PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flako Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fresh Crimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pull Me Under - Dream Theater. This should be a great matchup!

Gracie
vs
Crimson

195 cm
29
265 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

190 cm
30
251 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Flako Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fresh Crimson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Fresh Crimson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie throws a jab when Crimson was well out of range.

Crimson drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Crimson moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Crimson moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Crimson tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Crimson dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Crimson moves forwards but Gracie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crimson.
Crimson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fresh Crimson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Crimson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Crimson scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie throws a jab when Crimson was well out of range.
Crimson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crimson blocks a jab.
Crimson throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crimson closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie counters with a series of strikes. Crimson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Crimson tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie swings for the body but Crimson moves out of range.
Crimson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crimson blocks a jab.
Crimson throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Crimson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Crimson seems unphased.
Crimson throws a combination that misses
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
Crimson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Crimson 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.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crimson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crimson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Crimson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crimson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.

Crimson clinches with his opponent.
Gracie tries to stall but Crimson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Crimson is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Crimson down to the mat. Crimson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Crimson misses with a looping left.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Crimson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Gracie misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.

Crimson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crimson lands a body shot.
Crimson is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crimson throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie keeps control of Crimson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crimson is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crimson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Crimson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt

so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gracie 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.
Crimson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crimson wants to get back to his feet but Gracie is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Crimson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Crimson wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Crimson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gracie's guard.
Crimson stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.

Crimson gets to his feet - Gracie follows without any prompting.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Crimson tries to clinch up.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Crimson's shoulder, as Crimson tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Crimson.
Crimson closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crimson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flako Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crimson pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Crimson has double underhooks.

Gracie has picked Crimson up - he's going for a ride! Gracie dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Crimson dodges it nicely.

Crimson is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crimson's head.
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Crimson kicks Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Crimson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crimson as he jumps to the side.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Crimson slips a jab from Gracie.
Flako Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crimson wants to clinch
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Crimson closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Crimson wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Crimson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
Crimson throws a sloppy body shot
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Crimson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crimson darts in trying to clinch
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crimson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crimson doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crimson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crimson defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Crimson is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Crimson moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Crimson throws out a powerful jab.
Nice jab there from Crimson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crimson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie misses with a hook.
A punch combination from Crimson misses.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Crimson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crimson tries to clinch
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice cross by Gracie.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tests Crimson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gracie. Crimson shrugs it off though.
Crimson wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Crimsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Crimson's head backwards.
Crimson moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Crimson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crimson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Crimson moved out of range nicely.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Crimson thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crimson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Crimson backing up. Crimson nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Crimson moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a right hand to the body.
Fresh Crimson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Crimson is out of range.
Crimson just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.

Crimson darts in and clinches Gracie up against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Crimson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Crimson wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side

and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Crimson's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flako Gracie dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Crimson tries to clinch
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Crimson tries to clinch up.
Gracie throws a hook but Crimson blocks it.
Gracie lands with a cross.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Crimson cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crimson's waist but Crimson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Crimson looks to clinch
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crimson.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Crimson's head but Crimson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie moves away
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Crimson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Crimson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Crimson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Crimson drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Crimson lands a nice uppercut.
Crimson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Crimson is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crimson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Crimson. Those never looked like landing.

Crimson rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Crimson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crimson looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Crimson drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Crimson closes the distance and clinches.
Crimson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Crimson avoids nicely.
Crimson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Crimson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gracie counters with a series of strikes. Crimson will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crimson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gracie lands with an uppercut that bounces Crimson off the cage and back into range.
Crimson tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie blocks a low kick nicely.
Crimson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crimson tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Crimson saw that one coming.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crimson was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crimson. That did some damage!

Crimson has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Crimson.
Crimson is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Flako Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Fresh Crimson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short body shot lands from Crimson as the two fighters clinch.
Crimson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Crimson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Crimson on the inside.
Crimson lands an uppercut.
Crimson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crimson lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crimson.
A nice left hand lands by Crimson.
Crimson misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fresh Crimson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28

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