PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chester Barcelona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barcelona
vs
Gracie

195 cm
19
230 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

192 cm
27
231 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chester Barcelona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Barcelona is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Soco na mãe - Stand Up Striking, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Gracie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Let's hope that Gracie has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gracie is pressing down on Barcelona's thigh, looking to free his foot. Barcelona is holding on for now.
Barcelona wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie prevents Barcelona from improving his position.
Gracie stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Renan Gracie hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barcelona but Barcelona pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Barcelona shoots in and bounces Gracie off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.

Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Barcelona is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Barcelona has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Renan Gracie!
After winning the bout, Renan Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.