PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Landa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ich tu dir weh - Rammstein. Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Animal I Have Become. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Landa
vs
Gracie

174 cm
28
169 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

175 cm
29
164 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Legion of Pain Nutrition

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 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Landa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heston Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landa misses with a head kick.
Landa throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Landa.
Gracie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Landa misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Landa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Landa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie defending well as Landa loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie digs a good body shot into Landa's ribs.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie throws a predictable looking body shot
and Landa counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Landa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Landa misses with a straight left.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Landa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Landa.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Landa.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Landa.
Gracie catches Landa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The fighters circling - Landa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Landa tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Landa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Landa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Landa looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie digs a good hook to Landa's body.
Landa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Landa.
Landa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Landa.
Landa misses with a kick to the body
and Gracie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landa moves away.
Landa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Landa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie checks the leg kick.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landa manages to avoid it.
Landa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Landa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Landa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Landa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Landa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Landa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landa thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landa pushes Gracie away with a front kick.
A low kick from Landa misses

and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Landa fights it but they end up in guard.
Landa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.

Gracie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Landa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gracie has managed to get both his arms back between Landa's legs - danger averted.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie lands a couple of elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie cracks Landa with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Landa tries to strike from the bottom.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Landa looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gracie passes into half guard.
Landa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Landa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Landa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
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 Hans Landa will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie avoids the body shot from Landa.
Landa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hans Landa is winning the standup battle so far.
Landa looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Landa ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Landa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Landa misses with a body punch
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Landa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Landa slips under a jab.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Landa.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Landa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.

Landa drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Landa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gracie breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landa manages to avoid it.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Landa tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Landa rather than just go for the knockout.
Landa tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Landa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Landa, as that shot connected.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Landa throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Gracie misses the body punch
and Landa counters with a leg kick.
Landa looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Hans Landa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a hook. Landa ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie blocks a low kick nicely.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landa tries a head kick but it misses.
Landa slips under a jab.
Landa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Landa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Landa tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Landa saw that one coming.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Landa. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Landa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Good standup being displayed there by Gracie as he connects with a hook.
Gracie scores with a hook.
Landa tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landa. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Landa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landa.
Gracie dips to his left and cracks Landa with an uppercut!
Landa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Landa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Landa throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Landa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Landa can't escape the position.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Landa hang on?
Heston Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Landa is in a horrible position here. Gracie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gracie fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Landa is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie lands a big shot there that rocks Landa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Landa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Landa is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
Gracie looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Landa covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heston Gracie!
Heston Gracie managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellbent , into his post fight interview.