PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Law (ranked 911 p4p, 1563 weight class) and Bryan Gracie (ranked 150 p4p, 236 weight class). Law comes to the cage accompanied by Country Boy Can Survive. Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Limp Bizkit - Rollin' kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bryan Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Law
vs
Gracie

185 cm
28
189
14 - 10 - 0

195 cm
34
195
11 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Powerful

Neon Zombie

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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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyson Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Law shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gracie's guard.
Law has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Law trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Law with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Law wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Law working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Law makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Law wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Law scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Law's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Law slips an elbow through the middle.
Law pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Law lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Law working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Law working some strikes from top position.
Law lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gracie wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Law trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Law working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie is trying to keep Law in close.

Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Law gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Law drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Law jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Law landing with the ground and pound.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Law lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Law drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Law jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Law landing some decent shots from guard.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Law tries to pass.
Law landing with the ground and pound.
Law is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Law defends it easily.
Gracie trying to control the position.

Gracie has his foot on Law's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Law works his way back into a safe position though.
Law works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Law pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Law has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Law is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Law from controlling successfully.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Law looking to pass the guard.
Law working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Law is looking to advance position but Gracie has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Gracie tries to control but Law wriggling away.
Law is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but Law is having none of it.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Law to control.
Law slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Law misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Law sees it coming and defends easily.
Law lands with a few short shots to the body.
My spies in Forged In Fire inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Law is pressing down on Gracie's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gracie trying to control but Law is working from the bottom.

Law had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Law trying to strike off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Law dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gracie forces Law back against the cage and clinches.
Law blocks an elbow strike.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Law gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.

Law successfully pulls guard.

Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Law is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Law is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Law trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Law keeps moving.

Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Law looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Law is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gracie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Law is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Law manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Law's guard.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Law is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Law striking off his back but it's not causing Gracie any problems.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Law striking off his back but it's not causing Gracie any problems.

Gracie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Law has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gracie has managed to get both his arms back between Law's legs - danger averted.
Gracie trying to control but Law is working from the bottom.

Law has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Gracie is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Law.
Law looking for a sweep but Gracie has passed into full mount! Oh no!

Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Law gets back to half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Law is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Law is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
Tyson Law overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Law 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.
Gracie trying to control the pace.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Law is defending well.
Law gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Law looking for a guillotine here but Gracie defends easily.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Law keeps moving.
Law trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Law is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie trying to control but Law is working from the bottom.

Law looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bryan Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
Law is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Law tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gracie has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gracie tries to control but Law wriggling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Law really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Law is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Law tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Law is squirming around nicely.
Law regains half guard.
Law slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Law keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law trying to strike off his back.
Law throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Gracie is sitting in close to Law's body. Law has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Gracie is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Gracie is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Law.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tyson Law!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tyson Law waved his t-shirt featuring Neon Zombie's logo in front of the cameras.