PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ralapeno Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Matheus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralapeno Gracie has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gracie
vs
Matheus

192 cm
23
142 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

163 cm
23
143 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralapeno Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Matheus!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Matheus misses.
Matheus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matheus lands with a nice body kick.
Jorge Matheus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Matheus!
Gracie works his way to his opponent's back.
Matheus holding both Gracie 's hands and preventing any damage.

Matheus fending off the submission attempt from Gracie.
Matheus trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matheus has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Matheus is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Gracie.

Matheus defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
Matheus wants to get back to his feet.

Gracie working for a choke but Matheus reverses nicely into Gracie 's guard.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Matheus is one step ahead there.
Gracie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Matheus from standing up.

Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Matheus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Gracie has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Matheus doesn't defend quickly enough and Gracie has managed to lock this one up! Can Matheus escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Gracie on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ralapeno Gracie!