PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Kilovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Deadmau5 - Some Chords as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Kilovic
vs
Gracie

189 cm
22
194 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

184 cm
25
190 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mirko Kilovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie pushes Kilovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Kilovic in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mirko Kilovic has been cut.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.
Gracie lands a good knee to the midsection. Kilovic won't want to take too many of those.
Kilovic is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kilovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kilovic in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gracie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gracie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kilovic's defenses.
Kilovic being controlled against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gracie.
Kilovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.

Mirko Kilovic's cut is getting worse.
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Gracie landing knees to the head.
Gracie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gracie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gracie obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie jumps guard and drags Kilovic to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kilovic!
Kilovic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gracie looking to finish Kilovic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kilovic!
Gracie punching from mount but Kilovic doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Gracie working for a submission but Kilovic is keeping him at bay.

Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Kilovic defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but Kilovic defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kilovic because Gracie loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
You get the feeling that Kilovic really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kilovic wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie looking to ground and pound but Kilovic is blocking nicely.

Gracie is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Julio Gracie!