PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Groinslap Bandit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Groinslap Bandit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
Bandit

181 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
204 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Groinslap Bandit!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bandit sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bandit is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Bandit dodges it nicely.

Bandit manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Bandit is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Bandit tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bandit slips a jab from Gracie.
Bandit tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Bandit tries to clinch up.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie throws a jab when Bandit was well out of range.
Bandit tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandit doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bandit wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.

Gracie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bandit sprawls well initially but Gracie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Bandit is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Bandit pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bandit's head.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Bandit is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandit blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bandit blocks a jab.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Bandit.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandit was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Bandit tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.

Bandit clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie tries a body shot but Bandit blocks it.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Bandit putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bandit lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bandit obliges.
Bandit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bandit with a knee to the head.
Bandit lands a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to work over Bandit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bandit lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Bandit controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gracie no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bandit wants to stand but Gracie has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Gracie is working an open guard so Bandit takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandit manages to avoid it.

Bandit moves into the clinch.
Bandit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie tries a body shot but Bandit blocks it.
Bandit connects with a knee to the head.
Bandit lands a knee to the head.
Bandit looks gassed!
Bandit working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie tries to work over Bandit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Gracie lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a strike but Bandit avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Bandit is keeping the position.

Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Bandit dives on top into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bandit would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

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

Bandit decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Gracie, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Groinslap Bandit will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie missing with a left hand there. Bandit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bandit slips under a jab.
A big right from Gracie misses.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Bandit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bandit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matt Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandit.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Bandit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandit tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandit.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Bandit moved out of range.
Bandit tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandit.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bandit moves into the clinch.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bandit pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bandit blocks a jab.
A clash of legs there as Bandit blocks the low kick.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Bandit's head but Bandit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Groinslap Bandit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bandit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bandit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie throws a hook but Bandit avoids it easily.

Bandit closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bandit lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Bandit looking to stall.
Bandit lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bandit.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bandit.
Bandit gets underhooks to prevent Gracie's takedown attempt.
Bandit lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Bandit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bandit is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bandit lands a nice elbow.
Bandit with a knee to the head.
Bandit lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Bandit blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie is trying to drag Bandit to the mat but Bandit just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bandit connects with a knee to the head.
Bandit gets underhooks to prevent Gracie's takedown attempt.
Bandit landing knees to the head.
Bandit lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Bandit with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bandit.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Bandit holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Bandit is trying to stall.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Bandit.
Bandit wants to stall.
Bandit lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bandit.
Bandit taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bandit lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bandit lands a knee to the head.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Bandit.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Bandit holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie being controlled against the cage.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bandit looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Bandit unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Bandit avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Bandit controls his hands.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bandit prevents it.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bandit gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandit lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Bandit leaning against his opponent.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bandit obliges.
Bandit taking a breather.
Bandit tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Bandit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bandit's elbow.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bandit tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Bandit taking a breather.
Bandit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bandit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bandit lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bandit lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Bandit lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.

Gracie pulls guard effortlessly.
Gracie throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Bandit avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandit is looking to stand up but Gracie won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Groinslap Bandit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gracie misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Bandit moved out of range.
Bandit wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Bandit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie throws the left hand but Bandit avoids the punch easily.

Bandit moves into the clinch.
Groinslap Bandit seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bandit creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bandit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Bandit avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Bandit with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bandit is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knees to the body from Bandit.
Bandit lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Bandit throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bandit crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Bandit misses with a knee strike.
Bandit lands a nice knee to the body.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Bandit holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Bandit is trying to maintain a safe position but Gracie gets an underhook and turns Bandit into the cage.
Bandit creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Bandit is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Bandit lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gracie gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Bandit regains guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bandit can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Bandit wants to get back to his feet but Gracie is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Bandit has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gracie off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bandit staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bandit is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Bandit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Bandit is out of range.
Bandit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bandit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Bandit saw that one coming.
Bandit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bandit doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bandit moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Bandit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bandit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bandit.
Bandit slips under a jab.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Bandit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bandit staying out of range there.
Bandit tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Bandit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bandit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Bandit slips a jab from Gracie.
Bandit tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Groinslap Bandit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bandit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bandit is looking to clinch.
Bandit slips under a jab from Gracie.

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.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Bandit's shoulder, as Bandit tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Bandit.

Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bandit did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
Bandit is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Matt Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bandit tries to kick Gracie off in order to stand up. Gracie Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie with the ground and pound but Bandit regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Groinslap Bandit.
I've got Bandit winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Groinslap Bandit!