PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Krum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Broke & Hungry . Krum is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Explosive by Bond. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Gracie
vs
Krum

179 cm
27
170 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

180 cm
31
180 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Spartan Nutrition

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mateus Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Viktor Krum!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Despite the aggression on Krum's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Krum throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Krum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie drops down looking for a counter takedown but Krum sprawls and moves away.
Krum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Krum.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Krum throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gracie counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krum.
Krum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krum stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Krum closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krum slowing the pace effectively.
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 jumps guard but Krum stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Krum holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Krum has Gracie pushed against the cage.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krum's elbow.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body.
Gracie lands with a light punch inside.
Krum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Krum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Krum looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Krum is looking to control Gracie's arms but Gracie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Krum has his back to the cage.

Krum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie throws a push kick but Krum slaps the foot to one side.
Krum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Krum throws a nice head kick!
Krum throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie throws a front kick aimed at Krum's knee but Krum avoids it well.
Gracie clobbers Krum with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Krum sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Krum steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Krum is looking to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie misses with a body kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Krum.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krum takes a shot to the head.
Krum is trying to break free.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Krum is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateus Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krum is working Gracie over against the cage.
Krum can't break the clinch.
Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Krum just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Krum misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Gracie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Krum.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Mateus Gracie has been cut.
Krum scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.

Krum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Krum avoids it.
Krum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Krum.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gracie scores with a leg kick.
Krum jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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 clinch up but Krum circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Krum!
Krum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Krum checks it well.
Krum on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Krum.
Krum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Krum.
Gracie works the jab nicely.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Krum but Krum pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Krum now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krum throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Krum takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Viktor Krum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mateus Gracie's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie 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 Krum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Krum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Krum thinks about the counter body kick.
Krum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Krum lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Krum.

Krum has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Krum.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Krum holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Gracie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krum's efforts to push away.
Krum looking to slow down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie lands a body shot.

Krum breaks from the clinch.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Krum uses good head movement to avoid it.

Krum has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working Krum over against the cage.

Krum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Krum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krum. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie throws a head kick but Krum moves out of range.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Krum circles away and keeps his distance.

Krum pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.

Krum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Krum throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krum was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Krum takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gracie connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Krum jumps back.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krum checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krum misses the shot to the body.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krum sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mateus Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Krum moves out of range easily.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Krum manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Krum checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Krum takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Krum takes one on the button.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Krum checks it.
Krum swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a nice body kick.
Viktor Krum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Krum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Krum.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krum scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Krum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viktor Krum seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gracie is looking to control Krum's arms but Krum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Krum lands an uppercut.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Krum controls the action.
Krum misses with a punch to the body.

Krum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gracie.
Nice body kick there by Krum.
Gracie misses with a jab to the body
and Krum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Krum moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Krum dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Krum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Krum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gracie backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nice body kick there by Krum.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Viktor Krum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie takes a swing at Krum's ribcage but misses.
Krum changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krum walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.

Krum instigates a clinch.
Krum misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Krum on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Krum.
A nice left hand lands by Krum.
Krum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gracie pulls Krum into guard.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Krum pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krum has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gracie is proving hard to escape from.
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 Mateus Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mateus Gracie's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Krum avoids a kick to the body.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Krum avoids them all with ease.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie backing away here, and Krum unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Krum. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Krum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krum lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Krum moves into the clinch.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krum.

Krum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Krum thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Krum.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Krum avoids it really well and circles away.
Krum lands with a nice body punch.
Krum takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Krum checks a leg kick nicely.
Krum stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Krum wants it to stay on the feet.
A head kick misses from Krum.
Krum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie lands with a hook. Krum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A shot to the liver by Krum. Beautiful body shot.
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Krum is out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Krum!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.

Krum closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Krum wants to stall.
Gracie tries to work over Krum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krum is trying to maintain a safe position but Gracie gets an underhook and turns Krum into the cage.
Nice body punch from Krum - that landed with a thud.
Krum lands a body punch.
Krum presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krum's elbow.

Krum manages to break the clinch.

Krum moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
Krum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie working aggressively here.

Gracie lands a takedown into guard.
Krum wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Gracie manages to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Krum wants to get back to his feet.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Gracie looking for a submission but Krum manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Gracie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Krum comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Krum 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Krum!
Viktor Krum decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Mateus Gracie was interviewed post fight and said 'Oh man will this mean another damn thread...'.