PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rorion Gracie (ranked 1338 p4p, 168 weight class) and Jormungand Bolverk (ranked 637 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Olha a Explosão. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Bolverk

176 cm
26
192 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rorion Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jormungand Bolverk!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Bolverk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Gracie shoots in and bounces Bolverk off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bolverk manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Bolverk in his guard.

Gracie working for a triangle but Bolverk defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bolverk got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bolverk has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bolverk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Bolverk pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bolverk not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gracie has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Bolverk pushes his legs off easily.

Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bolverk defends it easily.

Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is looking for a triangle but Bolverk pushes his legs off easily.

Gracie working for a triangle but Bolverk defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Bolverk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bolverk trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bolverk must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bolverk controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie is looking to sweep but instead, Bolverk has passed into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bolverk wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rorion Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bolverk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie sets himself, and Bolverk steps forward looking for the clinch! Gracie avoids it this time.
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Bolverk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Rorion Gracie has been cut.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Bolverk.
Bolverk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie throws a hook but Bolverk blocks it.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bolverk pinned against the cage. Bolverk gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bolverk wants to counter the offense by Gracie and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bolverk moves away.
Bolverk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bolverk defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolverk 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.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rorion Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bolverk works the jab nicely.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Bolverk throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bolverk.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bolverk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Bolverk misses.
Gracie tries to counter with a takedown but Bolverk is quick to defend against it.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Bolverk throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Bolverk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.

Bolverk has managed to clinch.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolverk's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bolverk.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolverk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Bolverk on the inside.
Bolverk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bolverk lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Bolverk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Bolverk forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolverk's elbow.
Bolverk is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bolverk presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bolverk.
Bolverk scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bolverk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bolverk works on Gracie's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Bolverk as the two fighters clinch.
Bolverk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bolverk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jormungand Bolverk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Bolverk.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bolverk.
Bolverk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Bolverk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Bolverk lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bolverk.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bolverk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Bolverk lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Bolverk.
Bolverk gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bolverk unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Gracie! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Bolverk is unloading with more strikes now! Gracie drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jormungand Bolverk!
During a confident post fight interview, Jormungand Bolverk thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.