PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saulo Henrique Assun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Gracie
vs
Henrique Assun

182 cm
25
235 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
285 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

STAR Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saulo Henrique Assun!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assun lands a nice looking body kick.
Assun scores with a leg kick.
Assun throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assun fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Assun pushes Gracie away with a front kick.
Assun ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Assun. Assun obviously looking to wear him down.
Assun throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Assun to score with a decent uppercut.
Good leg kick by Assun there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Assun throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saulo Henrique Assun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling a little - Assun finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Assun lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Assun lands a lovely overhand right.
Assun cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Assun lands with a nice body kick.
Assun fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Assun scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assun lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
A thudding body kick lands there by Assun!
Assun lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Assun.
Assun delivers a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assun lands with a nice body kick.
Assun lands with a nice body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Assun. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Good leg kick by Assun there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Assun moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Assun there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Jab, jab by Assun - just one landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Assun. That's going to slow Gracie down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assun throws a shot to the body.
Assun scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Assun works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Assun fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Assun thuds his shin into the meat of Gracie's side.
Assun explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Assun throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Assun pushes Gracie away with a front kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assun.
Gracie takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Assun cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Assun to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by Assun.
Assun cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Assun scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Assun has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Assun.
A slapping leg kick lands for Assun.
Assun jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
Assun with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Assun throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Saulo Henrique Assun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Assun lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Assun lands a front kick.
Assun delivers a nice body kick.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Assun connects with a crisp jab.
Assun lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assun thuds his shin into the meat of Gracie's side.
Assun moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Assun lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Assun lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Assun is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Assun defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Assun, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Assun against the cage but Assun circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assun.
Assun is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Crunch! Assun slams his shin into Gracie's torso.
Assun scores with a jab to the body.
Assun lands with a kick to the ribs.
Assun scores with a jab to the body.
Assun scores with a decent looking hook.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gracie. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Assun lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
A cross from Assun lands.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Assun connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Assun connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Assun. That one must have hurt.
Assun throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Assun cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Assun lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Assun connects with an inside leg kick.
Assun cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Assun scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A lazy left from Assun finds it's target.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Assun, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Assun against the cage but Assun circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Assun. That one must have hurt.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
A chopping leg kick lands by Assun.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Assun which made him look bad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assun dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Assun throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Assun lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Assun with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Assun connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Assun lands a nice shot to the body.
Assun connects with a crisp jab.
A jab from Assun does it's job there.
Assun lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assun.
Nice shot lands for Assun.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assun.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Assun sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Assun lands with a cross.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice shot by Assun.

Gracie drives through with a takedown into Assun's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Assun wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Assun trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

George Gracie has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gracie wants to control but Assun is keeping him busy.
Assun is looking to reverse the position.
Gracie is working Assun over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Assun trying to remain calm as Gracie controls from the top position.

Gracie is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Assun looks calm but he's in trouble here. Gracie gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Assun is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Gracie lets go of the hold and Assun can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). George Gracie!
A very excited looking George Gracie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.