PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Ace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ace
vs
Gracie

198 cm
19
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Ace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ace buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Ace lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.

It looks like Rickson Gracie has been cut.
Ace throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ace sprawls well. Ace wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.

Ace instigates a clinch.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ace walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Ace clinches.
Ace just leaning against Gracie, taking a breather.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Ace has Gracie pressed against the cage.
Ace lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Ace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.

Ace rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Ace lands with a short shot to the head.
Ace lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ace just stands there and leans against the cage.
Johnny Ace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rickson Gracie.
Ace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ace leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ace for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ace lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Ace.
Nice elbow from Ace.
Ace lands with a short shot to the head.
Ace lands a nice elbow.
A short body shot lands from Ace as the two fighters clinch.
Ace lands a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Rickson Gracie's cut even more.
Ace throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ace lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ace'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.
Ace lands with a short shot to the head.
Ace'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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ace scores with a knee to the head.
Ace lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie letting Ace take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Ace connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Ace gets a clinch.
Ace controlling the action here for a moment.
Ace lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ace lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ace lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
The referee calls for Ace to work.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ace.
Ace leaning against his opponent.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Ace won't allow it.
Ace content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ace lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Ace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.

The cut above Rickson Gracie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ace crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Ace leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ace seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Gracie's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ace clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Ace pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Ace.
Ace scores with a head kick.

Ace pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Ace to work.
Ace lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ace scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rickson Gracie's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ace lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Nice elbow from Ace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
A hook to the body from Ace.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Ace.
Ace lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rickson Gracie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnny Ace!