PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ikki de (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Funku Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - bleed out. Ikki de has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de
vs
Gracie

210 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
212 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ikki de!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Funku Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Gracie as de shoots in.

Gracie darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gracie working over de with some ground and pound. de looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but de defends it.
Gracie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for de!
Gracie working de over with strikes here.
You get the feeling that de really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Gracie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of de's face.
Gracie with shots to the head and body - de looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Ikki de has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie looking to finish de with some ground and pound. This is bad for de!

de is rocked!
de is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks de out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Gracie goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Funku Gracie!