PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Gracie (ranked 1406 p4p, 680 weight class) and Derrick Bradley (ranked 212 p4p, 99 weight class). Bradley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sudbury Saturday Night. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gracie
vs
Bradley

188 cm
28
190
10 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
185
9 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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UNDEFEATED

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derrick Bradley!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Bradley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bradley counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Bradley to acknowledge the strikes.
Bradley scores with a nice head shot.
Bradley throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Bradley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Bradley throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bradley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like James Gracie has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
A countering left hand to the body from Bradley misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bradley.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Bradley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
James Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

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

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bradley is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Bradley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bradley is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie wants to control but Bradley is keeping him busy.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie throwing shots but Bradley is blocking nicely.
Bradley trying to control from the bottom.

Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bradley is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Bradley tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Gracie is working for a kimura but Bradley is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie working over Bradley with some ground and pound. Bradley looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bradley sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bradley doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Bradley is controlling Gracie's trapped leg to prevent Gracie from advancing to side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Bradley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Gracie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice uppercut lands for Bradley. That snapped Gracie's head back.

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bradley keeps working.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bradley can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gracie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Gracie goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bradley rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gracie's guard! Nice work there by Bradley!
Bradley not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Gracie has his foot on Bradley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bradley works his way back into a safe position though.

Bradley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bradley 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 Bradley slips an elbow through the middle.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.
Bradley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Bradley tries to pass.
Bradley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bradley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bradley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradley trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

Gracie has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bradley should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Gracie has tightened it up now! Bradley should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Gracie!
A relieved looking James Gracie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.