PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anders Jaerderoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Revan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaerderoth comes to the ring accompanied by Ella ja Aleksi - Kakkaa lumella. Revan Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jaerderoth
vs
Gracie

172 cm
29
120 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

170 cm
28
147 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anders Jaerderoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Revan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Gracie.
Jaerderoth misses with a hook to the body
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Jaerderoth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Jaerderoth.
Jaerderoth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jaerderoth tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Jaerderoth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jaerderoth misses with a wild combination.
Jaerderoth avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Jaerderoth tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Jaerderoth on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jaerderoth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie scores with the left hand. Jaerderoth knows he should have avoided that one.
Jaerderoth defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaerderoth forces Gracie back against the ropes and clinches.
Jaerderoth tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Jaerderoth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jaerderoth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jaerderoth misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Jaerderoth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaerderoth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Jaerderoth swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie is trying to push Jaerderoth away but Jaerderoth has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaerderoth throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jaerderoth.
Jaerderoth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jaerderoth has Gracie pressed against the ropes, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Jaerderoth slips a jab and a cross from Gracie.
Jaerderoth misses with a straight left.
Jaerderoth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaerderoth is just out of range.
Jaerderoth just misses with a punch to the body.
Anders Jaerderoth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jaerderoth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaerderoth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a body shot.
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie slips under a jab from Jaerderoth.
Jaerderoth scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Jaerderoth moved out of range nicely.
Jaerderoth misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Gracie. Beautiful body shot.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Jaerderoth seems unphased.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Jaerderoth ducks down to avoid it.
Jaerderoth tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jaerderoth thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jaerderoth backs up against the ropes.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaerderoth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jaerderoth avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Jaerderoth works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jaerderoth.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Jaerderoth.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Jaerderoth there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jaerderoth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Jaerderoth counters with a big head kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie throws a hook but Jaerderoth avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jaerderoth, as that shot connected.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Jaerderoth misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jaerderoth connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Jaerderoth looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Jaerderoth tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.

Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jaerderoth manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jaerderoth is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Jaerderoth keeps moving.
Jaerderoth controlling the position.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Jaerderoth manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Jaerderoth controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaerderoth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jaerderoth controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gracie tries to strike from the bottom.

Jaerderoth avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
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 looking to control but Jaerderoth passes into half guard.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Jaerderoth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jaerderoth's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jaerderoth's back!
You can see the frustration on Jaerderoth's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Gracie is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Jaerderoth up.
Jaerderoth tries to escape the position.
Gracie scores with punches from the back.
Jaerderoth is keeping busy.
Gracie is landing with strikes. Jaerderoth can't take much more of this.
Jaerderoth is trapped and Gracie is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie not allowing Jaerderoth to control his hands.
Well, with Gracie on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Jaerderoth is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Jaerderoth covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Jaerderoth finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Gracie cracks Jaerderoth with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie looking to control but Jaerderoth is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jaerderoth tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
Jaerderoth knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Jaerderoth is squirming around nicely.
Gracie throws some wild stikes that Jaerderoth manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Revan Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Gracie throws a combination that misses
and Jaerderoth counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws a combination. Jaerderoth tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A combination from Jaerderoth does no damage.
Gracie tries to bum rush Jaerderoth with a series of wild strikes but Jaerderoth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jaerderoth misses the shot to the body.
Jaerderoth lands with an uppercut that bounces Gracie off the ropes and back into range.
Jaerderoth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.

Jaerderoth gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gracie stands and throws Jaerderoth's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Revan Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Gracie seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Gracie is chipping away with strikes.
Gracie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gracie trying to control the position but Jaerderoth is working away.
Check out the look on Gracie's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gracie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jaerderoth is avoiding damage well.
Jaerderoth is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie lands some shots froms side control.
Gracie tries to score with some ground and pound. Jaerderoth controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Jaerderoth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie working the ground and pound but Jaerderoth is defending the strikes.
Gracie trying to control the position but Jaerderoth is working away.
Gracie creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jaerderoth sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
You can see the frustration on Jaerderoth's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaerderoth is looking for a sweep.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie tries to score with some ground and pound. Jaerderoth controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jaerderoth sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gracie landing a few strikes.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jaerderoth, who protects the arm well.
Gracie is trying to ground and pound but Jaerderoth uses the momentary lack of control by Gracie to regain half guard.
Jaerderoth blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaerderoth wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jaerderoth does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jaerderoth with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gracie working Jaerderoth over with strikes.
Gracie is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jaerderoth is looking to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

And that's the end of the fight!
Revan Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Revan Gracie!