PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Li Xiaolong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Bring Da Ruckus as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Xiaolong
vs
Gracie

173 cm
29
146 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

170 cm
36
144 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Steel Penn

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Li Xiaolong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Li Xiaolong has been cut.
Xiaolong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaolong lands with a good body shot.
Xiaolong works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Xiaolong.
Xiaolong avoids a kick to the body.
Xiaolong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.
Xiaolong throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Xiaolong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiaolong misses with a wild combination.

Xiaolong clinches up against the cage.
Xiaolong lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Xiaolong.
Gracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Xiaolong keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie pushes Xiaolong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Xiaolong can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaolong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Xiaolong.
Gracie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Xiaolong's defenses.
Xiaolong trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Xiaolong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
Xiaolong takes a knee to the side of the body.
Xiaolong blocking some punches.
Gracie lands an uppercut.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Xiaolong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
Xiaolong tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Xiaolong back against the cage.
Xiaolong blocks an uppercut.
Xiaolong lands with a light punch inside.
Xiaolong scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Still in the clinch, Gracie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Xiaolong prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Xiaolong lands an elbow inside.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Xiaolongs head.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Xiaolong.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Xiaolong lands a shoulder strike.
Gracie tries to work over Xiaolong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie cracks Xiaolong with a nice body shot.
Gracie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Xiaolong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Xiaolong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xiaolong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Xiaolong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Xiaolong lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Gracie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Gracie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Xiaolong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Xiaolong tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dodges an elbow strike from Xiaolong.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gracie.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Xiaolong is looking to control Gracie's arms but Gracie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Xiaolong has his back to the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Xiaolong obliges.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Xiaolong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Xiaolong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Xiaolong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Xiaolong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xiaolong.
Xiaolong misses with a short punch on the inside.

Xiaolong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Xiaolong takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Xiaolong slips the punch.
Xiaolong misses with a wild combination.
Gracie throws a shot to the body.
Xiaolong thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Xiaolong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Xiaolong misses with a low kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gracie.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Xiaolong.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Xiaolong saw that one coming.
Gracie throws a head kick but Xiaolong moves out of range.
Xiaolong throws a front kick aimed at Gracie's knee but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xiaolong.
A big left from Xiaolong misses.
Xiaolong connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Xiaolong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xiaolong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xiaolong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie motions for Xiaolong to come forward. Gracie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Xiaolong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Xiaolong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xiaolong digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Xiaolong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Li Xiaolong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xiaolong thuds his right hand into Gracie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Xiaolong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiaolong lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Xiaolong lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Xiaolong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Xiaolong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Xiaolong throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Xiaolong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Xiaolong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Xiaolong misses with an uppercut.
Gracie catches Xiaolong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Xiaolong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Xiaolong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Xiaolong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice body punch from Xiaolong.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Xiaolong connects with a nice looking jab.
Xiaolong misses with a low kick.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Xiaolong ducks down to avoid it.
Xiaolong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Xiaolong takes one to the chin there.
Gracie moves into range and connects with a jab.

Li Xiaolong's cut is getting worse.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Xiaolong.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xiaolong can pounce on him.
Xiaolong fails in his attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xiaolong bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Xiaolong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Xiaolong is looking to land body kicks.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Xiaolong tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Xiaolong swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Xiaolong ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Xiaolong fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Xiaolong lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Xiaolong walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Xiaolong drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Xiaolong is rocked!
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oh Xiaolong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Xiaolong slips a jab from Gracie.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaolong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Xiaolong.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Xiaolong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Xiaolong's ribs.
Xiaolong is breathing heavily.
Xiaolong walks straight into a right hand from Gracie - that's dropped him! Gracie jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Xiaolong from any more punishment! Xiaolong complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie very nearly forgot to thank TFP Graphics - Pit Inc amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.