PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between evert hernandes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valdivia Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). evert hernandes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

hernandes
vs
Gracie

198 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

220 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, evert hernandes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valdivia Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hernandes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
hernandes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - hernandes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
hernandes doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by hernandes.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
evert hernandes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hernandes is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. hernandes tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag hernandes to the ground. hernandes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
hernandes tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie looks for a takedown but hernandes sprawls well.
evert hernandes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valdivia Gracie.
hernandes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie lands a head kick. hernandes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
hernandes wants to clinch.
hernandes slips a jab and a cross from Gracie.
hernandes fails in his attempt to clinch.

hernandes moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
hernandes lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Gracie manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in hernandes's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie stays in close to hernandes's body and controls the position.
hernandes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from hernandes.
Gracie trying to control but hernandes is working from the bottom.
hernandes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gracie controls the pace.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from hernandes.
hernandes wants to hit a switch here but Gracie passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for hernandes there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie controlling his opponent.
hernandes is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie looking to control but hernandes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
hernandes is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hernandes is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie tries to control but hernandes wriggling away.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hernandes is looking to escape.
hernandes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hernandes is looking to escape.
hernandes is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie controlling the pace for now.
Gracie prevents hernandes from getting the reversal.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hernandes is looking to escape.

Despite being in the dominant position, Valdivia Gracie just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by hernandes.

hernandes clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. hernandes just stands there and leans against the cage.
hernandes misses with some punches.
Gracie lands with a light punch inside.
Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. hernandes just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valdivia Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on evert hernandes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie misses with a wild body shot.

Gracie has managed to clinch.
hernandes misses with the head strike.
Gracie is looking to control hernandes's arms but hernandes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but hernandes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
hernandes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
hernandes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
hernandes lands with a left to the head.
hernandes lands with a light punch inside.
hernandes swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
hernandes wants to clinch but Gracie slips to the side

and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into side control. hernandes won't be happy with that.
Gracie remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Gracie lands an elbow.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but hernandes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Gracie sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks hernandes to the ground! Gracie dives into full mount looking to finish!

hernandes is rocked!
Gracie controlling his opponent.
Gracie trying to control but hernandes is having none of it.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
Gracie tries to control but hernandes wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Valdivia Gracie just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but hernandes sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
evert hernandes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valdivia Gracie.

hernandes has managed to clinch.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
hernandes misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
hernandes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
hernandes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie lands a nice knee to the body.
hernandes misses with a punch on the inside.

Gracie pulls guard successfully.
Gracie wants to sweep here but hernandes controlling him for the moment.
hernandes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Gracie scrambles and gets back to his feet.
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!

Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie successfully pulls guard.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gracie's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
hernandes throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Gracie is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from hernandes.

Gracie pushes hernandes off and scrambles back to his feet.

Gracie clinches up with hernandes and pushes him back against the cage.

Gracie jumps guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
hernandes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
hernandes tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hernandes wants to get back to full guard but Gracie has mounted him!
hernandes is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valdivia Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on evert hernandes's cut.
That's time! hernandes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

hernandes tries to clinch up
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
hernandes closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie counters with a left and a right that stings hernandes.
hernandes tries to clinch but Gracie moves away

and Gracie counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from hernandes.
hernandes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
hernandes striking off his back but it's not causing Gracie any problems.
Gracie trying to control but hernandes is working from the bottom.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hernandes thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hernandes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
hernandes lands a good elbow from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
hernandes tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gracie moves into the clinch.
hernandes misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from hernandes.
Gracie working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from hernandes.
hernandes working aggressively here.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but hernandes has him pressed against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gracie controlling the position.
hernandes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie wants to control but hernandes is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie looks up at the clock and then as hernandes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gracie smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie decides to stand back up. Gracie steps back and let's hernandes get back to his feet.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
hernandes looks to clinch

and Gracie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gracie wants to break free but hernandes has control.
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
hernandes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. hernandes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
evert hernandes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valdivia Gracie.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
hernandes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
hernandes swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
hernandes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
hernandes throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. hernandes smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hernandes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

evert hernandes's cut is getting worse.
hernandes darts in trying to clinch

and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gracie is figuring out what he wants to do next.
hernandes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to stand up but hernandes is controlling the position.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but hernandes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie wants to stand but hernandes has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
hernandes tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gracie has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gracie blocks hernandes's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
evert hernandes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hernandes throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gracie. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Valdivia Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gracie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

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