PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

White
vs
Gracie

191 cm
23
271 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

225 cm
18
275 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.

Gracie gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows White to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gracie wants to stand but White is controlling the position.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie throwing strikes but White uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. White manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but White is retaining full guard.
Gracie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
White is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gracie gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and White counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to stand but White is controlling the position.
White working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.

Gracie looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
White distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
White wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
White prevents Gracie from getting back to his feet.
Gracie is pulling down on White's head to control his posture.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in White's guard.
Gracie looks gassed!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as White holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gracie wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from White.
White is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gracie regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from White.
White throwing strikes but missing.
White might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gracie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White prevents Gracie from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen White dominated that round.
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.

White closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gracie pushes White off looking to stand but White dives back in and keeps control.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie tries to kick White off but White keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gracie trying to control here.
White lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with White in his half guard.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
White landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
White stops Gracie from getting back to his feet.
White slips a nice elbow through Gracie's hands, connecting with Gracie's forehead.
Gracie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from White.
White throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gracie is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
White trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with White in his half guard.
Gracie tries to kick White off but White keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
White throwing shots but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie has his hands clasped together around White's back. He's all about the action.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.
White missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie wants to improve his position but White is controlling well.
Gracie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to get back to full guard but White takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Gracie is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gracie tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
White won't let Gracie get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
White in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Royce Gracie has been cut.
White is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gracie is still in real trouble! Can White finish him?
White working Gracie over with strikes here.
White postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Gracie badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of White around the waist but White pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! White is the winner by TKO! White jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen White!