PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Raiona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Caater : Hold That Sucker Down. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gracie
vs
Raiona

160 cm
27
140 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

188 cm
27
140 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeffson Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Raiona!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raiona is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Raiona sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raiona misses the shot to the body.
Raiona swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raiona connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Raiona circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Raiona connects with a body shot.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Raiona.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raiona.
Raiona cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Raiona looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Still in half guard, Raiona seems content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiona seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Raiona perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Raiona throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Raiona perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is not content to let Raiona control the position.
Raiona stalling away here and it's allowed Gracie to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Raiona avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

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

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Raiona pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raiona is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Raiona missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Raiona postures up.
Raiona controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Raiona throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Raiona saw that one coming.
Raiona lands with an overhand left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raiona. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raiona misses with a straight right.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Raiona.
The fighters circling - Raiona throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Raiona misses.
Raiona just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Raiona misses its intended target.
Raiona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raiona darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Raiona throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Raiona throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raiona scores with a decent looking hook.
Alex Raiona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raiona misses with a hook.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Raiona moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Raiona misses.
Raiona lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raiona swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Raiona misses with an uppercut.
Raiona misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alex Raiona will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gracie tries to clinch up.
Raiona connects with the punch.
Gracie misses with a combination
enabling Raiona to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.

Raiona bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gracie tries to improve position but can't.
Gracie is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Raiona thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.

Raiona looks to get to his feet but Gracie has hold of an arm. He's persisting with trying to stand up and Gracie certainly isn't letting go of the arm! Gracie seems to be the aggressor now - he's rolled into the armbar and extended it - Raiona is clearly in a lot of pain. He's tapping! He's tapping! What an ending! One minute you're in a dominant position, the next you've got a notch in the loss column - that's why we all love this sport!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeffson Gracie!
Jeffson Gracie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.