PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Olve Eikemo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mago Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eikemo comes to the cage accompanied by Unholy Forces Of Evil. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mago Gracie enters the cage!

Eikemo
vs
Gracie

181 cm
20
149 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

215 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Olve Eikemo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mago Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eikemo rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Eikemo misses with a knee to the head.
Eikemo landing knees to the body.
Eikemo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eikemo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eikemo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eikemo misses with a knee strike.
Eikemo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie avoiding damage as Eikemo throws knees to the body.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Eikemo 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.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Eikemo tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Eikemo is breathing heavily.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie avoiding damage as Eikemo throws knees to the body.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Eikemo 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 can't break the clinch.
Eikemo landing knees to the body.
Eikemo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Eikemo won't allow it.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Eikemo has the dominant position.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Eikemo keeps him there for the moment.

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.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Eikemo is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie wants to break free but Eikemo has control.
Gracie tries to break free but Eikemo pushes him back against the cage.
Eikemo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Eikemo won't allow it.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Eikemo is controlling him.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Eikemo or not.
Gracie tries to circle away but Eikemo has him pinned against the cage.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Eikemo has him pressed against the cage.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Eikemo keeps him there for the moment.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Eikemo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Eikemo has the dominant position.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Eikemo.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Eikemo is controlling the position.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie tries to circle away but Eikemo has him pinned against the cage.
Eikemo tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Eikemo.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Eikemos head.

That's four 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.
Eikemo landing knees to the body.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eikemo has him pressed against the cage.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Eikemo has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Eikemo has the dominant position.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Gracie digs a right hand into Eikemo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Eikemo's gas tank.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Eikemo misses with a knee strike.
Eikemo 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 wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie cracks Eikemo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gracie wants to clinch but Eikemo slips to the side
and Eikemo counters with a body kick.
Eikemo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Gracie drops Eikemo with a left right combo! Gracie follows him down to the ground into side control.

Eikemo is rocked!

It looks like Olve Eikemo has been cut.
Gracie tries to stand but Eikemo is controlling his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mago Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Olve Eikemo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oh Eikemo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Eikemo seems to have got his legs back now.
Eikemo doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.

Eikemo instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eikemo.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hand to the body from Eikemo.
Eikemo landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eikemo obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Eikemo lands an elbow inside.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eikemo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eikemo lands a damaging elbow.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo misses with a knee strike.
Gracie wants to break free but Eikemo has control.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Eikemo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eikemo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
Eikemo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie tries to clinch up
and Eikemo counters with a nice body kick.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.

Eikemo closes the distance and clinches.

That's two 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.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eikemo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie wants to break free but Eikemo has control.
Eikemo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Eikemo.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie tries to circle away but Eikemo has him pinned against the cage.
Eikemo connects with a knee to the head.
Eikemo tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Eikemo has double underhooks.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eikemo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eikemo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Eikemo has the dominant position.
Eikemo misses with a knee strike.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo working aggressively here.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eikemo has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eikemo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Eikemo has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Eikemo fails to land.
Eikemo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Eikemo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo 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 Eikemo has him pinned against the cage.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eikemo misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Eikemo won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Eikemo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gracie is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olve Eikemo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Olve Eikemo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Gracie closes the distance looking to clinch

and Eikemo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Eikemo connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Eikemo obliges.
Eikemo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Eikemo won't allow it.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eikemo lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Eikemo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eikemo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eikemo tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie tries to bum rush Eikemo with a series of wild strikes but Eikemo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie wants to clinch up but Eikemo keeps it at a distance.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eikemo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Eikemo circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Eikemo circles away and keeps his distance.

Eikemo takes the fight into the clinch.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo missing with knees to the body.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eikemo landing knees to the head.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eikemo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Eikemo.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Eikemo throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eikemo throws a head punch that misses.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Eikemo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Eikemo has double underhooks.
Eikemo trying to land knees to the body.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eikemo circles away quickly and effectively.
Eikemo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie tries to clinch

and Eikemo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Eikemo.
Eikemo misses with a knee strike.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eikemo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eikemo prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Eikemo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Eikemo keeps him there for the moment.
Eikemo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eikemo keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eikemo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eikemo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Eikemo keeps him there for the moment.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Eikemo is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Eikemo throws an elbow but misses.

That's four 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.
Eikemo looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie avoids a wild elbow strike from Eikemo.
Eikemo trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eikemo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Eikemo has the dominant position.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Eikemo.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Eikemo has double underhooks.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eikemo tries to clinch up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Eikemo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Eikemo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olve Eikemo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Eikemo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olve Eikemo!