PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Haji (ranked 2965 p4p, 3342 weight class) and Ralo Gracie (ranked 361 p4p, 400 weight class). Ralo Gracie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Haji
vs
Gracie

188 cm
20
188
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
195
3 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

FF Gear

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Haji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ralo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haji fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haji jabs at Gracie's body.
Haji throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Haji lands with an uppercut that bounces Gracie off the cage and back into range.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Haji moves out of range of the body kick.
Haji scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Haji sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haji cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Haji lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haji scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Haji misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haji slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Haji leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sam Haji has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralo Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to clinch
and Haji counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Haji. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Haji has been working on his boxing with his coaches at FF Forever in the buildup to the fight.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Haji sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haji appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Haji uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Haji counters with a big right hand! Oh Gracie is in trouble here! Haji follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Haji!
Sam Haji decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.