PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Badridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Badridge
vs
Gracie

191 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Badridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie scores a takedown into full mount!
Gracie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gracie controlling the pace for now.

Gracie moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Badridge has worked his arm free - good work by Badridge!

Gracie tries for a kimura but Badridge is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badridge is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Badridge has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Badridge tries to control but Gracie manages to take his back.

Gracie has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Badridge looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Gracie gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Gracie gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Gracie apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Gracie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badridge trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Badridge knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

We're going to have a standup here because Barry Badridge wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Badridge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Badridge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Badridge moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.

Badridge fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gracie to the ground. Badridge is now in Gracie's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Badridge defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Gracie dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Badridge tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Badridge manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Barry Badridge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Badridge manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Badridge scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Badridge misses with a head shot. Gracie uses the momentum to regain guard.

Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Badridge is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Gracie.
Badridge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badridge wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Badridge stalling away here and it's allowed Gracie to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Badridge wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Barry Badridge.
Gracie shoots in but Badridge avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barry Badridge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Gracie.

Badridge shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Badridge showed some decent athleticism there.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Badridge wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Badridge performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Barry Badridge.
Badridge wants to clinch.
Badridge tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Badridge moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Badridge is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.

Gracie drives through with a takedown into Badridge's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Badridge is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Badridge dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Badridge tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gracie is able to avoid easily.
Badridge is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Badridge tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Badridge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Badridge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Badridge.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Badridge fails with an attempt to clinch.

Badridge shoots in and gets a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Badridge throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Gracie has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Badridge is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Gracie.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Badridge tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Barry Badridge overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is not content to let Badridge control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control but Badridge postures up.

Badridge swings around for an armbar but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Badridge's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Badridge wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Barry Badridge just wasn't active enough.
Badridge closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Badridge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Badridge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Badridge wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie tries to bum rush Badridge with a series of wild strikes but Badridge uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Badridge shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badridge wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Badridge is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Badridge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Badridge 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry Badridge!
Post fight, Barry Badridge took to the microphone: 'I've got nothing to say. Ask Jose whats the feeling of getting destroyed by the greatest fighter of all time.'.