PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royce Gracie has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Warren
vs
Gracie

170 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reggie Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Warren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Warren gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Gracie fails with the takedown

and Warren counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Warren.
Warren wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Warren content to stall in guard here.
Warren trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Warren is really struggling to control Gracie but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Warren trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warren won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Warren from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Warren looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Warren takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Warren lands a big elbow.
Warren takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Warren avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Warren pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Warren looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Warren pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren controlling from the full mount.
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Warren's attempts to control the action.
Gracie can't escape the position.
Warren wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Warren tries to control but Gracie wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.
Warren takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Warren punishing his opponent with strikes.
Warren can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Warren gets the takedown into side control.
Gracie tries to bench press Warren off him but Warren keeps the position.
Warren happy to just control the position for now.
Warren's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Gracie trying to remain calm as Warren controls from the top position.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Warren fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Warren controlling from side mount.
Warren works to advance to full mount. Gracie defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Warren dominated that round.
That's time! Warren's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Warren has taken the fight to the clinch.

Warren jumps guard and drags Gracie to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Warren is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Warren manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Warren's guard.

Warren manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Warren shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Warren is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Warren lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Warren trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Warren controls the pace.
Warren has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Warren won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.

Gracie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Warren is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Gracie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Warren's back instead.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie is not going to allow Warren to sit and survive in this position.

Gracie working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Gracie avoiding Warren 's attempts to control his hands.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Warren scores a takedown into full mount!
Warren controlling from the full mount.
Warren trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Warren tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Warren's attempts to control the action.
Warren controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Warren.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Warren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Warren advances to mount.
Reggie Warren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Warren gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Warren changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gracie trying to remain calm as Warren controls from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Warren controlling from side mount.
Gracie looks to move to half guard but instead Warren has passed into mount! Damn!
A nice elbow there by Warren.
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Warren can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Gracie throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Warren dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Warren closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Warren wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Warren is staying tight to Gracie's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Warren trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
Gracie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warren wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Warren has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Gracie!
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Warren isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Warren is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Gracie has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Gracie!
Warren is pulling down on Gracie's head. It's preventing any offense from Gracie, at least for the moment.
Warren is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Gracie has gone for a leg lock! Warren slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gracie's guard.
Warren slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Warren changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Warren connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gracie some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Warren landing strikes.
Warren tries to move to mount but Gracie blocks the move with his legs.
Warren controlling the position.
Gracie is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Warren off and has taken his back!
Warren trying to control but not successfully.

Gracie is looking for the choke from the back position but Warren is controlling his hands well.
Gracie doesn't have the hooks in and Warren manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Warren drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Warren jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Warren is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Warren wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Warren stays in close to Gracie's body and controls the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Reggie Warren just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Warren clinches up against the cage.

Warren manages to pull guard.

Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Royce Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warren working a defensive guard here.
Reggie Warren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Warren showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Warren has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Reggie Warren!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Reggie Warren!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Reggie Warren!

Reggie Warren wins by unanimous decision!