PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Trorres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Trorres
vs
Grace

170 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Trorres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derrick Grace!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trorres shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Grace misses the shot to the body.
Trorres tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grace scores with a one two! Trorres had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Manny Trorres has been cut.
Trorres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grace counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Trorres circles away.
Trorres with a nice cross.
Trorres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grace counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Trorres rushes Grace and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Trorres breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Grace tries to keep at a distance but Trorres has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grace as Trorres tries to tie him up.
Trorres's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Grace is trying to break free.
Grace misses with some punches.

Trorres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Trorres.
Grace misses with a combination
and Trorres makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grace stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trorres scores with a one two! Grace had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Grace looks gassed!

Trorres rushes Grace and presses him up against the cage.
Grace drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Trorres jumps into guard, dragging Grace to the mat.
Trorres is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Grace is controlling him.
Trorres has Grace pulled in close to control his posture.
Trorres is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grace preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trorres looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Trorres has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Grace off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Trorres misses with a takedown attempt - Grace sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Trorres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trorres throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Grace.
Trorres looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grace is fending him off so far but Trorres persists. Nope, Grace circles away and we're back to standing.
Good leg kick by Trorres there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Trorres decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Grace is staying active underneath Trorres, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Trorres wants to pass the guard but Grace is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace trying to control but Trorres postures up.
Trorres throwing shots but Grace is blocking nicely.

Trorres postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Grace to stand up.
Manny Trorres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Grace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trorres throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trorres ducks under a wild hook from Grace.
Trorres tries to clinch but Grace moves away
and Grace counters with a one-two to the body.
Trorres lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grace takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Trorres thuds his shin into the meat of Grace's side.
Grace is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Trorres.

Trorres has Grace up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trorres pulls guard.
Grace wants to stand but Trorres has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Trorres trying to control the position here.

Trorres uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Trorres drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Trorres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Trorres's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Trorres.
Trorres throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grace's head.
Manny Trorres is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Trorres's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Trorres duly obliges.
Trorres falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trorres looks to land a combination but Grace avoids it well.
Trorres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grace moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grace goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Trorres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Trorres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Trorres fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grace, pushing him back against the cage.
Trorres scores with a shoulder strike.
Grace is breathing heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Trorres takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Trorres tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Grace just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trorres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trorres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grace.
Trorres moves in looking to clinch but Grace pushes him off.
Trorres misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grace tries to bum rush Trorres with a series of wild strikes but Trorres uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Grace throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trorres counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grace misses with a wild body shot.
Grace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Trorres but Trorres pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grace has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Trorres.

Grace gets caught flat footed, as Trorres shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Trorres gets to his feet - Grace follows without any prompting.
Trorres moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Trorres lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grace backs up against the cage.
Trorres is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trorres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grace swings for the body but Trorres moves out of range.
Trorres throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Trorres tries to score a power double leg takedown but Grace sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Trorres somewhat.
Trorres lands a high kick!
Trorres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grace defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Trorres.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Trorres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trorres tries to close the distance and clinch but Grace swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Trorres tries to keep at a distance but Grace has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grace as Trorres tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trorres prevents a takedown attempt there.
Grace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Trorres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trorres moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trorres lands with a nice combination. Grace backs away looking to recover.
Grace looks for the body kick but Trorres saw that one coming.
Trorres lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Trorres lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Trorres throws a combination that misses
and Grace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Trorres forces Grace back against the cage and clinches.
Grace has had enough of the clinch but Trorres keeps him there for the moment.
Trorres lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grace backwards.

Trorres breaks the clinch.
Trorres throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Trorres misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Grace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trorres swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Grace to counter with a crisp jab.
Grace slips a jab and a cross from Trorres.
Trorres is working the combinations to good effect here.
Grace misses with a double jab

and Trorres counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grace won't be happy with that.
Grace manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Trorres trying to control from the bottom.
Trorres is looking to escape.
Trorres trying to get back to full guard but Grace takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Trorres is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Trorres dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Trorres's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Trorres throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grace counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trorres swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grace counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grace takes a swing at Trorres's ribcage but misses.
Grace throws a head kick that misses.
Grace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Left hook, right uppercut from Trorres.
Trorres throws a combination. Grace tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trorres wants to clinch up but Grace keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Grace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Trorres drives through and clinches with Grace against the cage.
Trorres lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Trorres works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Trorres has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Trorres is looking to work some ground and pound but Grace has wrist control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Grace looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Trorres stands up and waves to Grace to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trorres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Grace tries to keep at a distance but Trorres has taken the fight into the clinch.

Trorres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grace looks to throw the jab but Trorres is out of range.

Trorres clinches up with Grace and pushes him back against the cage.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trorres fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Trorres has Grace pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Trorres pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Grace tumbling to the mat - Trorres dives into Grace's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trorres accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trorres stops Grace from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trorres throws a big right hand that misses.
Grace pulls Trorres in close to prevent any damage.
Trorres lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Grace trying to keep a closed guard but Trorres is proving a slippery customer.
Trorres stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grace swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Grace throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trorres scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Trorres falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grace counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Trorres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Grace misses.
Trorres misses with a wild combination.
Grace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trorres stuffs the takedown.
Grace takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Trorres shoots in looking for a takedown. Grace tries to sprawl out of it but Trorres keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grace manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grace avoids the head kick by Trorres.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Trorres.
Trorres fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nice sprawl there from Grace as Trorres shoots in.
Grace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trorres was well out of range. Poor timing from Grace.
Trorres lands a two punch combo.
Trorres defending well as Grace loads up on a big left hand.
Trorres misses with a few strikes there.
Trorres misses with a two punch combination.
Trorres with a poor takedown
and Grace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trorres shoots in but Grace avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Trorres displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Trorres wants to clinch up but Grace keeps it at a distance.
A slow jab from Grace misses its intended target.

Trorres shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Trorres was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Derrick Grace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Trorres is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grace really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Trorres showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trorres has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Trorres!