PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kung Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lai comes to the cage accompanied by KoRn - Twisted Transistor. Gracie has chosen as his entrance music. The key to victory for Kung Lai has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lai
vs
Gracie

181 cm
30
208 lbs
24 - 9 - 2

185 cm
23
202 lbs
11 - 7 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Gilop®
Balco Boys Battle Gear

Hell's Balls Recovery
Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kung Lai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Lai sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Lai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lai wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to stall here but Lai recovers full guard.
Lai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Lai keeps moving.
Lai working a defensive guard but Gracie passes into half guard.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Lai is defending well.
Gracie is pressing down on Lai's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lai is holding on for now.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Lai dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lai wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lai defending well though.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Lai dodges it nicely.
Lai is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lai avoid being mounted?
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Lai is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Lai defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lai's head.
Gracie throws a strike but Lai avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Lai keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Lai pulls Gracie in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcelo Gracie dominated that 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. 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.

Lai tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Lai misses with a looping left.
Lai dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Lai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Lai's front leg but catches the back leg as Lai tries to avoid it.
Marcelo Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lai looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Lai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Lai throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Good leg kick by Lai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lai throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lai throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lai can pounce on him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lai.
Lai ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Lai checks it.
Lai tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
Lai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lai slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie throws a hook but Lai avoids it easily.
Lai throws a head kick that Gracie semi-blocks.

It looks like Marcelo Gracie has been cut.
Kung Lai is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lai is looking to land body kicks.
Kung Lai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lai throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lai - that will leave a mark!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lai can pounce on him.
Lai scores with a leg kick.
Lai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lai turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lai lands a nice looking body kick.
Lai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Lai.
Lai moves out of range of the strikes.
Kung Lai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie scores with a jab to the head.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.

Gracie dives in and scores a takedown into Lai's guard.
Lai keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lai trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gracie throws a strike but Lai rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lai trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kung Lai showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 19:19
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 19:19
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!