PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Rickett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Heart of a Champion blaring out of the sound system. Royce Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
Rickett

165 cm
22
140 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brad Rickett!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rickett misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.

Rickett drives through with a takedown into guard.

Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rickett defends well.
Rickett is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rickett's guard.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.

Rickett has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gracie off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rickett with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gracie counters with a right hand that sends Rickett tumbling to the canvas! Can Gracie finish him? He dives into Rickett's guard looking to do just that!

Rickett is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rickett is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie scoring with some ground and pound.
Gracie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gracie scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gracie arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Rickett's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Royce Gracie!