PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the ring accompanied by Hollywood Undead- Undead. Pandora is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Red star of Phu Paan. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Pandora

180 cm
25
170 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
181 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renzo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pandora lands with a thumping leg kick.

Pandora tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Pandora actively working from the bottom here.

Pandora actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie passes to side control.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pandora has escaped the position, nice work there.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Pandora is looking to regain half guard here but Gracie keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the action but Pandora is working from the bottom.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Pandora is defending well.
Pandora is looking to regain half guard here but Gracie keeps moving and retains side control.

Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gracie tries to move into full mount but can't pass Pandora's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie scoring with punches and elbows.
Pandora is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gracie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Pandora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pandora wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Pandora is having none of it.
Pandora is in trouble now - Gracie has advanced to mount!
Gracie tries to control but Pandora wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pandora is surviving well by controlling Gracie's body position as best he can.

Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Gracie has hold of Pandora's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Pandora manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Pandora really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Gracie is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pandora can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pandora wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to control but Pandora wriggling away.

Gracie swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Pandora is now in Gracie's guard. A big mistake from Gracie there, giving up the dominant position!
Pandora must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pandora wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Pandora preventing the sweep.

Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pandora is aware though and is defending well.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Pandora from standing up.
Pandora passes Gracie's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renzo Gracie 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.

Pandora tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pandora fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Pandora throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pandora working a defensive guard but Gracie manages to pass into side control anyway.
Pandora tries to improve position but can't.
Gracie advances nicely into full mount.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Pandora is squirming around nicely.

Gracie is working for a guillotine from mount but Pandora frees his head quite easily.
Pandora sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie uses his free foot to push down on Pandora's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pandora.

Gracie goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Pandora is on top in guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Pandora from controlling successfully.
Pandora in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Pandora tries to pass.

Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Pandora defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie throws his legs up looking for a submission but Pandora uses it to pass to side control.
Gracie is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pandora connects with a decent elbow.
Gracie struggling a bit here.
Gracie is not content to let Pandora control the position.
Pandora postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pandora throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pandora scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Pandora sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gracie is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gracie wants to control but Pandora postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.

Pandora tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pandora has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pandora throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pandora defends well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Pandora tries to pass.
Pandora controls from within his opponent's guard.

Pandora avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pandora defends well.
Pandora cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Renzo Gracie will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Pandora feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Pandora is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Pandora scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pandora counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Pandora holds him up against the ropes and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Pandora landing knees to the body.
Pandora gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Renzo Gracie has been cut.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Pandora won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pandora with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Pandora.
Pandora lands a knee to the body.
Pandora unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pandora putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pandora unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pandora crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pandora landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pandora landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pandora obliges.
Pandora landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pandora lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora lands a nice knee to the body.
Pandora gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pandora lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie has Pandora pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Pandora manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pandora lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.

Gracie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Pandora uses from the top position.
Pandora trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Pandora got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pandora has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.

Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pandora can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Pandora pushes his legs off easily.
Pandora controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Pandora from controlling successfully.
Pandora is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Pandora pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pandora stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Renzo Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Arthur Pandora was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nice takedown defense from Pandora. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Pandora lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Pandora tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pandora counters with a solid body kick.
That kick from Pandora tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pandora lands a nice looking body kick.
Pandora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Pandora pushes Gracie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pandora lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Pandora lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Pandora crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Pandora gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Pandora.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pandora comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pandora scores a nice knee to the body.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pandora lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Pandora lands a nice elbow.
Pandora trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Gracie ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gracie no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Pandora wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pandora has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Gracie to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Pandora is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Gracie pulls down on the head and he's put Pandora to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Renzo Gracie!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
64%

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