PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casimiro Carioca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Casimiro Carioca has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Carioca
vs
Gracie

185 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Casimiro Carioca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carioca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henrique Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Carioca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie is working for takedown but Carioca is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carioca is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gracie has Carioca pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carioca manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Casimiro Carioca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrique Gracie.

Carioca drops Gracie with a big knee straight up the middle! Gracie is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Henrique Gracie has been cut.
Gracie looks gassed!
Carioca tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.

Carioca moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Carioca scores with a knee to the head.
Carioca lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.

Carioca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.

Carioca forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carioca scores with a knee to the head.

Carioca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carioca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carioca is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Carioca instigates a clinch.
Carioca landing knees to the head.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carioca pulls his leg out and moves away.
Carioca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carioca tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carioca's waist but Carioca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.

Carioca moves into the clinch.
Carioca with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carioca lands a knee to the head.
Carioca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.

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

Carioca moves into the clinch.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carioca is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Carioca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carioca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carioca is looking to clinch.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Carioca sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Carioca closes the distance and clinches.
Carioca lands a knee to the head.

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

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

Carioca manages to break the clinch.

Carioca closes the distance and clinches.
Carioca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Carioca lands a knee to the head.
Carioca lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carioca lands an elbow inside.
Carioca lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Carioca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carioca tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca tries to clinch up.
Carioca displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Carioca wants to clinch.

Carioca fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the cage.
Gracie has Carioca pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carioca manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Carioca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Carioca counters by clinching up.

Carioca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Carioca pinned against the cage. Carioca gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carioca tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carioca's waist but Carioca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carioca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Carioca rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Carioca lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Carioca breaks the clinch.
Carioca tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie misses with a takedown

and Carioca counters by clinching up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carioca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.

Carioca manages to break the clinch.
Carioca tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Casimiro Carioca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henrique Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Carioca moves into the clinch.
Carioca landing knees to the head.
Carioca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.

Carioca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carioca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.

Carioca moves into the clinch.

Carioca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Carioca instigates a clinch.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carioca.
Carioca with a knee to the head.
Carioca connects with a knee to the head.

Carioca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Carioca holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carioca lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carioca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Carioca which made him look bad.
Casimiro Carioca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrique Gracie.
Carioca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Carioca swivels and escapes.

Carioca closes the distance and clinches.

Carioca manages to break the clinch.
Carioca tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Carioca displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carioca's waist but Carioca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Gracie fails with the takedown

and Carioca holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carioca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Carioca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carioca tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Carioca is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Carioca keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Carioca circles away easily

and Carioca counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Carioca shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Carioca breaks from the clinch.
Casimiro Carioca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Carioca moves into the clinch.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Carioca pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Carioca which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carioca moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.

Carioca breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Carioca.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Carioca circles away easily

and Carioca counters by clinching up.
Carioca scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie is working for takedown but Carioca is calmly controlling the position for now.
Carioca lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carioca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carioca fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Carioca which made him look bad.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Carioca sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioca is looking to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Carioca. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed

and Carioca holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Carioca lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Carioca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Carioca lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.

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

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Carioca is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Casimiro Carioca dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henrique Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Carioca moves into the clinch.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.

Carioca breaks from the clinch.
Carioca wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carioca but Carioca pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carioca as he jumps to the side.
Carioca tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.

Carioca moves into the clinch.

Carioca breaks the clinch.
Carioca tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.

Carioca pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Casimiro Carioca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrique Gracie.
Carioca lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carioca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carioca fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carioca tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Carioca moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Carioca doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Carioca tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Carioca tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Henrique Gracie!