PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Jose Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Jose Gracie

160 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

184 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Dark Storm Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bob Smith!
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, Marcos Jose Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smith closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Smith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Smith persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gracie wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Smith punching from mount but Gracie doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Marcos Jose Gracie has been cut.
Smith unloading with bombs!
Gracie is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Smith throwing strikes here but Gracie is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gracie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Smith working for a guillotine from mount but Gracie is in no mood to give up.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith punching from mount but Gracie doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Smith really is a fat lump.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Smith unloads with some shots from mount but Gracie bucks and avoids them well.
Smith thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gracie wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Smith unloads with some shots from mount but Gracie bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gracie wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Smith looking to ground and pound but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Smith misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gracie avoids a series of strikes thrown by Smith.
Gracie is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Smith looking to finish with strikes here!
Oooh a big shot lands for Smith! Gracie is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bob Smith!