PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between brian haley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

haley
vs
Gracie

185 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, brian haley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andre Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in but haley avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gracie looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
haley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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

Gracie is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But haley has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from haley!

Gracie is looking for a triangle here but haley uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
haley wants to stand but Gracie has his arm trapped.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
haley tries to stand but Gracie is controlling his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.

haley decides to stand back up.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
haley is looking to clinch.
haley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
haley misses with a head kick.
haley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
haley is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
haley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
haley fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
haley tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
brian haley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
haley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
haley misses with a wild combination.
haley tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
haley fails with an attempt to clinch.
haley wants to clinch.
haley tries to clinch up.
haley scores with a head kick.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
haley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Nice sprawl there from haley as Gracie shoots in.
Gracie on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
haley tries to clinch up.
haley tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie blocks a head kick by haley.
haley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
haley moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
haley tries to clinch up.
haley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
haley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
haley lands a high kick!
haley tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
haley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by haley.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
haley tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - haley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
haley tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
haley fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

brian haley dominated that 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.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but haley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
haley wants to get back to his feet.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

haley is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.

Gracie is working for a kimura but haley is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but haley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
haley wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
haley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
haley lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
haley tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.

haley takes the fight into the clinch.
haley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
haley landing some nice looking knees to the body.

haley is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gracie is just too persistent for him and manages to trip haley to the mat. haley regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
haley wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

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

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

haley stuffs the takedown.
haley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
haley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
haley fails in his attempt to clinch.

haley pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
haley lands a nice knee to the body.
haley lands a damaging elbow.
haley lands a nice elbow.
haley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
haley lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
haley scores a nice knee to the body.
haley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
haley lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. haley smiles and moves away.
haley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
haley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big left from haley misses.
haley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Gracie looking to isolate an arm here. haley doesn't see it coming and as Gracie extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andre Gracie!