PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Royce Disgracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bao Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Disgracie comes to the cage accompanied by I kill cause im hungry. Tran has chosen Gee as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Disgracie
vs
Tran

163 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Leviathan Clothing
Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Disgracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bao Tran!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Disgracie does no damage.
Disgracie misses with a hook to the body
enabling Tran to counter with a crisp jab.
Disgracie misses with a hook to the body
letting Tran counter with a right hand.
Disgracie darts in trying to clinch
and Disgracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Disgracie pushes Tran up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tran blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Disgracie as the two fighters clinch.
Tran is trying to force a seperation but Disgracie has the dominant position.
Disgracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran has a couple of punches blocked by Disgracie.
Disgracie misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disgracie.
Disgracie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tran.
Tran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disgracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Disgracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Disgracie throws a head punch that misses.
Tran is looking to break free of the clinch but Disgracie has double underhooks.
A short left from Disgracie.
Tran lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disgracie misses with a punch to the body.
Disgracie working aggressively here.
Disgracie tries a body shot but Tran blocks it.
Tran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Disgracie prevents Tran from breaking the clinch.
Disgracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tran misses with a punch to the body.
Disgracie throws a head punch that misses.

Tran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Disgracie closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Disgracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Disgracie lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disgracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tran is leaning against Disgracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Disgracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Disgracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disgracie.
Disgracie misses with a body punch.
Tran blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Tran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Disgracie. Tran does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tran has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Disgracie seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tran can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Disgracie fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Disgracie.
Disgracie definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Still in the clinch, Disgracie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Disgracie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Disgracie tries a body shot but Tran blocks it.
Disgracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Disgracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Disgracie prevents Tran from breaking the clinch.
Tran misses with a short punch on the inside.
Disgracie has a couple of punches blocked by Tran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Disgracie dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Disgracie.
Tran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Disgracie.
Tran let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Disgracie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tran, pushing him back against the cage.
Disgracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Disgracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Disgracie works on Tran's body with a couple of short punches.
Disgracie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tran backwards.
Disgracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tran wants to break free but Disgracie has control.
Tran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Disgracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tran prevents a body shot from Disgracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disgracie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Disgracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tran is trying to break the clinch but Disgracie is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disgracie.
Tran throws a punch but it's blocked by Disgracie.
Tran prevents a body shot from Disgracie.
Disgracie misses with the head strike.
Tran is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tran swings wildly with an uppercut but Disgracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disgracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran is trying to break the clinch but Disgracie has him pressed against the cage.
Tran has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Disgracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Tran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Disgracie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Disgracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tran can do to turn this around?
Tran blocks a body shot from Disgracie.
Tran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tran is trying to break the clinch but Disgracie has him pressed against the cage.
Disgracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Disgracie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tran backwards.
Disgracie gets through Tran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disgracie scores with a shot to the side of Tran's head.
Tran blocks an uppercut.
Disgracie has a couple of punches blocked by Tran.
Disgracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tran misses with the head strike.
Disgracie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Disgracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tran backwards.
Disgracie tries a body shot but Tran blocks it.
Disgracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Disgracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Disgracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Disgracie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tran scores with a hook to the body.
Disgracie misses with some punches.
Disgracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 punch from Tran.
Disgracie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tran.
Disgracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Disgracie scores with a shot to the side of Tran's head.
Disgracie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tran or not.
Disgracie throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Disgracie dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Disgracie takes the fight into the clinch.
Disgracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Tran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Disgracie lands an uppercut.
A short right from Tran.
Disgracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Disgracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Disgracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tran blocks a body shot from Disgracie.
Disgracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Disgracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran working hard to break the clinch.
Disgracie misses with the head strike.
Tran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Disgracie prevents Tran from breaking the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Tran as the two fighters clinch.
Tran can't find room to land a body shot as Disgracie controls the action.

Tran manages to break the clinch.
Royce Disgracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Disgracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Disgracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Disgracie pushes Tran up against the cage in a clinch.
Tran wants to get back to striking at distance but Disgracie won't allow it.
Disgracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tran has had enough of the clinch but Disgracie keeps him there for the moment.
Tran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Disgracie's elbow.
Tran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Disgracie.
Disgracie misses with some punches.
Disgracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Tran controls his hands.

Tran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Disgracie moves to clinch but Tran breaks away
and Tran counters with a straight right hand.
Disgracie throws a body punch but Tran moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disgracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Tran circles away.
A jab lands there for Disgracie.
Disgracie tries to clinch but Tran is having none of it.
Tran looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Disgracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tran let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Disgracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tran was well out of range. Poor timing from Disgracie.
Tran wants to counter with a clinch but Disgracie pushes him away.
Royce Disgracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Disgracie closes the distance and clinches.
Disgracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tran can't find room to land a body shot as Disgracie controls the action.
Disgracie misses with a punch on the inside.
Disgracie misses with a punch to the body.
Bao Tran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disgracie throws a head punch that misses.
Tran wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Disgracie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Disgracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Disgracie misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Disgracie.
Disgracie throws a head punch that misses.
Disgracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Royce Disgracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Disgracie misses with a body punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Tran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Disgracie clinches up with Tran and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Royce Disgracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Disgracie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royce Disgracie!
A victorious Royce Disgracie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Bao Tran spoke after the fight, saying 'whatever'.