PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sakuraba Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Puffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gimme Shelter. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gracie
vs
Puffer

180 cm
34
182 lbs
18 - 17 - 0

182 cm
25
178 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sakuraba Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Puffer!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Puffer.
Puffer keeps Gracie at a distance using the push kick.
Puffer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Puffer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Puffer lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.

Puffer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Puffer.

Puffer manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Puffer sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Puffer manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Gracie avoids the head kick by Puffer.
Gracie misses with a hook. Puffer ducked under it nicely.
Puffer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gracie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puffer motions for Gracie to come forward. Puffer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Puffer slips under a jab.
Puffer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Brian Puffer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie throws a body punch but Puffer moves out of range.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Puffer connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Puffer scores with a nice body kick.
Puffer scores with a spinning back kick!
Puffer connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Puffer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puffer. Puffer obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puffer is looking to clinch.
Puffer scores with a head kick.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Puffer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puffer is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Puffer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Puffer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puffer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Puffer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Puffer is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Puffer.
Puffer tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Brian Puffer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Puffer counters with an inside leg kick.
Puffer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Puffer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puffer throws a head kick that half lands.
Puffer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Puffer counters with a thumping low kick.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puffer lands with a kick to the temple. Gracie shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Puffer is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Puffer's head but Puffer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Puffer.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Puffer counters with a leg kick.
Puffer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Puffer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Puffer closes the distance but Gracie moves to the side

and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Puffer has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie lands some shots froms side control.
Puffer wants to control but Gracie postures up.
Puffer is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Puffer is trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie throws an elbow but Puffer slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gracie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Puffer is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Puffer feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
A thudding body kick lands there by Puffer!
A good leg kick by Puffer.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Puffer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Puffer.
Puffer throws a head kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Puffer.
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Puffer tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Puffer throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Puffer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puffer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Puffer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puffer is looking to score with low kicks.
Puffer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Puffer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
Puffer misses with a head kick.
Puffer tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Puffer throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Puffer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Puffer tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puffer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Puffer.
Puffer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puffer moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Puffer throws a leg kick
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puffer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Puffer.
Gracie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Puffer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Puffer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Puffer can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puffer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puffer is keeping busy.

Puffer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Puffer misses
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Puffer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Puffer thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Puffer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puffer is looking to score with low kicks.
Puffer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puffer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Puffer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Brian Puffer seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Puffer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Puffer tries a head kick but it misses.
Puffer moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Puffer stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.

Puffer darts in and clinches Gracie up against the cage.

Gracie pulls guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puffer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Puffer stands up and waves to Gracie to follow him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puffer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Puffer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A head kick from Puffer lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.
Puffer throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Puffer feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Puffer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Puffer throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Puffer throws a nice head kick!
Nice defenses there by Puffer.
Puffer lands a head kick. Gracie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Puffer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Puffer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puffer.
Puffer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Puffer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gracie is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Puffer. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puffer can pounce on him.
Puffer connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Puffer throws a leg kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Puffer.
Puffer slips a straight right by Gracie.
Puffer slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Puffer.
A head kick misses from Puffer.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puffer.
Gracie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Puffer is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Puffer circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puffer can pounce on him.
Puffer chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie checks the leg kick.
Puffer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Puffer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puffer is keeping busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puffer misses with an elbow over the top.
Puffer prevents a body shot from Gracie.

Puffer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puffer fails in his attempt to clinch.

Puffer has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Puffer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puffer throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Puffer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Puffer.
Good leg kick by Puffer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puffer throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Puffer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Puffer.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakuraba Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Puffer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Puffer wants to clinch
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puffer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gracie's head.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puffer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sakuraba Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puffer lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puffer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puffer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brian Puffer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Puffer scores with a spinning back kick!
Crunch! Puffer slams his shin into Gracie's torso.
Puffer misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Puffer.
Puffer throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Puffer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Puffer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Puffer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Puffer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Brian Puffer!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Brian Puffer!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Brian Puffer!

Brian Puffer wins by unanimous decision!
A less than humble Brian Puffer misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.