PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helio Graicie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigoriy Dants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grigoriy Dants will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Graicie
vs
Dants

167 cm
22
267 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
260 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Helio Graicie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigoriy Dants!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graicie dives in and grabs Dants's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dants pushes down on Graicie's head and hops out.
Graicie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dants sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Graicie somewhat.

Graicie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Graicie is looking for a kimura but Dants is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Graicie to get the leverage.

Graicie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dants has managed to free his arm - good work.
Graicie could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dants wants to get back to his feet.

Dants kicks off Graicie and gets to his feet.
Graicie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dants's waist but Dants gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Graicie off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helio Graicie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dants throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Graicie ducks right into an uppercut from Dants.
Dants fails to land with a series of punches.
Graicie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dants.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Graicie is defended easily by Dants.
Dants throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dants throws a right hand that Graicie ducks under and follows up with a left that Graicie also avoids with ease.

Graicie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Graicie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dants really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Graicie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Graicie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dants has escaped the position, nice work there.
Graicie is breathing heavily.

Graicie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dants, who protects the arm well.
Dants is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Graicie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dants has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dants wants to get back to his feet but Graicie drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graicie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dants wants to get back to his feet but Graicie drags him back down.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Dants throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Dants swinging wildly here.
Dants throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Graicie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Graicie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Graicie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dants is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Graicie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Dants defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Graicie.
Dants is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Graicie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Dants manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Dants is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Graicie is controlling him well.

Graicie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Graicie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Graicie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Graicie tries for a kimura but Dants is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dants throws Graicie to one side and escapes!
Graicie fails with the takedown.
Graicie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dants as he jumps to the side.
Good shot there by Dants.
Graicie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dants to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graicie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Graicie dives in and grabs Dants's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dants pushes down on Graicie's head and hops out.
Graicie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dants.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Graicie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dants lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Graicie gets a takedown into half guard.
Graicie prevents Dants from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Helio Graicie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Graicie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Graicie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dants is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Graicie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dants is trying to get back to his feet.

Graicie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dants has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dants is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Graicie has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Helio Graicie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Graicie is trying to get an arm triangle but Dants is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dants is trying to buck Graicie off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Graicie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Graicie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Graicie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dants knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Graicie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dants is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Graicie has hold of Dants's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Dants tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Graicie cranks the arm and Dants screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Dants, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Helio Graicie!