewandowski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lewandowski's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lewandowski wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Lewandowski postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Lewandowski is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lewandowski defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lewandowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lewandowski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lewandowski defends well.

Lewandowski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lewandowski with a nice head shot there.
Lewandowski trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Lewandowski postures up and lands a big shot to Gracie's brow.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Lewandowski from controlling successfully.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Lewandowski defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski connects with a couple of short punches.
Lewandowski keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Lewandowski makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lewandowski landing some decent shots from guard.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lewandowski defends well.

Gracie working for a triangle but Lewandowski defends it easily.
Lewandowski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lewandowski landing some decent shots from guard.

Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lewandowski defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Lewandowski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lewandowski landing some decent shots from guard.

Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lewandowski content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lewandowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lewandowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewandowski lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Lewandowski got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lewandowski has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eliz Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lewandowski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lewandowski cracks Gracie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lewandowski working the head and body with strikes.
Lewandowski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gracie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lewandowski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewandowski is putting a hurting on Gracie here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gracie takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Lewandowski's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lewandowski scoring with punches from side control.

Gracie is rocked!
Lewandowski tries to move to mount but Gracie blocks the move with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
Lewandowski scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewandowski cracks Gracie with a big elbow.
Lewandowski working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lewandowski lands a nice short elbow.
Lewandowski is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lewandowski pulls his head out easily.
Lewandowski is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lewandowski drops an elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie has hold of Lewandowski's hands but Lewandowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lewandowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lewandowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie tries to roll over but Lewandowski keeps him under control.
Lewandowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Lewandowski prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Lewandowski looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lewandowski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Lewandowski.
Lewandowski scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lewandowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lewandowski lands a nice short elbow.
Lewandowski working over Gracie with some ground and pound. Gracie looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lewandowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lewandowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lewandowski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lewandowski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gracie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Lewandowski has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lewandowski lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lewandowski is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lewandowski working the head and body with strikes.
Lewandowski winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lewandowski pulls his head out easily.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Lewandowski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewandowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gracie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewandowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Lewandowski is controlling well.

Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Lewandowski lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Lewandowski 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! This is the final round!

Lewandowski fails with a takedown attempt.

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.

Gracie is working for a kimura but Lewandowski is defending it quite comfortably.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lewandowski dives on top into guard.

Lewandowski is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lewandowski wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Lewandowski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Lewandowski is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lewandowski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lewandowski keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Lewandowski controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.

Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Lewandowski manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Lewandowski in his guard.

Lewandowski lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lewandowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Lewandowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Lewandowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Lewandowski got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lewandowski has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
Lewandowski is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Gracie is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Lewandowski rolls with it to try and escape but Gracie cranks on the arm and Lewandowski is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eliz Gracie!
Eliz Gracie took some time post fight to say the following; 'Two wins in a row!! I'm back baby! Looking to fight for the title next or a title eliminator, ready for all the next offers!!'.