PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Defoe Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Texas Trash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Gracie
vs
Trash

170 cm
26
135 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

170 cm
26
140 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Defoe Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Texas Trash!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Trash as Gracie shoots in.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Trash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Trash counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Trash counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Trash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab, jab by Trash - just one landing.
Gracie misses with a right hand
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Trash counters with a one-two to the body.
Trash avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Nice body punch from Trash.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
and Trash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trash throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Trash counters with a left and a right that stings Gracie.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Trash to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Trash makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Trash counters with a nice uppercut.
Trash is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Trash counters with a two punch combo.
Defoe Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Trash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Trash is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Trash is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Trash won't allow it.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gracie moves nicely into side control.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Trash is defending well.
Trash stuck in half guard on the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Trash really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Gracie goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Trash rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gracie's guard! Nice work there by Trash!

Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Trash tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie cracks Trash with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Trash wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Trash is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Texas Trash dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trash scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Trash counters with a one-two to the body.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Trash counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Trash moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trash punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Trash counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie misses with a hook
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Trash counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Texas Trash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trash jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trash counters with a right hand to the body.
Texas Trash is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trash counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Trash smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Trash lands a slapping body shot.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Trash counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Trash counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie throws a sloppy body shot
and Trash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Trash connects with a looping right hand.
Trash works the jab nicely.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Trash makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie misses with a left hand
letting Trash counter with a right hand.

Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Trash defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Trash has managed to free his arm - good work.

Trash is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Trash tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Trash manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trash is keeping the position for now.

Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Trash dives on top into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Texas Trash showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A shot to the body from Gracie misses
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
Trash scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Trash counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Trash counters with a right hand to the body.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Trash throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trash counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Trash to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Trash counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Trash counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Trash.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Defoe Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trash connects with a single shot there.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Texas Trash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Trash.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Trash might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Trash getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Trash counters with a left to the body.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Trash.
A right-left combo lands from Trash.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Trash lands the left hand.
Trash lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Trash dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie shoots and misses
letting Trash counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Trash counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gracie misses with a hook to the body
and Trash counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Trash counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gracie thinking.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Trash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good shot there by Trash.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Trash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Trash counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Trash counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Trash counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
enabling Trash to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Trash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trash ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Trash counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Trash finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trash counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie misses with a body shot
letting Trash counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Trash counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Defoe Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie misses with a right hand
letting Trash counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Texas Trash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Trash winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Texas Trash!