PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Matos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Matos
vs
Grace

186 cm
19
179 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Matos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Grace!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matos has his takedown stuffed
and Grace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice body punch from Grace.
Grace connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Matos tries to clinch but Grace moves away
and Grace counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Grace counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Matos walks into a stiff left hand from Grace.
Matos shoots in looking for a takedown but Grace manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Matos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Matos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grace scores with a decent looking hook.
Matos is breathing heavily.
Grace connects with a right hand. Matos shakes it off.

Matos is rocked!
Matos misses with a takedown attempt
and Grace counters with a huge right that knocks Matos out cold! Grace is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tim Grace!
After the fight, Tim Grace was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.