PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurent Loughlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Green. The crowd seem to be enjoying Loughlin's choice of entrance music: Metallica - Damage Inc.. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Loughlin

192 cm
27
222 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

189 cm
32
212 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laurent Loughlin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Loughlin is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie working away.
Gracie trying to control the action but Loughlin is working from the bottom.
Gracie creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Loughlin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Loughlin is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gracie asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Gracie trying to control the position but Loughlin is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loughlin tries to escape but Gracie is in control.
Loughlin is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Gracie working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gracie is staying tight to Loughlin's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Loughlin taking a bit of punishment here - Gracie scoring with strikes.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Loughlin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie tries to move to mount but Loughlin blocks the move with his legs.
Loughlin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gracie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loughlin gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and Loughlin is in trouble!
Gracie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Loughlin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gracie breaks from Loughlin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gracie scoring with strikes but Loughlin is staying in there.
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Loughlin looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Loughlin?
Gracie landing punches.

Loughlin is rocked!
Gracie tries to control but Loughlin wriggling away.
Gracie throws some wild stikes that Loughlin manages to avoid easily.
Gracie content just to control the position here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie won't let Loughlin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Gracie goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Loughlin turns into him and now he's in Gracie's guard.

Gracie pushes Loughlin off and scrambles back to his feet.
Loughlin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Oooh a lovely combination from Gracie sends Loughlin down but not out. Gracie dives into side control looking to finish.

It looks like Laurent Loughlin has been cut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Loughlin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Loughlin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Loughlin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gracie is controlling him well.
Gracie advances to full mount.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and Loughlin is in trouble!
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loughlin is in a horrible position here. Gracie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gracie landing strikes, looking to finish!
Loughlin is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?

Gracie wants to finish this one by submission but Loughlin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracie.
Loughlin seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie controlling his opponent.
Gracie looking to control but Loughlin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Loughlin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
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 controlling from the full mount.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Loughlin tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Loughlin is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Laurent Loughlin's cut.
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.

Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Loughlin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Loughlin slips under a jab.
Loughlin throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Loughlin misses with a body kick.

Gracie drives through with a takedown into Loughlin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gracie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Loughlin blocks nicely.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gracie trying to move into half guard but instead Loughlin has managed to sweep!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Marko Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Loughlin from standing up.
Gracie managing to control the position.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Loughlin passes into half guard.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loughlin can do to turn this around?
Gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Loughlin's guard.
Gracie trying to control but Loughlin is working from the bottom.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Loughlin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Loughlin won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
Gracie wants to control but Loughlin is keeping him busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Loughlin dodges it nicely.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Loughlin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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.
Loughlin is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Loughlin is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Gracie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gracie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Loughlin?

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Gracie swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Loughlin is now in Gracie's guard. A big mistake from Gracie there, giving up the dominant position!
Gracie controlling Loughlin's posture.

Gracie pushes Loughlin off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Loughlin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie works Loughlin's body with a nice hook.
Loughlin slips a straight right by Gracie.
Loughlin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loughlin manages to avoid it.
Loughlin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Laurent Loughlin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Loughlin is breathing heavily.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Loughlin shakes it off.
Gracie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loughlin throws a body kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
Loughlin moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Loughlin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Loughlin doesn't seem phased though.
Loughlin throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loughlin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Loughlin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loughlin moves away.
Nice cross by Gracie.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie cracks Loughlin on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Loughlin falls backwards against the cage. Gracie follows up with more strikes that drop Loughlin to his knees. Gracie keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Loughlin! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Gracie!
Marko Gracie gave a mention to [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).