PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracieb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tex Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Gracieb
vs
Dallas

150 cm
25
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
264 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Royce Gracieb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tex Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dallas lunges at Gracieb with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracieb's hand.

It looks like Royce Gracieb has been cut.
Dallas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gracieb swivels and escapes.
Gracieb really is a fat lump.
Gracieb misses with a wild body shot.

Gracieb has closed the distance and engaged Dallas in a clinch.
Gracieb can't find room to land a body shot as Dallas controls the action.
Dallas swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracieb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracieb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gracieb stalling in the clinch.
Dallas taking a breather.
Dallas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dallas prevents a body shot from Gracieb.
Gracieb has a couple of punches blocked by Dallas.
Gracieb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Gracieb.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracieb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracieb lands a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracieb.
Gracieb tries to throw a body punch but Dallas avoids it by throwing Gracieb back against the cage.
Dallas wants a takedown but no success here.
Dallas being controlled against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracieb.
A short left from Dallas.
Dallas swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracieb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dallas looking for a takedown.
Royce Gracieb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tex Dallas.
Gracieb gets through Dallas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracieb misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dallas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dallas is looking for a takedown.
Gracieb lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dallas.
Gracieb pushes Dallas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracieb.
Gracieb taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dallas tries to score a body lock takedown but Gracieb shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gracieb tries to work over Dallas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracieb tries a body shot but Dallas blocks it.
Gracieb misses with a punch to the body.
Gracieb lands with a right to the head.
Gracieb blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dallas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracieb is keeping busy.
Gracieb cracks Dallas with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracieb blocking some punches.
Dallas throws an elbow but it misses.
Dallas misses with a punch to the body.
Dallas blocks a body shot from Gracieb.
Dallas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gracieb lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracieb.
Dallas blocking some punches.
Gracieb misses with a punch to the body.
Dallas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracieb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracieb misses with the head strike.
Dallas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gracieb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracieb swings wildly with an uppercut but Dallas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dallas wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Gracieb fails to land.
Dallas pushes Gracieb back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Gracieb can't find room to land a body shot as Dallas controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Gracieb scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracieb makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracieb swings wildly with an uppercut but Dallas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracieb lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracieb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracieb tries a body shot but Dallas blocks it.
Dallas blocks an uppercut.
Gracieb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Gracieb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Gracieb's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dallas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracieb as he avoids it easily.
Dallas scores with the left hand. Gracieb knows he should have avoided that one.
Dallas with a poor takedown

and Gracieb counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gracieb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dallas's elbow.
Dallas misses with a punch to the body.
Gracieb misses with a punch to the body.
Dallas is looking for a takedown.
Royce Gracieb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tex Dallas.
Gracieb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dallas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracieb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dallas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gracieb pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dallas blocks an uppercut.
Gracieb throws a head punch that misses.
Gracieb lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dallas is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dallas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracieb gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracieb lands a hook that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
Gracieb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dallass head.
Gracieb lands a shoulder strike.
Dallas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracieb has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracieb tries to work over Dallas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracieb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gracieb tries to throw a body punch but Dallas avoids it by throwing Gracieb back against the cage.
A short right from Gracieb.
Dallas blocks a body shot from Gracieb.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracieb content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gracieb throws a punch but it's blocked by Dallas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracieb misses with the head strike.
Gracieb lands a hook that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
Gracieb throws a head punch that misses.
Gracieb misses with the head strike.
Gracieb has Dallas pressed against the cage, preventing Dallas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A body shot lands from Gracieb.
Gracieb lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracieb can't find room to land a body shot as Dallas controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracieb as Dallas tries to tie him up.
Stalling in the clinch from Dallas.
Dallas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dallas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracieb backwards.
Gracieb lands with a right to the head.
Gracieb gets through Dallas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Royce Gracieb has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracieb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dallas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gracieb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracieb.
Dallas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dallas misses with a punch on the inside.
Dallas misses with a punch to the body.
Gracieb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracieb working aggressively here.
Gracieb lands a left hand.
Gracieb lands a shoulder strike.
Gracieb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dallas's elbow.
Dallas prevents a body shot from Gracieb.
Dallas blocks a body shot from Gracieb.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dallas taking a breather.
Dallas is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracieb scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracieb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dallas.
Gracieb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Gracieb.
Dallas is looking for a takedown.
Gracieb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dallas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracieb holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracieb working aggressively here.
Gracieb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Gracieb dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Royce Gracieb's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dallas takes a swing at Gracieb's ribcage but misses.
Dallas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Dallas.
Gracieb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracieb misses the shot to the body.
Tex Dallas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracieb misses with a right hand

and Dallas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dallas is keen to just control but Gracieb is a slippery customer.
Gracieb avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dallas.
Dallas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dallas throwing shots but Gracieb is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dallas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dallas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracieb defending well though.
Gracieb blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dallas.
Dallas is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracieb is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dallas stops Gracieb from getting back to his feet.
Gracieb trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Dallas not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracieb misses with an uppercut

and Dallas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dallas not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dallas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dallas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dallas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracieb is staying active underneath Dallas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tex Dallas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Jab, jab by Dallas - just one landing.
Dallas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gracieb thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracieb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Dallas scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Dallas catches Gracieb right on the button with a cross.

Royce Gracieb's cut is getting worse.
Dallas lands a right hook to the body.
Dallas lands with a hook. Gracieb tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tex Dallas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracieb has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracieb there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dallas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gracieb but Gracieb pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracieb takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A punch lands to the side of Gracieb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dallas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracieb moves away.
Dallas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dallas drives through with a takedown into Gracieb's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Dallas pushes down on Gracieb's leg and manages to get into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tex Dallas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracieb 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royce Gracieb!
Royce Gracieb decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.