PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by 9pm (Till I Come). Ryan Harvey is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gracie
vs
Harvey

172 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harvey is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harvey.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harvey.

Harvey clinches up against the cage.
Harvey connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harvey has him pressed against the cage.
Harvey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harvey.
Harvey scores with a knee to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Harvey has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Harvey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harvey keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Harvey.
Harvey can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Harvey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Harvey.
Harvey pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harvey connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harvey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie letting Harvey take a breather here.
Gracie wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harvey to keep the fight standing.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie tries to break free but Harvey pushes him back against the cage.
Harvey has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Harvey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harvey lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie has Harvey pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harvey manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Harvey.
Harvey working aggressively here.
Harvey struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Harvey landing knees to the body.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Harvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harvey working Gracie over with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harvey landing knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harvey to keep the fight standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harvey prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Harvey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harvey misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey landing knees to the body.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Harvey.
Gracie fails to pull guard.
Harvey working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Harvey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harvey scores with a hook to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey scores a nice knee to the body.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harvey is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Harvey's guard.
Harvey wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie is thwarting Harvey's attempts to control the position.
Gracie prevents Harvey from improving his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harvey trying to control here.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Harvey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harvey wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harvey trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harvey is trying to control Gracie's posture. Gracie takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Harvey! Gracie is rotating here... this could be the end... Harvey is out! Gracie has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Thiago Gracie!
An out of breath Thiago Gracie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.