PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Sessions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Animal I Have Become as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sessions
vs
Gracie

169 cm
28
156 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

175 cm
26
164 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Sessions!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heston Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sessions buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Manny Sessions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sessions throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sessions cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sessions throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sessions with a jab.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sessions.
Sessions feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Sessions fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sessions takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Sessions throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Sessions displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sessions.
Sessions throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie takes a swing at Sessions's ribcage but misses.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Sessions.
Sessions walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sessions pinned against the cage. Sessions gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Sessions.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Sessions saw that one coming.
Sessions swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manny Sessions is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sessions fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Sessions misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Sessions bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Sessions.
Gracie defending well as Sessions loads up on a big left hand.
Sessions throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Sessions connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Sessions connects with a single shot there.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Sessions is out of range.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Sessions checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sessions feints a jab promting Gracie to slip. Sessions then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gracie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sessions throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Sessions throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie dives in and grabs Sessions's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sessions pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Sessions throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Sessions uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Gracie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sessions bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sessions but Sessions pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Manny Sessions has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heston Gracie.
Sessions misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sessions wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sessions throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Sessions swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sessions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sessions tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Sessions.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sessions manages to avoid it.
Sessions connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Sessions uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sessions.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sessions throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sessions misses with a body kick.
Crunch! Sessions slams his shin into Gracie's torso.
Sessions misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Sessions throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sessions.
Gracie throws the left hand but Sessions avoids the punch easily.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Sessions delivers a nice body kick.
Gracie scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sessions throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sessions tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
Sessions looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Sessions displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Sessions misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sessions throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Sessions feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sessions was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Sessions connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie shoots in but Sessions avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sessions steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Sessions dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sessions displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Sessions ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sessions bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Sessions looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Sessions.
Sessions lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie throws a jab when Sessions was well out of range.
Sessions stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sessions turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie throws the left hand but Sessions avoids the punch easily.
Manny Sessions is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sessions.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Sessions.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
Sessions throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sessions defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Sessions ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sessions lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Sessions bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Sessions does it's job there.
Sessions throws a front kick aimed at Gracie's knee but Gracie avoids it well.
Sessions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sessions. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Sessions.
Sessions lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Sessions ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Sessions.
Sessions loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sessions is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gracie.
Sessions scores with a nice body kick.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sessions swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie throws a body punch but Sessions moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Sessions.
Sessions tries to land a body kick
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Sessions throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sessions takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Sessions misses with a body kick.
Sessions lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Manny Sessions has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heston Gracie.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Sessions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions throws out a powerful jab.
Sessions lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sessions looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Sessions looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Sessions.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sessions dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sessions.
Sessions throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie scores with a hook.
Sessions thuds his shin into the meat of Gracie's side.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Sessions moves out of range easily.
Sessions works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sessions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sessions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sessions tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sessions.
Sessions feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie connects with a single shot there.
Sessions looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Sessions moved away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie throws a hook but Sessions blocks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Sessions looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sessions missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Sessions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Sessions.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.

Gracie gets the takedown into side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sessions is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manny Sessions will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sessions's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sessions scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sessions looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sessions throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sessions pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sessions's waist but Sessions gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
A cross from Gracie lands.
Sessions works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sessions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sessions misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sessions thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Sessions counters with an outside leg kick.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sessions swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sessions dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Gracie scores with a shot to the body.
Sessions thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sessions scores with a jab to the body.
Sessions pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sessions throws a shot to the body.
Sessions thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sessions pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sessions looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Nice takedown defense from Sessions. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Sessions misses with a straight right.
Gracie throws a jab when Sessions was well out of range.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sessions sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Heston Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sessions thumps Gracie with a low kick.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sessions napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sessions is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sessions gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Sessions is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie throwing shots but Sessions is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sessions wants to stand back up but Gracie manages to pass into side control.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sessions avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gracie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sessions takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gracie postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sessions gets back to half guard.
Sessions blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a punch from half guard.
Sessions is pressing down on Gracie's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gracie pushes down on Sessions's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sessions doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Manny Sessions is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Sessions is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heston Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sessions has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Manny Sessions!