PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Graciee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Tsuchiya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marlon Tsuchiya has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Royce Graciee's chin.

Graciee
vs
Tsuchiya

150 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
308 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Royce Graciee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marlon Tsuchiya!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Graciee looks to land a left hand but Tsuchiya moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Graciee misses.
Graciee throws a body punch but Tsuchiya moves out of range.
Graciee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsuchiya.

Graciee moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tsuchiya.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike from Tsuchiya.
Graciee tries a body shot but Tsuchiya blocks it.
Graciee stalls.
Graciee misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike from Tsuchiya.
Graciee has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuchiya.
Tsuchiya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Graciee struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsuchiya controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tsuchiya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graciee's brow.
Graciee misses with the head strike.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tsuchiya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graciee's brow.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Graciee tries to work over Tsuchiya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsuchiya misses with an elbow over the top.
Graciee takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Royce Graciee has been cut.
Graciee working aggressively here.
Graciee lands a shoulder strike.
Tsuchiya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it misses.
Graciee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Graciee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Graciee misses with the head strike.
Graciee avoids the elbow strike from Tsuchiya, against the cage.
Graciee lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graciee lands with a right to the head.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow that misses.
Graciee scores with a shoulder strike.
Graciee working aggressively here.
Tsuchiya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Graciee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tsuchiya backwards.
Tsuchiya misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tsuchiya throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuchiya misses with an elbow over the top.
Graciee avoids the elbow strike from Tsuchiya, against the cage.
Graciee stalling in the clinch but Tsuchiya improves position.
A hook to the body from Graciee.
Graciee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike.
Tsuchiya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Graciee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graciee is struggling to control the position.
Graciee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tsuchiya is keeping busy.
Graciee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Graciee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tsuchiya looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graciee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tsuchiya.
Graciee lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graciee stalls.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Graciee.
Graciee misses with a body punch.
Tsuchiya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graciee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
A right hand to the body from Graciee.
Graciee could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Graciee lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graciee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tsuchiya or not.
Graciee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graciee is leaning against Tsuchiya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graciee presses Tsuchiya against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Graciee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Graciee's cut.
That's time! Graciee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Graciee jabs Tsuchiya right on the nose. Tsuchiya blinks but takes it well.

Graciee moves into the clinch.
Graciee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuchiya has a couple of punches blocked by Graciee.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike from Tsuchiya.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Graciee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Graciee misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuchiya fails to land.
A hook to the body from Graciee.
Graciee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graciee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Graciee - that landed with a thud.
Tsuchiya is breathing heavily.
A bit of stalling here from Graciee.
Tsuchiya pushes off an throws an elbow but Graciee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Graciee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
Graciee working aggressively here.
Tsuchiya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Graciee lands with a short shot to the head.
Tsuchiya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tsuchiya misses with an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Graciee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tsuchiya takes a shot to the head.
Graciee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tsuchiya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graciee lands a body punch.
Graciee lands a shoulder strike.
Graciee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Graciee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graciee scores with a shoulder strike.
Graciee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuchiya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Graciee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tsuchiya can do to turn this around?
Graciee avoids a wild elbow strike from Tsuchiya.
Graciee lands a shot to the body.
Graciee blocks an elbow strike.
Graciee lands with a light punch inside.
Graciee lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graciee creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graciee scores with a hook to the body.
Graciee pushes Tsuchiya back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graciee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tsuchiya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graciee is leaning against Tsuchiya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Graciee lands with a short shot to the head.
Graciee lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Marlon Tsuchiya has been cut.
Tsuchiya prevents a body shot from Graciee.
Graciee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graciee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graciee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graciee lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Graciee.
Graciee digs a right hand underneath Tsuchiya's ribcage. Tsuchiya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Graciee.
Graciee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Graciee lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Graciee.
Graciee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsuchiyas head.
Graciee lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graciee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Graciee misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Graciee.
Graciee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tsuchiya takes a shot to the head.
Tsuchiya takes a shot to the head.
Graciee stalling against the cage.
Graciee misses with a body punch.
Graciee lands a nice uppercut.
Graciee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Graciee tries to throw a body punch but Tsuchiya avoids it by throwing Graciee back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graciee.
A short uppercut from Graciee.
Graciee cracks Tsuchiya with a nice body shot.
Graciee lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tsuchiya backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Graciee dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Graciee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Graciee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Graciee.

Graciee pushes Tsuchiya up against the cage in a clinch.
Graciee avoids the elbow strike from Tsuchiya, against the cage.
Graciee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Graciee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuchiya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tsuchiya swings wildly with an uppercut but Graciee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsuchiya misses with an elbow over the top.
Graciee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tsuchiya.
Graciee lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Graciee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Graciee.
Graciee blocks the elbow strike.
Tsuchiya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graciee.
Graciee lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Graciee.
Royce Graciee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Graciee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Graciee.
A short body shot lands from Graciee as the two fighters clinch.
Graciee lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Graciee.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
Graciee lands a nice shot to the body.
Tsuchiya takes a shot to the head.
Graciee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graciee cracks Tsuchiya with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Graciee.
Graciee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graciee works on Tsuchiya's body with a couple of short punches.
Graciee scores with a shoulder strike.
Graciee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Graciee is muscling Tsuchiya up against the cage and as Tsuchiya bounces back off, Graciee cracks him with a huge right hand! Tsuchiya crumples to the mat - he's out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Royce Graciee!