PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zakk Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gracie Entrance. Wylde has chosen A Song For You by Zack Wylde as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Wylde

186 cm
27
188 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricardo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zakk Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Wylde sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wylde scores with a nice body kick.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wylde thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Wylde sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wylde lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Wylde sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Gracie to the ground! Wylde dives into full mount looking to finish!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wylde looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wylde fails to take his opponent's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde controlling from mount.
Wylde is looking to work his way around to Gracie's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Wylde content just to control the position here.
Wylde seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Gracie is holding on tight.
Gracie throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wylde looking for a guillotine from mount but Gracie is having none of it.

Wylde swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Gracie is now in Wylde's guard. A big mistake from Wylde there, giving up the dominant position!
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Wylde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wylde not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wylde really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Wylde is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wylde trying to control here.
Wylde tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Wylde is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Wylde defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wylde does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wylde is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wylde is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wylde avoid being mounted?

Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wylde doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Gracie is controlling the pace.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is pressing down on Wylde's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wylde is holding on for now.
Wylde is trying to control but can't.
Wylde tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ricardo Gracie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Wylde delivers a nice body kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wylde dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Wylde dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wylde.
Wylde throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Wylde throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wylde scores with a push kick.
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.
Gracie takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wylde misses with a wild body shot.
Wylde misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Wylde.
Wylde lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wylde scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wylde misses the shot to the body.
Wylde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wylde scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wylde moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wylde throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wylde lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
Wylde scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wylde looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Wylde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wylde is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Wylde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Wylde.
Wylde lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wylde throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wylde throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wylde feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Wylde feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Wylde throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Wylde lands a head kick!
Wylde goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wylde throws a head kick that half lands.
Wylde throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Wylde is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gracie rather than just go for the knockout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wylde. Gracie shrugs it off though.
A jab from Wylde misses.
Zakk Wylde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wylde lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wylde.
Wylde 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.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wylde is looking to clinch.
Wylde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wylde throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wylde throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
A good leg kick by Wylde.
Wylde feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Wylde throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wylde throws a head kick that half lands.

Gracie is rocked!
Good leg kick by Wylde there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wylde lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wylde throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gracie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wylde 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.
A jab from Wylde misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zakk Wylde dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wylde.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wylde sprawls well. Wylde wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wylde plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Wylde sprawls well.
Gracie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wylde throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wylde connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wylde missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wylde. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Wylde lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wylde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Wylde.
Wylde lands a brutal head kick. Gracie looks out on his feet and Wylde throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Zakk Wylde!
A relieved looking Zakk Wylde thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.