PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between bennet Amparo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thanks Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bennet Amparo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thanks Gracie's chin.

Amparo
vs
Gracie

185 cm
22
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bennet Amparo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thanks Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Amparo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like bennet Amparo has been cut.
Amparo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gracie has Amparo pressed against the cage, preventing Amparo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Amparo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gracie regains guard immediately.
Gracie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Amparo is controlling him.
Gracie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Amparo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Amparo wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Amparo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Amparo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amparo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Amparo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Amparo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amparo throwing strikes but missing.
Amparo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Amparo wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Amparo 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.
Gracie wants to stand up but Amparo is controlling him.
Amparo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

bennet Amparo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Amparo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Amparo fails to land with a series of punches.
Amparo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gracie delivers a nice body kick.
Gracie moves out of range as Amparo strikes.

Gracie darts in and clinches Amparo up against the cage.
Amparo looking for a takedown.
Gracie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Amparo 's eye.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.
Amparo can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Amparo takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Amparo in his tracks for a moment.
Amparo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie landing knees to the head.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Amparo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gracie avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gracie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Amparo's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for bennet Amparo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Amparo 's eye.
Amparo is trying to push Gracie away but Gracie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Amparo digs a right hand into Gracie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gracie's gas tank.
Amparo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amparo backwards.
Amparo tries to score a body lock takedown but Gracie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Amparo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gracie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Amparo's defenses.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Amparo lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Amparo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Amparo misses its intended target.
Gracie lands a slapping body shot.
Amparo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracie as he avoids it easily.
Amparo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Amparo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Gracie has Amparo up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Gracie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Amparo tries to pull guard but Gracie holds him up against the cage and eventually Amparo drops back down to his feet.
Gracie effectively controlling the action here.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gracie.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Amparo in his tracks for a moment.
Amparo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Amparo working hard to break the clinch.
Amparo stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gracie.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Amparo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Amparo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Amparo tries to pull guard but Gracie won't allow it.
Amparo takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie is leaning against Amparo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thanks Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on bennet Amparo's cut.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amparo moves away.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Amparo counters with a stiff right hand.
Amparo misses with a few strikes there.
Amparo tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Amparo misses with a hook.

Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.
Amparo wants to get back to striking at distance but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Amparo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Amparo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Gracie.
Amparo tries to circle away but Gracie has him pinned against the cage.

Gracie wants the takedown. Amparo is fighting it off but Gracie persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Amparo's guard against the cage.
Amparo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amparo controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amparo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Amparo has his feet on Gracie's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Amparo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Gracie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie wants to stand but Amparo is controlling the position.
Amparo postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.

Gracie scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Amparo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie is staying active underneath Amparo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Amparo working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie has hold of Amparo's hands but Amparo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Amparo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Amparo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Amparo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Amparo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie is looking to escape.
Amparo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Amparo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie is trying to stand.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Amparo lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie is trying to stand.

Amparo stands up out of the half guard.
Amparo throws a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amparo throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Amparo throws out the jab.
A right-left combo lands from Amparo.
Amparo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Amparo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Amparo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Amparo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Amparo to score with a decent uppercut.
Gracie slips a straight right by Amparo.

Amparo gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.
Amparo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Amparo's efforts to push away.
Gracie is trying to stall.

Gracie pulls Amparo into guard.
Amparo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

bennet Amparo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on bennet Amparo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Amparo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amparo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Amparo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Amparo persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.

Gracie darts in and clinches Amparo up against the cage.
Amparo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gracie walks away with a smile on his face. Amparo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Amparo's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Amparo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gracie pushes Amparo up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Amparo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gracie landing knees to the body.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Amparo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Amparo tries to circle away but Gracie has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie lands an elbow just above Amparo 's eye.
Amparo tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Amparo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for bennet Amparo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Gracie stalling.
Gracie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Amparo's defenses.
Amparo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thanks Gracie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amparo is working for takedown but Gracie is calmly controlling the position for now.
A bit of stalling here from Gracie.
Gracie with a knee to the head.
Gracie has Amparo pressed against the cage, preventing Amparo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gracie working Amparo over with knees to the body.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.

Gracie pushes Amparo up against the cage in a clinch.
Amparo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie landing knees to the body.
Gracie is pressed up against the cage. Amparo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gracie down to the mat. Gracie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gracie scores with a leg kick.
bennet Amparo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gracie clinches with his opponent.
Gracie lands a damaging elbow.
Gracie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Amparo tries to pull guard but Gracie holds him up against the cage and eventually Amparo drops back down to his feet.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amparo looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
A big right from Amparo misses.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Amparo.

Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Amparo can't break the clinch.
Amparo tries to score a body lock takedown but Gracie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Amparo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Amparo tries for a takedown but Gracie manages to get underhooks.
Amparo tries to pull guard but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Amparo in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Gracie.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Amparo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Amparo is trying to push Gracie away but Gracie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Gracie has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Amparo regains guard immediately.
Gracie wants to stand and escape but instead Amparo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Amparo wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to stand up but Amparo isn't so interested in that idea.
Amparo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Amparo with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Amparo wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Amparo is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracie is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

We're going to have a standup here because bennet Amparo wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Amparo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Amparo enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Amparo manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gracie must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Amparo controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Amparo is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
bennet Amparo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Amparo blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thanks Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thanks Gracie!