PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Da Ruckus. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Hossein

170 cm
41
158 lbs
36 - 23 - 0

170 cm
32
152 lbs
22 - 13 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 36 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 4, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Hossein throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hossein.
Hossein throws an off balance right hand

and Gracie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Hossein breaks the clinch.
Hossein misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Hossein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've been informed that Hossein has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a body kick.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
Gracie punishes Hossein's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hossein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hossein. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hossein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Hossein misses with a kick to the body
and Gracie counters with a good low kick that Hossein was not able to check.
Hossein with a nice cross.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hossein throws a sloppy body shot
and Hossein takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Hossein turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hossein tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
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 Hossein.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein lands a right hook to the body.
Hossein scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hossein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hossein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Hossein tries a head kick but it misses.
Hossein throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hossein.
Hossein scores with a spinning back kick!
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hossein.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hossein thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Hossein throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Hossein there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hossein scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie throws a hook but Hossein avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie moves forwards but Hossein connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gracie throws a jab when Hossein was well out of range.
Hossein throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
Decent striking displayed by Hossein there.
A big left from Hossein misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hossein jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Hossein there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie digs a good body shot into Hossein's ribs.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Hossein fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Hossein connects with a crisp jab.
A good leg kick by Hossein.
Hossein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hossein swinging wildly here.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hossein takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gracie.
Hossein looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hossein scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a low kick but Hossein moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein misses with a double jab.
Hossein throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein's corner calls for a 1-2. Hossein obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gracie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hossein.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from Hossein.
Hossein staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hossein.
Gracie thumps Hossein with a low kick.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hossein.
Hossein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein blocks a leg kick.
Hossein cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Hossein turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Hossein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hossein connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Gracie fakes the leg kick and cracks Hossein in the body.
Hossein falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hossein's knee momentarily.
Hossein throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a series of wild punches.
Hossein lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Hossein looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hossein misses with a two punch combination.
Hossein lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Hossein throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sadiq Hossein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hossein cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Hossein throws a leg kick
and Gracie counters with an outside leg kick.
Hossein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Gracie slips a straight right by Hossein.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Gracie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hossein lands a jab.
Gracie with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hossein if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hossein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch combination from Hossein misses.
Hossein blocks a head kick by Gracie.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hossein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gracie - the referee stops the clock and Hossein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gracie. Hossein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hossein.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hossein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hossein.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hossein.
Hossein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hossein is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Hossein will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hossein.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hossein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hossein moves away.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Hossein lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hossein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
An inside leg kick lands from Hossein.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hossein is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hossein. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Hossein throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hossein.
Hossein thows a body kick. Gracie tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Hossein digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Hossein lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie throws a head kick that Hossein semi-blocks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Gracie drops Hossein with a beautiful combination! Hossein stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gracie is looking for the KO!

Hossein is rocked!
Hossein misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hossein has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sadiq Hossein!
Sadiq Hossein decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.