PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tot Tim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renzo Gracie has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gracie
vs
Tim

178 cm
20
178 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

194 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renzo Gracie!
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, Tot Tim!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tot Tim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tim lands a body shot.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tim as he avoids it easily.

Tim takes the fight into the clinch.
Tim keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Tim has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie is trying to drag Tim to the mat but Tim just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Tim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tim.
Tim slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tim lands a left and a right that send Gracie crashing to the mat, dazed. Tim thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Gracie is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tim moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tim breaks the clinch.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Tim has cracked Gracie with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Tim lands another huge swinging hook and Gracie tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Gracie, before Tim can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tot Tim!