PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xiao Hua (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
vs
Hua

179 cm
23
158 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

176 cm
27
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xiao Hua!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hua scores with a leg kick.
Hua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hua throws a head kick that half lands.
Hua cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hua is looking to escape.
Hua working to try and regain half guard.
Hua regains half guard.

Hua kicks off Gracie and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua throws a head kick that misses.
Hua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Hua misses with a low kick.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Hua which made him look bad.
Hua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Hua drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Hua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Hua.
Hua lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hua.
Hua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hua.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie trying to control the position but instead, Hua has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gracie into the cage.
Hua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Hua scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hua lands a damaging elbow.
Hua lands a nice shot to the body.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Hua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Hua lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Hua cracks Gracie with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hua pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hua misses with a series of wild punches.
Hua drops Gracie with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Gracie! Hua dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xiao Hua!
Xiao Hua took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Submit that, bitch.'.