PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vanilla Ice Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belle Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ice Cold
vs
Gracie

169 cm
19
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
26
136 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vanilla Ice Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Belle Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ice Cold throws a lazy head kick

and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ice Cold!
Ice Cold is trying to stand up.
Ice Cold is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie punching from mount but Ice Cold doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Gracie working for a submission but Ice Cold is keeping him at bay.
Ice Cold tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Ice Cold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie unloads with some shots from mount but Ice Cold bucks and avoids them well.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ice Cold looks a forlorn figure.
Ice Cold is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie cracks Ice Cold with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie throws some wild stikes that Ice Cold manages to avoid easily.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ice Cold is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ice Cold just holding on.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gracie looking to finish Ice Cold with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ice Cold!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ice Cold is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount.
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Ice Cold is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ice Cold is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie scoring with strikes but Ice Cold is staying in there.
Ice Cold tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ice Cold is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ice Cold is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ice Cold working to try and regain half guard.
Ice Cold wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Ice Cold from getting the reversal.
Gracie throwing strikes but Ice Cold recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Ice Cold knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ice Cold manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Ice Cold.
Ice Cold seems keen to control Gracie's posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Ice Cold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Belle Gracie dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ice Cold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ice Cold scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ice Cold lands a front kick.

Ice Cold throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ice Cold is in Gracie's guard.

Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ice Cold can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ice Cold controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Vanilla Ice Cold just wasn't active enough.
Ice Cold throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Ice Cold lands a nice looking body shot.
Ice Cold dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Ice Cold closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Ice Cold tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ice Cold has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ice Cold taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ice Cold wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gracie, who protects the arm well.
Gracie being controlled for a moment.

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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vanilla Ice Cold dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Ice Cold finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.

Ice Cold drops Gracie with a beautiful combination! Gracie stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ice Cold is looking for the KO!

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Belle Gracie has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ice Cold throws a pinpoint strike between Gracie's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Gracie crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Ice Cold scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vanilla Ice Cold!