PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Zaremba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabricio Gracie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Zaremba
vs
Gracie

180 cm
25
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
186 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pawel Zaremba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaremba misses with a wild combination.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Zaremba throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Zaremba sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zaremba misses with a combination

and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Zaremba fights it but they end up in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Zaremba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie pushes down on Zaremba's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

Gracie is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Zaremba is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabricio Gracie!