PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 22901 p4p, 22897 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 510 p4p, 506 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold. Buchanan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Roy Buchanan's Train Blues. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gracie
vs
Buchanan

175 cm
42
155
31 - 13 - 2

169 cm
44
147
29 - 32 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 32 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Buchanan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Buchanan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buchanan wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Buchanan misses with a wild combination.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Buchanan is out of range and Gracie settles back down.

Buchanan rushes Gracie and presses him up against the ropes.
Buchanan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buchanans head.
Gracie working aggressively here.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Renato Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Buchanan follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Gracie scores with a nice strike.
Buchanan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a quick counter kick to the body but Buchanan avoids it.
Gracie cracks Buchanan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Buchanan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buchanan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie backing away here, and Buchanan unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Buchanan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Buchanan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.

Buchanan darts in and clinches Gracie up against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Buchanan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Buchanan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gracie. That's going to slow Buchanan down.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but Buchanan saw it coming and moves away.
Buchanan walks into a left hand.
Buchanan misses with a kick to the body.
Buchanan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.

Buchanan clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie throws a leg kick that misses.
Buchanan is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gracie.
Buchanan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Buchanan has taken the fight into the clinch.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Buchanan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Buchanan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Buchanan tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie gets through Buchanan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a body punch but Buchanan moves out of range.
Buchanan flicks out a counter leg kick but Gracie steps away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Buchanan is just out of range.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buchanan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Buchanan's defenses.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Buchanan checks the leg kick nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Buchanan blocks the low kick.
Gracie thuds his right hand into Buchanan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Gracie throws the left hand but Buchanan avoids the punch easily.
Buchanan tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.
Gracie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Buchanan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buchanan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie looks for the body kick but Buchanan saw that one coming.
Gracie lands a glancing blow to the side of Buchanan's head.
A head kick misses from Buchanan.
Buchanan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Gracie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Buchanan gets a clinch.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buchanan can do to turn this around?
Gracie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Renato Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buchanan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie lands a body punch.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Buchanan moves out of range of the body kick.
Buchanan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buchanans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buchanan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gracie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Buchanan tries a quick counter leg kick but Gracie is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie feints and then cracks Buchanan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Buchanan down.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Buchanan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Buchanan moves into the clinch.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Gracie digs a right hand into Buchanan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Buchanan's gas tank.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Buchanan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Gracie digs a right hand underneath Buchanan's ribcage. Buchanan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
Buchanan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
Gracie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Buchanan scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
A short right from Gracie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Buchanan controls the action.
Gracie pushes Buchanan back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buchanan.
Buchanan lands a right hand.
Buchanan misses with some punches.

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Buchanan wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Buchanan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Gracie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buchanans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Buchanan tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Buchanan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie gets through Buchanan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Buchanan's defenses.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Buchanan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buchanan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Buchanan moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie throws a low kick but Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Buchanan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Gracie dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A big left from Gracie misses.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gracie. Buchanan shrugs it off though.
Buchanan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Buchanan tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Buchanan is looking to clinch.
Buchanan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Buchanan tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie throwing a counter right hand but Buchanan manages to avoid it.
Renato Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Buchanan blocks a low kick nicely.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Crunch! Gracie slams his shin into Buchanan's torso.
Buchanan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie throws a low kick but Buchanan moves out of range easily.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buchanan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buchanan wants to clinch.
Gracie with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buchanan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the ropes.
Gracie tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie lands a nice uppercut.
Buchanan blocking some punches.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buchanan blocking some punches.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buchanan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Buchanan jumps back.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gracie scores with a jab. Buchanan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Buchanan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A quick step to the side and Gracie tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie lands a jab.
Buchanan misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan tries to clinch up.
Buchanan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buchanan.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Buchanan checks it.
Buchanan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Gracie sizes up Buchanan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Buchanan's head but Buchanan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buchanan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Buchanan moves into the clinch successfully.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
Gracie tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Buchanan. That did some damage!
Nice body kick from Gracie.
Gracie sizes up Buchanan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Buchanan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Buchanan there as he acknowledges the shot.

Buchanan forces Gracie back against the ropes and clinches.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Ross Buchanan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie lands a right hand.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Buchanan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie lands a left hand.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Gracie fails to land.
Gracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Buchanan tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Buchanan back against the ropes.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Gracie lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Gracie.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Renato Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie took some time post fight to say the following; 'Daddy's home Tokyo!!! Subarashī! Doumo doumo! That's what I'm about, getting that revenge! VIP? Nah he .. RIP! WHO!? RIP! WHO!? RIP! VIP? RIP!'.