|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Forman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ultimate. Red Forman told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
 |
|
 |
| 181 cm
29
156 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
|
176 cm
28
160 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Red Forman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Red Forman has been cut.
That kick from Forman tenderised Gracie's leg. Gracie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie punishes Forman's body with a nice straight punch.
Forman avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie tries to bum rush Forman with a series of wild strikes but Forman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Forman loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Forman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Forman lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forman.
Forman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gracie clobbers Forman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
and Forman counters with a thumping low kick.
Forman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Forman.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Forman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Forman lands a body shot.
Forman throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a hook. Forman ducked under it nicely.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gracie if he has to take too many more of those.
Forman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forman throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Forman lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Forman ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Forman lands a head shot.
Forman throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Forman blocks the leg kick.
Forman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Forman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Forman slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forman throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Forman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Forman's head but Forman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Forman cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Forman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Forman counters with an outside leg kick.
Forman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Forman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Forman digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Forman. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Forman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Forman.
Gracie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Forman on the side of the head.
Forman moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie throws a hook but Forman avoids it easily.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Forman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Forman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ralph Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Red Forman's cut.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Forman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice shot by Gracie.
Forman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Forman has wrist control.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Forman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Forman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie distracts Forman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Forman keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Forman working a defensive guard here.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Forman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Forman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Forman settles back down.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Forman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Forman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Forman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Forman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forman throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Forman walks into a straight right hand from Gracie.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
enabling Forman to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab from Forman.
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Forman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Forman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Forman!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forman trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Forman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Forman stands and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forman tries to move to mount but Gracie blocks the move with his legs.
Forman happy to just control the position for now.
Gracie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forman is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie keeping control of the position.
Forman 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 is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Forman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Forman's back!
Gracie loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Forman hold on?
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 trying to control.
Gracie punches Forman on the ear.
Forman is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Gracie off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Forman is looking for a way out.
Will Gracie go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Red Forman's cut.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Forman connects with a jab.
Forman misses the jab.
Forman cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Forman looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Forman!
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forman moves away.
Gracie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Ralph Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Forman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Forman throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Forman jabs at Gracie's body.
Gracie lands with a cross.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Forman manages to avoid it.
Gracie cracks Forman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Forman is rocked!
Red Forman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
Forman is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie misses the jab.
Forman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Forman jabs at Gracie's body.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Forman seems to have recovered his senses.
Forman scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forman misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a low kick but Forman avoids it.
Forman looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forman.
Forman lands a nice looking body kick.
A jab from Forman misses.
Forman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Forman misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Forman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie throws out a leg kick but Forman moves out of range and Gracie only half commits.
Gracie lands with a cross.
Forman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Forman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donk. Gracie catches Forman right on the button with a cross.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Forman.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Forman misses with a kick to the body.
Red Forman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Forman moved away.
Forman thows a body shot but no joy.
Forman looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Gracie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Forman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Gracie!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
83% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
