PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Gracie Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adivants Stoddlemyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Gracie Jr
vs
Stoddlemyer

184 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Gracie Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adivants Stoddlemyer!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoddlemyer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Stoddlemyer darts in and clinches Gracie Jr up against the cage.
Stoddlemyer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stoddlemyer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stoddlemyer digs a right hand into Gracie Jr's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gracie Jr's gas tank.
Stoddlemyer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stoddlemyer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie Jr's face.

It looks like Rickson Gracie Jr has been cut.
Gracie Jr being controlled against the cage.
Gracie Jr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gracie Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stoddlemyer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Stoddlemyer - that landed with a thud.
Gracie Jr is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stoddlemyer.
Stoddlemyer is leaning against Gracie Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stoddlemyer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie Jr's face.
Stoddlemyer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stoddlemyer connects with a knee to the head.

Gracie Jr is rocked!
Nice elbow from Stoddlemyer.
Oh Gracie Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stoddlemyer has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Gracie Jr - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Stoddlemyer, and another! Gracie Jr is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Adivants Stoddlemyer!