PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holden Gracie (ranked 359 p4p, 440 weight class) and Oliver Lancaster (ranked 50 p4p, 63 weight class). Oliver Lancaster has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Holden Gracie's chin.

Gracie
vs
Lancaster

190 cm
34
196
16 - 7 - 0

188 cm
37
189
34 - 17 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
New Standard

Conviction
PWNAGE™

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oliver Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancaster jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Lancaster instigates a clinch.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Lancaster misses with a body punch.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Lancaster using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lancaster.
Gracie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
I was talking to Gracie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lancaster missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lancaster.
Gracie scores with a shot to the side of Lancaster's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Lancaster on the inside.
Lancaster pushes Gracie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Lancaster has the dominant position.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.
Lancaster blocking some punches.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster digs a right hand into Gracie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gracie's gas tank.
Lancaster lands an uppercut.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Gracie sizes up Lancaster with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gracie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lancaster swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lancaster has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lancaster.
Lancaster looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Holden Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a nice head kick!
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lancaster avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Lancaster slips under a jab from Gracie.

Gracie darts in and clinches Lancaster up against the cage.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie wants to break free but Lancaster has control.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lancaster fails to land.
Gracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Lancaster.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Lancaster lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lancaster's elbow.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Lancaster works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Lancaster.
Lancaster lands an uppercut.
Lancaster lands a shot to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Lancaster tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancaster putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Lancaster tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lancaster lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Lancaster prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Lancaster.
Lancaster is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lancaster is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie tries to circle away but Lancaster has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Lancaster has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Lancaster.
Lancaster lands a knee to the body.
Lancaster gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lancaster lands with a light punch inside.
Lancaster lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lancaster lands with a light punch inside.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lancaster softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Lancaster.
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lancaster closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gracie gets through Lancaster's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Lancaster blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Gracie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gracie.

Lancaster clinches.
Lancaster lands a left hand.
Lancaster putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lancaster keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Lancaster lands a knee to the body.
Lancaster is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster cracks Gracie with a nice body shot.
Lancaster using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lancaster.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster trying to land knees to the body.
Lancaster trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lancaster.
A shot in the inside from Lancaster.
Gracie tries to work over Lancaster's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lancaster.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lancaster.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Lancaster won't allow it.
Gracie wants to break free but Lancaster has control.
Lancaster has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lancaster blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oliver Lancaster seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Lancaster.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lancaster obliges.
Lancaster working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lancaster tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster lands with a light punch inside.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Lancaster as the two fighters clinch.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lancaster crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Lancaster using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lancaster lands a body punch.
Lancaster cracks Gracie with a nice body shot.
Lancaster working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Lancaster scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Lancaster lands a body shot.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees to the body from Lancaster.
Knees to the body from Lancaster.
Lancaster lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lancaster is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lancaster in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lancaster missing with knees to the body.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike.
Lancaster putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lancaster unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lancaster tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Lancaster scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lancaster missing with knees to the body.
Lancaster lands with a short shot to the head.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Lancaster.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Lancaster is controlling him.
Lancaster working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lancaster avoids the head kick by Gracie.

Lancaster lands a big uppercut and Gracie crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gracie looks OK. Lancaster waves Gracie back to his feet!

Gracie is rocked!
Lancaster works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Lancaster comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Gracie falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Gracie was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oliver Lancaster!
An out of breath Oliver Lancaster thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.