PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Belcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryu Gracie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Belcher
vs
Gracie

188 cm
20
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
187 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Belcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryu Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Belcher moves away and avoids it.
Ryu Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie catches Belcher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie misses with a combination
and Belcher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belcher counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Gracie drops Belcher with a beautiful combination! Belcher stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gracie is looking for the KO!

Belcher is rocked!

It looks like Alan Belcher has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie throws the left hand but Belcher avoids the punch easily.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Gracie wants to clinch but Belcher slips to the side
and Belcher counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Belcher throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belcher counters with a nice body kick.
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Belcher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Gracie throws a combination that misses
and Belcher counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Belcher is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Belcher throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Belcher closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A left and a right from Belcher both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belcher lands with a slapping head kick.
Belcher is working the combinations to good effect here.

Belcher looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Belcher seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Belcher tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.

Belcher stands up and waves to Gracie to follow him.
Belcher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
Belcher throws a nice head kick!
Belcher lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
Belcher lands a jab-cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belcher scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Belcher shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gracie manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Belcher stands up from Gracie's guard - Belcher perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gracie takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Belcher throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Belcher gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!

Belcher breaks from the clinch.
Belcher goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Belcher has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Belcher breaks the clinch.
Belcher feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belcher 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.

Belcher gets to his feet - Gracie follows without any prompting.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belcher counters with an outside leg kick.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Belcher scores with a head kick.
Belcher misses with a combination
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination

and Belcher counters by moving into the clinch.
Belcher blocking some punches.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Belcher is controlling the position.

Belcher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belcher swinging wilding here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Belcher - that will leave a mark!
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Belcher counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belcher seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Belcher trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Belcher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alan Belcher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Belcher moves out of range of the strikes.
Belcher lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Belcher counters with a nice kick to the body.
Belcher throws a head kick that half lands.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alan Belcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Belcher.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belcher.
Gracie misses with a double jab
and Belcher counters with a big head kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
Belcher lands a jab-cross combination.
Belcher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Belcher scores with a three punch combo!
Belcher connects with a high kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Belcher gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Belcher breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Belcher. Beautiful body shot.

Belcher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Belcher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Belcher preventing the sweep.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Belcher wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie is trying to keep Belcher in close.
Belcher stops Gracie from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Belcher postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Belcher looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Belcher.
Belcher moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

Belcher scores a takedown into full mount!
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Belcher looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Belcher isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

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.
Gracie wants to try and get back to his feet.
Belcher trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Belcher lands a big elbow.
Belcher throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gracie because Belcher loaded up on that one.
Gracie tries to hold on but Belcher postures up.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Belcher dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alan Belcher's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gracie fails with the takedown
and Belcher counters with a series of strikes. Gracie will be more careful next time no doubt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Belcher.
Belcher takes one on the button.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belcher scores with a head kick.
Belcher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Belcher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Belcher lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gracie.

Belcher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Belcher lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Belcher lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Alan Belcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Belcher connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Belcher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Belcher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
Gracie takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belcher throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gracie misses with a combination
and Belcher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gracie is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Belcher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Belcher lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gracie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Belcher.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Belcher, right into the meat.
Belcher throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Belcher counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie throws a combination that misses
and Belcher counters with a series of strikes. Gracie will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Belcher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Belcher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Belcher counters with an outside leg kick.
Alan Belcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryu Gracie.

Belcher darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Belcher prevents Gracie from standing back up.
Gracie tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Belcher manages to move to mount!
Belcher avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Belcher will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belcher trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Belcher avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.

Belcher moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Gracie has worked his arm free - good work by Gracie!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gracie controlling the position for now.
Gracie is trying to stand.
Belcher wants to stand but Gracie has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ryu Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alan Belcher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Belcher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Belcher has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Belcher!