PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Brevik (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.

Gracie
vs
Brevik

181 cm
25
145 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

174 cm
21
144 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

160! - Sale!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Brevik!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brevik closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Brevik backing up. Brevik nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Brevik's head but Brevik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Brevik ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brevik. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brevik finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gracie lands a slapping body shot.
Brevik tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie misses with a jab to the body

and Brevik counters by clinching up.
Brevik lands a nice elbow.
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ralph Gracie has been cut.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brevik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brevik misses with a knee strike.
Brevik looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Brevik prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie wants a takedown but no success here.
Brevik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brevik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Brevik with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brevik lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Brevik shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gracie letting Brevik take a breather here.
Gracie wants to take the fight to the mat but Brevik manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brevik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Brevik shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Brevik pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brevik misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gracie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brevik lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brevik!
Brevik scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Brevik thows a body kick. Gracie tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brevik. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Brevik scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brevik pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Brevik.
Brevik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
Brevik tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie misses with a hook. Brevik ducked under it nicely.
Donald Brevik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brevik misses with a looping left.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brevik sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Gracie scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Brevik is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.

Gracie is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Brevik is surviving well by controlling Gracie's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thowing shots but they're missing.
Brevik is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and Brevik is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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!
Brevik is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Brevik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ralph Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brevik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brevik throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Brevik shows good takedown defense.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Brevik sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Brevik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.

Brevik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Brevik.
Brevik prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brevik pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brevik lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Brevik.
Brevik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Brevik prevents the takedown attempt.
Brevik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Brevik lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie is working for takedown but Brevik is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Brevik.
Brevik scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.
Donald Brevik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brevik with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Brevik has the dominant position.
Gracie wants to take the fight to the mat but Brevik manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brevik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brevik.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Brevik.
Brevik gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ralph Gracie's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brevik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brevik putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie wants a takedown.
Knees to the body from Brevik.
Brevik scores with a knee to the head.
Brevik scores a nice knee to the body.
Brevik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knees to the body from Brevik.
Brevik using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brevik lands a nice elbow.
Brevik unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brevik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Gracie wants a takedown but no success here.
Brevik is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Brevik.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Brevik.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brevik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brevik throws an elbow but misses.
Brevik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brevik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brevik tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie is trying to drag Brevik to the mat but Brevik just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brevik misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brevik tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Brevik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Brevik missing with knees to the body.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brevik trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brevik connects with a knee to the head.

Ralph Gracie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brevik tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Brevik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brevik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Brevik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Brevik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ralph Gracie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Gracie misses with a hook. Brevik ducked under it nicely.
Brevik lands a jab to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brevik.
Brevik tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Brevik fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracie checks it well.
Brevik just misses with a punch to the body.
Brevik tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brevik throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Brevik lands with a nice body kick.
Brevik gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Gracie lands with an uppercut that bounces Brevik off the cage and back into range.
Brevik avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gracie looking to score a takedown here. Brevik is defending well but Gracie drives through and ends up in Brevik's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brevik wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Brevik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Brevik is retaining full guard.
Brevik is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie stops Brevik from standing up.

Gracie gets to his feet. Brevik looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Brevik is just out of range.
Brevik tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Brevik tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brevik looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie lands a jab.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Brevik.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Brevik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brevik takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Brevik.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Brevik.
Ralph Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brevik wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Donald Brevik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brevik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brevik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brevik thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brevik scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brevik staying out of range there.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brevik's waist but Brevik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Brevik is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gracie rather than just go for the knockout.
Gracie tries to bum rush Brevik with a series of wild strikes but Brevik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brevik just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie lands a nice hook to Brevik's body. Brevik takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brevik avoids the body shot from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Brevik sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brevik throws a head kick that misses.
Brevik slips a straight right by Gracie.
Donald Brevik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brevik.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Brevik saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brevik misses with a jab to the body
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brevik is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Brevik circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie cracks Brevik with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Brevik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie shoots in but Brevik avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brevik keeps Gracie at a distance using the push kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ralph Gracie.
I think Brevik has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Brevik!