PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dom DeLuise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Metallica Enter Sandman. Dom DeLuise has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

DeLuise
vs
Gracie

177 cm
34
165 lbs
21 - 13 - 1

190 cm
38
179 lbs
36 - 18 - 4

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dom DeLuise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 18 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice cross by Gracie.
DeLuise tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

DeLuise has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by DeLuise.
Gracie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of DeLuise backwards.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DeLuise.
Gracie has DeLuise pressed against the cage.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeLuise's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeLuise tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
DeLuise throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeLuise is pushing Gracie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
DeLuise misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
DeLuise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
DeLuise misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from DeLuise fails to land.
DeLuise misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
DeLuise misses with a body punch.
Gracie is looking to control DeLuise's arms but DeLuise gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from DeLuise.
DeLuise swings away with an uppercut that misses.
DeLuise pushes Gracie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gracie tries to work over DeLuise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
DeLuise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise lands a right hand.
DeLuise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
DeLuise working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie prevents a body shot from DeLuise.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but DeLuise gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DeLuise throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
DeLuise tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie is working DeLuise over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
DeLuise slows down the pace here.
DeLuise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DeLuise throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from DeLuise.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DeLuise lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Gracie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
DeLuise misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, DeLuise scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Gracie.
DeLuise working aggressively here.
DeLuise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DeLuise swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie blocks a body shot from DeLuise.
Gracie pushes DeLuise back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie digs a right hand into DeLuise's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on DeLuise's gas tank.
DeLuise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie avoiding damage.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie taking a breather.
Gracie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of DeLuise backwards.
Gracie is pushing DeLuise up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
DeLuise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
DeLuise can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
DeLuise working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.
DeLuise swings away with an uppercut that misses.
DeLuise working aggressively here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, DeLuise scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie leaning his opponent against the cage.
DeLuise misses with the head strike.
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 Dom DeLuise will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

DeLuise walks into a jab.
Gracie lands a jab to DeLuise's midsection.
DeLuise throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
DeLuise connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from DeLuise.
DeLuise misses with a straight left.
DeLuise sizes up Gracie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab by Gracie.
DeLuise takes a kick to the side of the head.
DeLuise throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeLuise takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
DeLuise is looking to clinch.
DeLuise moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
DeLuise scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeLuise keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
DeLuise bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dom DeLuise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeLuise needs to keep his hands up - Gracie had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Gracie misses.
DeLuise cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Gracie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circling - DeLuise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DeLuise looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
DeLuise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
DeLuise was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
DeLuise is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
DeLuise tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
DeLuise connects with the punch.
DeLuise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
DeLuise lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DeLuise throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at DeLuise.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise slips a jab from Gracie.
DeLuise lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by DeLuise.
DeLuise throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie counters with a left and a right that stings DeLuise.
DeLuise moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
DeLuise misses with a low kick.
DeLuise misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie moves away from the strike by DeLuise.
DeLuise keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DeLuise is looking to counter the offense by Gracie and move into the clinch.
Gracie lands with a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by DeLuise. That's going to slow Gracie down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by DeLuise.

It looks like Holden Gracie has been cut.
DeLuise takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Gracie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by DeLuise.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for DeLuise.
DeLuise throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
DeLuise fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie throws a series of punches but DeLuise avoids them all with ease.
DeLuise tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie throws a fast counter high kick but DeLuise manages to duck under it in time.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
DeLuise pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and DeLuise settles back down.
DeLuise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
DeLuise tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
DeLuise misses with a low kick.
Gracie looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
DeLuise looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeLuise misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gracie is trying to counter with his kicks.
A punch lands to the side of DeLuise 's head but he takes it in his stride.
DeLuise scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeLuise lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
A swing and a miss from DeLuise.
DeLuise looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeLuise lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
DeLuise misses with a head kick.
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 Dom DeLuise will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Holden Gracie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

DeLuise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dom DeLuise is winning the standup battle so far.
DeLuise looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
DeLuise misses with a looping right.
DeLuise missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie throws a head kick that half lands.
DeLuise tries to clinch up
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from DeLuise lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gracie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gracie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gracie checks a low kick from DeLuise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and DeLuise moves out of range easily.
DeLuise wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
DeLuise ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - DeLuise had a free shot at his head there.
DeLuise misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeLuise wants to clinch.
Gracie throws out a counter right but DeLuise avoids it with no problem.
Gracie lands a nice looking kick to the body. DeLuise takes a step back to recover.
DeLuise misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick.
Gracie is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on DeLuise if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
DeLuise misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie takes one to the chin there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
DeLuise walks into a straight right hand from Gracie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeLuise throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
DeLuise misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeLuise ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

DeLuise gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dom DeLuise is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as DeLuise controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise blocks an uppercut.
DeLuise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DeLuise's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeLuise's elbow.
Holden Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie tries a body shot but DeLuise blocks it.
DeLuise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dom DeLuise has scored more points in the clinch so far.
DeLuise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie works on DeLuise's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeLuise prevents a body shot from Gracie.
A short left from Gracie.
DeLuise blocking some punches.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of DeLuises head.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeLuise's elbow.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but DeLuise avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
DeLuise makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
DeLuise prevents a body shot from Gracie.

And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think DeLuise 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!