PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Torres had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Torres
vs
Gracie

185 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
29
185 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with the combination.
Torres tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Torres moves out of range easily.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Torres fails with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a nice body shot.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Gracie lands a jab to Torres's midsection.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Gracie pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Torres back to the cage. Gracie follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gracie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Torres is rocked!
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Torres looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice cross by Gracie.
A nice combination there by Gracie.
Gracie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oh Torres is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Torres looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Torres seems to have got his legs back now.
Torres misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nice combo by Gracie! Oh, that's hurt him - Torres falls to the canvas and Gracie follows him into side control.
Gracie passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Torres!
Gracie unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Torres wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Gracie celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rickson Gracie!