PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hokkus Pokkus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pokkus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pantera - Walk. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Pokkus
vs
Gracie

185 cm
24
181 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

191 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hokkus Pokkus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pokkus closes the distance and clinches.
Pokkus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pokkus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Pokkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Pokkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Pokkus.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pokkus smiles and moves away.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Pokkus.
Pokkus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pokkus moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Pokkus.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pokkus.
Pokkus misses with a kick to the body.
Pokkus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pokkus looks to clinch

so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pokkus on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pokkus tries to get out of the position.
Pokkus keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pokkus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Pokkus blocks nicely.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Gracie.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pokkus misses with a body shot.
Pokkus throws a sloppy body shot

and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pokkus's guard now.
Pokkus keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Pokkus manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Pokkus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gracie holds on and takes a little breather.
Pokkus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Pokkus postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Pokkus wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pokkus wants to stand and escape but instead Gracie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

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.
Gracie trying to control but Pokkus is working from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ryan Gracie hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A good leg kick by Pokkus.
Pokkus circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Pokkus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pokkus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pokkus misses with a body shot.

Pokkus moves into the clinch successfully.
Pokkus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Pokkus looking to slow down the pace here.
Pokkus looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Pokkus tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
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 Pokkus walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gracie tries to clinch but Pokkus is having none of it.
Pokkus throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Pokkus throws a sloppy head kick

and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gracie slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Pokkus won't allow it.
Pokkus pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gracie in particular looking to stall.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ryan Gracie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Pokkus looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pokkus moves out of range of the leg kick from Gracie.
Pokkus stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie cracks Pokkus with a good jab.
Hokkus Pokkus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pokkus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pokkus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Pokkus feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie stuns Pokkus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pokkus tries a head kick but it misses.

Pokkus takes the fight into the clinch.
Pokkus misses with a knee strike.
Pokkus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pokkus trying to land knees to the body.
Pokkus tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Pokkus holds him up against the ropes and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Hokkus Pokkus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pokkus misses with a knee strike.
Pokkus tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Pokkus is stalling here.

Gracie manages to pull guard.
Pokkus is fighting to break Gracie's control of his arms but Gracie is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pokkus looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Pokkus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pokkus is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Pokkus has wrist control.
Pokkus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gracie passes Pokkus's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ryan Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gracie controlling the position from side mount.
Pokkus is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
Pokkus tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pokkus gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gracie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Gracie has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Pokkus turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Gracie off and cradles Pokkus's limp body as Gracie celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Ryan Gracie!
Ryan Gracie is the new middleweight champion!