PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Haxon Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Banan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haxon Gracie looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Gracie
vs
Banan

190 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haxon Gracie!
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, Jan Banan!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Banan tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Banan as he jumps to the side.
Banan moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Banan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Banan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banan doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Banan tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Jan Banan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Banan doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Banan as he jumps to the side.

Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Banan's guard.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Banan wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie postures up and lands a big shot to Banan's brow.
Banan wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Banan.

Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Banan!
Gracie misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Banan tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Banan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Banan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Banan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
A nice elbow there by Gracie.
Banan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but Banan is blocking nicely.
Gracie unloads with some shots from mount but Banan bucks and avoids them well.
Gracie punching from mount but Banan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
Banan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gracie thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gracie thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Banan looks a forlorn figure.
Banan taking shots to the head.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Banan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gracie.

Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie cracks Banan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie looking to finish Banan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Banan!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but Banan defends it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie scoring with strikes but Banan is staying in there.

Gracie is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Banan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Banan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Banan tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie dominating with strikes here.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Banan to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gracie moves out of range as Banan throws a body kick.
Banan misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banan.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Banan as he avoids it easily.
Banan tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Banan misses with a body kick.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gracie.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haxon Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banan is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Banan throws a chopping leg kick but Gracie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Banan swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banan closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Banan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Banan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Banan.
Banan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Banan tries to clinch up.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Banan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Banan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Banan swats away the attempt to clinch by Gracie.
Jan Banan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Banan takes the fight into the clinch.

Banan breaks from the clinch.
Banan tries to clinch

and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie lands a few punches from side control.
Gracie working the ground and pound.
Banan is looking for a sweep.
Banan wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie tries to move to mount but Banan blocks the move with his legs.
Gracie working away.
Banan tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Banan throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
The strikes coming from Gracie are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Banan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Banan's guard now.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Banan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Banan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Banan's head.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Banan blocks nicely.
Banan wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Banan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Banan swivels though and keeps the full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Banan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie working the ground and pound but Banan is defending the strikes.
Gracie prevents Banan from escaping the position.
Gracie looks up at the clock and then as Banan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gracie smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Banan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Banan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haxon Gracie 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. This is the final round!

Gracie feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that 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.
Banan is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
Banan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Banan keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie won't allow Banan to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Haxon Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

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

and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Banan pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
Gracie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Banan!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Jan Banan has been cut.
Banan tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Banan is having none of it.
Banan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Banan wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Banan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Banan tries to buck Gracie off but he can't manage it.
Banan tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Banan is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.

Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but Banan defends it well.
The referee warns Banan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails to advance to Banan's back.
Banan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Banan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gracie throwing strikes here but Banan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Banan is looking to get to half guard.
BOOM! Gracie connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That has opened up Jan Banan's cut even more.
Gracie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

The cut above Jan Banan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Banan hang on?

Jan Banan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gracie is in the full mount, landing strikes.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jan Banan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Haxon Gracie!