PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne Gracie (ranked 821 p4p, 96 weight class) and Dave Ysengrin (ranked 1571 p4p, 198 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Thriller by Michael Jackson. A fine choice. Ysengrin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cheeky Nandos kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Wayne Gracie is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Wayne Gracie
vs
Ysengrin

194 cm
29
269 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

193 cm
35
240 lbs
30 - 10 - 0

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World class boxer
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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 11 - 4 - 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 30 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Ysengrin!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ysengrin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ysengrin as he jumps to the side.
As Gracie backs off Ysengrin throws a huge counter combo but Gracie manages to avoid it all.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ysengrin.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ysengrin.
A low kick from Gracie misses
and Ysengrin counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Ysengrin to acknowledge the strikes.
Ysengrin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Nice cross by Ysengrin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ysengrin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Gracie throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ysengrin moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
We've been hearing reports that Gracie has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ysengrin misses with a wild combination.
Ysengrin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ysengrin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decent striking displayed by Ysengrin there.
Ysengrin scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ysengrin checks it well.
Ysengrin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A cross from Gracie lands.
Ysengrin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ysengrin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Dave Ysengrin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ysengrin misses with an uppercut.
Ysengrin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gracie throws a good cross that connects.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ysengrin lands the left hand.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Ysengrin moved out of range.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin cracks Gracie with a good jab.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie misses with a hook
and Ysengrin counters with a huge left! Gracie is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ysengrin isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Gracie from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ysengrin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Ysengrin!
Dave Ysengrin made sure to mention his sponsor, Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview.