PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thriller by Michael Jackson. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Svyatoslav Vakarchuk enters the cage!

Wayne Gracie
vs
Vakarchuk

194 cm
27
265 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
30
250 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Wayne Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a leg kick that is checked

and Vakarchuk counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vakarchuk.
Vakarchuk working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Vakarchuk wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Vakarchuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vakarchuk scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vakarchuk content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vakarchuk controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vakarchuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vakarchuk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vakarchuk content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vakarchuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vakarchuk trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vakarchuk throwing strikes but missing.

Vakarchuk drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gracie looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gracie looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gracie!

Gracie tries for a kimura but Vakarchuk is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie in side control, throwing shots but Vakarchuk defends.
Vakarchuk gets back to half guard.
Vakarchuk is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vakarchuk trying to get back to full guard but Gracie takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Vakarchuk really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Vakarchuk in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Vakarchuk wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Vakarchuk can't escape the position.
Gracie raining down hammerfists from mount.
Vakarchuk working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has been cut.
Vakarchuk is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vakarchuk sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Vakarchuk has hold of Gracie's hands but Gracie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Vakarchuk has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Gracie escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Gracie!
Gracie scoring with punches and elbows.

Vakarchuk is rocked!
Gracie scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Vakarchuk is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Gracie can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Wayne Gracie!
Our winner, John Wayne Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.